diff --git a/app/models/MultigroupPosters.php b/app/models/MultigroupPosters.php
index fa179aa24..f486b6eb2 100644
--- a/app/models/MultigroupPosters.php
+++ b/app/models/MultigroupPosters.php
@@ -22,22 +22,18 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 
 class MultigroupPosters extends Model
 {
+	protected $table = 'multigroup_posters';
+
+	protected $keyType = 'string';
+
 	protected $primaryKey = 'poster';
 
 	public $dateFormat = false;
 
 	public $timestamps = false;
 
-	public $incrementing = false;
 
-	protected $table = 'multigroup_posters';
 
-	public $validates = [
-		'poster' => [
-			'notEmpty',
-			'message' => 'Empty poster value is not permitted.'
-		]
-	];
 
 	public static function commaSeparatedList()
 	{
diff --git a/app/models/ReleaseRegexes.php b/app/models/ReleaseRegexes.php
index afe317d88..0f201f16a 100644
--- a/app/models/ReleaseRegexes.php
+++ b/app/models/ReleaseRegexes.php
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class ReleaseRegexes extends Model
 
 	public $dateFormat = false;
 
+	protected $fillable = ['releases_id', 'collection_regex_id', 'naming_regex_id'];
+
 	protected $primaryKey = [
-		['releases_id', 'collection_regex_id', 'naming_regex_id'],
+		['releases_id', 'collection_regex_id', 'naming_regex_id']
 	];
 }
diff --git a/nntmux/Binaries.php b/nntmux/Binaries.php
index 2a3001cf8..166b66e04 100755
--- a/nntmux/Binaries.php
+++ b/nntmux/Binaries.php
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ class Binaries
 	 * Constructor.
 	 *
 	 * @param array $options Class instances / echo to CLI?
+	 *
+	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
 	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
@@ -270,16 +272,16 @@ class Binaries
 			}
 		}
 
-		$this->messageBuffer = Settings::value('..maxmssgs') != '' ?
-			Settings::value('..maxmssgs') : 20000;
-		$this->_compressedHeaders = Settings::value('..compressedheaders') == 1 ? true : false;
-		$this->_partRepair = Settings::value('..partrepair') == 1 ? true : false;
-		$this->_newGroupScanByDays = Settings::value('..newgroupscanmethod') == 1 ? true : false;
-		$this->_newGroupMessagesToScan = Settings::value('..newgroupmsgstoscan') != '' ? Settings::value('..newgroupmsgstoscan') : 50000;
-		$this->_newGroupDaysToScan = Settings::value('..newgroupdaystoscan') != '' ? (int)Settings::value('..newgroupdaystoscan') : 3;
-		$this->_partRepairLimit = Settings::value('..maxpartrepair') != '' ? (int)Settings::value('..maxpartrepair') : 15000;
-		$this->_partRepairMaxTries = (Settings::value('..partrepairmaxtries') != '' ? (int)Settings::value('..partrepairmaxtries') : 3);
-		$this->_showDroppedYEncParts = Settings::value('..showdroppedyencparts') == 1 ? true : false;
+		$this->messageBuffer = Settings::value('..maxmssgs') !== '' ?
+			(int)Settings::value('..maxmssgs') : 20000;
+		$this->_compressedHeaders = Settings::value('..compressedheaders') === 1 ? true : false;
+		$this->_partRepair = Settings::value('..partrepair') === 1 ? true : false;
+		$this->_newGroupScanByDays = Settings::value('..newgroupscanmethod') === 1 ? true : false;
+		$this->_newGroupMessagesToScan = Settings::value('..newgroupmsgstoscan') !== '' ? (int)Settings::value('..newgroupmsgstoscan') : 50000;
+		$this->_newGroupDaysToScan = Settings::value('..newgroupdaystoscan') !== '' ? (int)Settings::value('..newgroupdaystoscan') : 3;
+		$this->_partRepairLimit = Settings::value('..maxpartrepair') !== '' ? (int)Settings::value('..maxpartrepair') : 15000;
+		$this->_partRepairMaxTries = (Settings::value('..partrepairmaxtries') !== '' ? (int)Settings::value('..partrepairmaxtries') : 3);
+		$this->_showDroppedYEncParts = Settings::value('..showdroppedyencparts') === 1 ? true : false;
 
 		$this->blackList = $this->whiteList = [];
 	}
diff --git a/nntmux/processing/ProcessReleases.php b/nntmux/processing/ProcessReleases.php
index 4c3167d08..861f85c44 100755
--- a/nntmux/processing/ProcessReleases.php
+++ b/nntmux/processing/ProcessReleases.php
@@ -663,14 +663,13 @@ class ProcessReleases
 						);
 
