diff --git a/b2calendar.php b/b2calendar.php
index 7ccdf43368..6c603ff0d7 100644
--- a/b2calendar.php
+++ b/b2calendar.php
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ require('b2config.php');
 require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/b2template.functions.php');
 require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/b2functions.php');
 require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/b2vars.php');
-require_once($curpath.$b2inc.'/wp-db.php');
 
 if (isset($calendar) && ($calendar != '')) {
 	$thisyear = substr($calendar,0,4);
diff --git a/b2config.php b/b2config.php
index 8af4225b08..917099207f 100644
--- a/b2config.php
+++ b/b2config.php
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ $tableusers = 'b2users';
 $tablesettings = 'b2settings';
 $tablecategories = 'b2categories';
 $tablecomments = 'b2comments';
+// tables for link manager
+$tablelinks = "b2links";
+$tablelinkcategories = "b2linkcategories";
 
 
 // ** Post preview function **
@@ -315,11 +318,11 @@ $HTTP_HOST = getenv('HTTP_HOST');  /* domain name */
 $REMOTE_ADDR = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR'); /* visitor's IP */
 $HTTP_USER_AGENT = getenv('HTTP_USER_AGENT'); /* visitor's browser */
 
-$server = $dbhost;
-$loginsql = $dbusername;
-$passsql = $dbpassword;
+$server = DB_HOST;
+$loginsql = DB_USER;
+$passsql = DB_PASSWORD;
 $path = $siteurl;
-$base = $dbname;
+$base = DB_NAME;
 
 
 // This should get us the relative path of WordPress and the absolute path on the server. Yipee!
@@ -331,4 +334,5 @@ for ($i = 3; $i < count($url); $i++) {
 $abspath =  getenv('DOCUMENT_ROOT') . $relpath . '/';
 $b2inc = "/$b2inc";
 $pathserver = &$siteurl;
+require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/wp-db.php');
 ?>
diff --git a/blog.header.php b/blog.header.php
index 19a60eddf9..3f8fc61c20 100644
--- a/blog.header.php
+++ b/blog.header.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require_once ($curpath.$b2inc.'/b2vars.php');
 require_once ($curpath.$b2inc.'/b2functions.php');
 require_once ($curpath.$b2inc.'/xmlrpc.inc');
 require_once ($curpath.$b2inc.'/xmlrpcs.inc');
-require_once ($curpath.$b2inc.'/wp-db.php');
 
 $b2varstoreset = array('m','p','posts','w','c', 'cat','withcomments','s','search','exact', 'sentence','poststart','postend','preview','debug', 'calendar','page','paged','more','tb', 'pb','author','order','orderby');
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/b2header.php b/wp-admin/b2header.php
index 7560d960cb..da9b7d7389 100644
--- a/wp-admin/b2header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/b2header.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/b2vars.php');
 require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/b2functions.php');
 require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/xmlrpc.inc');
 require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/xmlrpcs.inc');
-require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/wp-db.php');
 
 if (!isset($use_cache))	$use_cache=1;
 if (!isset($blogID))	$blog_ID=1;
diff --git a/wp-admin/b2verifauth.php b/wp-admin/b2verifauth.php
index 61961536af..f8ba6e677e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/b2verifauth.php
+++ b/wp-admin/b2verifauth.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
 require_once('../b2config.php');
-require_once($abspath.$b2inc.'/wp-db.php');
 
 /* checking login & pass in the database */
 function veriflog() {