diff --git a/upgradedb.go b/upgradedb.go
index c7d4004..8f129c3 100644
--- a/upgradedb.go
+++ b/upgradedb.go
@@ -41,164 +41,10 @@ func upgradedb() {
 	getconfig("dbversion", &dbversion)
 	getconfig("servername", &serverName)
 
-	if dbversion < 13 {
+	if dbversion < 40 {
 		elog.Fatal("database is too old to upgrade")
 	}
 	switch dbversion {
-	case 25:
-		doordie(db, "delete from auth")
-		doordie(db, "alter table auth add column expiry text")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 26 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 26:
-		s := ""
-		getconfig("servermsg", &s)
-		if s == "" {
-			setconfig("servermsg", "<h2>Things happen.</h2>")
-		}
-		s = ""
-		getconfig("aboutmsg", &s)
-		if s == "" {
-			setconfig("aboutmsg", "<h3>What is honk?</h3><p>Honk is amazing!")
-		}
-		s = ""
-		getconfig("loginmsg", &s)
-		if s == "" {
-			setconfig("loginmsg", "<h2>login</h2>")
-		}
-		d := -1
-		getconfig("devel", &d)
-		if d == -1 {
-			setconfig("devel", 0)
-		}
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 27 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 27:
-		createserveruser(db)
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 28 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 28:
-		doordie(db, "drop table doovers")
-		doordie(db, "create table doovers(dooverid integer primary key, dt text, tries integer, userid integer, rcpt text, msg blob)")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 29 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 29:
-		doordie(db, "alter table honkers add column owner text")
-		doordie(db, "update honkers set owner = xid")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 30 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 30:
-		tx, err := db.Begin()
-		if err != nil {
-			elog.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		rows, err := tx.Query("select userid, options from users")
-		if err != nil {
-			elog.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		m := make(map[int64]string)
-		for rows.Next() {
-			var userid int64
-			var options string
-			err = rows.Scan(&userid, &options)
-			if err != nil {
-				elog.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			var uo UserOptions
-			uo.SkinnyCSS = strings.Contains(options, " skinny ")
-			m[userid], err = jsonify(uo)
-			if err != nil {
-				elog.Fatal(err)
-			}
-		}
-		rows.Close()
-		for u, o := range m {
-			_, err = tx.Exec("update users set options = ? where userid = ?", o, u)
-			if err != nil {
-				elog.Fatal(err)
-			}
-		}
-		err = tx.Commit()
-		if err != nil {
-			elog.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 31 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 31:
-		doordie(db, "create table tracks (xid text, fetches text)")
-		doordie(db, "create index idx_trackhonkid on tracks(xid)")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 32 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 32:
-		doordie(db, "alter table xonkers add column dt text")
-		doordie(db, "update xonkers set dt = ?", time.Now().UTC().Format(dbtimeformat))
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 33 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 33:
-		doordie(db, "alter table honkers add column meta text")
-		doordie(db, "update honkers set meta = '{}'")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 34 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 34:
-		doordie(db, "create table chonks (chonkid integer primary key, userid integer, xid text, who txt, target text, dt text, noise text, format text)")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 35 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 35:
-		doordie(db, "alter table donks add column chonkid integer")
-		doordie(db, "update donks set chonkid = -1")
-		doordie(db, "create index idx_donkshonk on donks(honkid)")
-		doordie(db, "create index idx_donkschonk on donks(chonkid)")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 36 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 36:
-		doordie(db, "alter table honkers add column folxid text")
-		doordie(db, "update honkers set folxid = 'lostdata'")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 37 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 37:
-		doordie(db, "update honkers set combos = '' where combos is null")
-		doordie(db, "update honkers set owner = '' where owner is null")
-		doordie(db, "update honkers set meta = '' where meta is null")
-		doordie(db, "update honkers set folxid = '' where folxid is null")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 38 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 38:
-		doordie(db, "update honkers set folxid = abs(random())")
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 39 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
-	case 39:
-		blobdb := openblobdb()
-		doordie(blobdb, "alter table filedata add column hash text")
-		doordie(blobdb, "create index idx_filehash on filedata(hash)")
-		rows, err := blobdb.Query("select xid, content from filedata")
-		if err != nil {
-			elog.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		m := make(map[string]string)
-		for rows.Next() {
-			var xid string
-			var data sql.RawBytes
-			err := rows.Scan(&xid, &data)
-			if err != nil {
-				elog.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			hash := hashfiledata(data)
-			m[xid] = hash
-		}
-		rows.Close()
-		tx, err := blobdb.Begin()
-		if err != nil {
-			elog.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		for xid, hash := range m {
-			doordie(tx, "update filedata set hash = ? where xid = ?", hash, xid)
-		}
-		err = tx.Commit()
-		if err != nil {
-			elog.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		doordie(db, "update config set value = 40 where key = 'dbversion'")
-		fallthrough
 	case 40:
 		doordie(db, "PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
 		blobdb := openblobdb()