diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d8e6a45..511fffa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ motd:
 var:
 	@printf "$(GREEN)--- var ------------------------------------------------\n$(RESET)"
 	git submodule update --remote --init -- var/tilde/admins
-	stow -t /var/ -d var tilde
-	stow -t /var/ -d var signups_forbidden
+	stow -t /var var
 
 znc:
 	@printf "$(GREEN)--- znc ------------------------------------------------\n$(RESET)"
@@ -126,4 +125,4 @@ nuke:
 	@rm -fv /srv/znc/add_znc_user.sh /srv/znc/newuser.conf.template
 
 
-.PHONY: install clean uninstall nuke bin etc cron fail2ban initd letsencrypt nginx ssh sysctl systemd motd znc
+.PHONY: install clean uninstall nuke bin etc cron fail2ban initd letsencrypt nginx ssh sysctl systemd motd var znc
diff --git a/etc/cron.d/tilde_admin b/etc/cron.d/tilde_admin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..766f18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/cron.d/tilde_admin
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# update tilde-admin repo (once per day)
+#
+SHELL=/bin/sh
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
+0 0 * * * root cd /var/tilde/admins/ && git pull >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/var/banned_emails.txt b/var/banned_emails.txt
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..4bdbc4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/banned_emails.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tilde/admins/raw/banned_emails.txt
\ No newline at end of file