diff --git a/honk.go b/honk.go
index 4b34c6a..bb2d055 100644
--- a/honk.go
+++ b/honk.go
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ func showrss(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func butwhatabout(name string) (*WhatAbout, error) {
 	row := stmtWhatAbout.QueryRow(name)
 	var user WhatAbout
-	err := row.Scan(&user.ID, &user.Name, &user.Display, &user.About, &user.Key)
+	var options string
+	err := row.Scan(&user.ID, &user.Name, &user.Display, &user.About, &user.Key, &options)
 	user.URL = fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/u/%s", serverName, user.Name)
 	return &user, err
 }
@@ -1525,7 +1526,7 @@ func prepareStatements(db *sql.DB) {
 	stmtZonkDonks = preparetodie(db, "delete from donks where honkid = ?")
 	stmtFindFile = preparetodie(db, "select fileid from files where url = ? and local = 1")
 	stmtSaveFile = preparetodie(db, "insert into files (xid, name, url, media, local, content) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)")
-	stmtWhatAbout = preparetodie(db, "select userid, username, displayname, about, pubkey from users where username = ?")
+	stmtWhatAbout = preparetodie(db, "select userid, username, displayname, about, pubkey, options from users where username = ?")
 	stmtSaveDub = preparetodie(db, "insert into honkers (userid, name, xid, flavor) values (?, ?, ?, ?)")
 	stmtAddDoover = preparetodie(db, "insert into doovers (dt, tries, username, rcpt, msg) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)")
 	stmtGetDoovers = preparetodie(db, "select dooverid, dt from doovers")
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index f9a900b..55ffc10 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ create index idx_filesurl on files(url);
 
 create table config (key text, value text);
 
-create table users (userid integer primary key, username text, hash text, displayname text, about text, pubkey text, seckey text);
+create table users (userid integer primary key, username text, hash text, displayname text, about text, pubkey text, seckey text, options text);
 create table auth (authid integer primary key, userid integer, hash text);
 CREATE index idxusers_username on users(username);
 CREATE index idxauth_userid on auth(userid);
diff --git a/upgradedb.go b/upgradedb.go
index d652448..23d2458 100644
--- a/upgradedb.go
+++ b/upgradedb.go
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ func upgradedb() {
 		doordie(db, "update zonkers set wherefore = 'zord' where wherefore = 'zword'")
 		doordie(db, "update config set value = 11 where key = 'dbversion'")
 	case 11:
+		doordie(db, "alter table users add column options text")
+		doordie(db, "update users set options = ''")
+		doordie(db, "update config set value = 12 where key = 'dbversion'")
 	default:
 		log.Fatalf("can't upgrade unknown version %d", dbversion)
 	}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 414b0db..19da525 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var dbtimeformat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
 var alreadyopendb *sql.DB
 var dbname = "honk.db"
 var stmtConfig *sql.Stmt
-var myVersion = 11
+var myVersion = 12
 
 func initdb() {
 	schema, err := ioutil.ReadFile("schema.sql")