 						// Add the id of regex that matched the collection and release name to release_regexes table
-						$releasesRegexes = ReleaseRegexes::create(
+						ReleaseRegexes::query()->insert(
 							[
 								'releases_id'            => $releaseID,
 								'collection_regex_id'    => $collection['collection_regexes_id'],
-								'naming_regex_id'        => isset($cleanedName['id']) ? $cleanedName['id'] : 0,
+								'naming_regex_id'        => $cleanedName['id'] ?? 0,
 							]
 						);
-						$releasesRegexes->save();
 
 						if (preg_match_all('#(\S+):\S+#', $collection['xref'], $matches)) {
 							foreach ($matches[1] as $grp) {
@@ -695,26 +694,20 @@ class ProcessReleases
 										);
 									}
 
-									$relGroupsChk = ReleasesGroups::find('first',
+									$relGroupsChk = ReleasesGroups::query()->where(
 										[
-											'conditions' =>
-												[
-													'releases_id' => $releaseID,
-													'groups_id'   => $xrefGrpID,
-												],
-											'fields'     => ['releases_id'],
-											'limit'      => 1,
+											['releases_id', '=', $releaseID],
+											['groups_id', '=', $xrefGrpID]
 										]
-									);
+									)->first();
 
 									if ($relGroupsChk === null) {
-										$relGroups = ReleasesGroups::create(
+										ReleasesGroups::query()->insert(
 											[
 												'releases_id' => $releaseID,
 												'groups_id'   => $xrefGrpID,
 											]
 										);
-										$relGroups->save();
 									}
 								}
 							}
diff --git a/nntmux/processing/ProcessReleasesMultiGroup.php b/nntmux/processing/ProcessReleasesMultiGroup.php
index 26e681438..554aee2fb 100644
--- a/nntmux/processing/ProcessReleasesMultiGroup.php
+++ b/nntmux/processing/ProcessReleasesMultiGroup.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ProcessReleasesMultiGroup extends ProcessReleases
 	 */
 	public static function isMultiGroup($fromName): bool
 	{
-		$poster = MultigroupPosters::find('first', ['conditions' => ['poster' => $fromName]]);
+		$poster = MultigroupPosters::query()->where('poster', '=', $fromName)->first();
 		return (empty($poster) ? false : true);
 	}
 
diff --git a/www/admin/poster-delete.php b/www/admin/poster-delete.php
index b1be0c4ff..5f2101a8c 100644
--- a/www/admin/poster-delete.php
+++ b/www/admin/poster-delete.php
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ $page = new AdminPage();
 
 if (isset($_GET['id']))
 {
-	MultigroupPosters::remove(['id' => $_GET['id']]);
+	MultigroupPosters::query()->where('id', '=', $_GET['id'])->delete();
 }
 
-if (isset($_GET['from']))
+if (isset($_GET['from'])) {
 	$referrer = $_GET['from'];
-else
+} else {
 	$referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
-header("Location: " . $referrer);
+}
+header('Location: ' . $referrer);
diff --git a/www/admin/posters-edit.php b/www/admin/posters-edit.php
index 6c69be8d2..c4bebd6e5 100644
--- a/www/admin/posters-edit.php
+++ b/www/admin/posters-edit.php
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ switch ($action) {
 	case 'submit':
 		if ($_POST['id'] === '') {
 			// Add a new mg poster.
-			$poster = MultigroupPosters::create([
+			$poster = MultigroupPosters::query()->insert([
 				'poster' => $_POST['poster'],
 			]);
 		} else {
 			// Update an existing mg poster.
-			$poster = MultigroupPosters::find($_POST['id']);
+			$poster = MultigroupPosters::query()->update(['poster' => $_POST['poster']]);
 		}
-		$poster->save();
 
 		header('Location:' . WWW_TOP . '/posters-list.php');
 		break;
diff --git a/www/admin/posters-list.php b/www/admin/posters-list.php
index 0bf115d2a..db8a022fd 100644
--- a/www/admin/posters-list.php
+++ b/www/admin/posters-list.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use nntmux\db\DB;
 
 $page   = new AdminPage();
 $pdo = new DB();
-$posters = MultigroupPosters::find('all', ['order' => ['poster' => 'ASC']]);
+$posters = MultigroupPosters::all('poster')->sortBy('poster');
 
 $poster = (isset($_REQUEST['poster']) && !empty($_REQUEST['poster']) ? $_REQUEST['poster'] : '');