diff --git a/doc/htconfig.md b/doc/htconfig.md
index 90bf78b87..05a2a7a96 100644
--- a/doc/htconfig.md
+++ b/doc/htconfig.md
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ Example: To set the directory value please add this line to your .htconfig.php:
 * **max_processes_frontend** - Maximum number of concurrent database processes for foreground tasks. Default value is 20.
 * **memcache** (Boolean) - Use memcache. To use memcache the PECL extension "memcache" has to be installed and activated.
 * **memcache_host** - Hostname of the memcache daemon. Default is '127.0.0.1'.
-* **memcache_port** - Portnumberof the memcache daemon. Default is 11211.
+* **memcache_port** - Portnumber of the memcache daemon. Default is 11211.
+* **no_count** (Boolean) - Don't do count calculations (currently only when showing albums)
 * **no_oembed** (Boolean) - Don't use OEmbed to fetch more information about a link.
 * **no_oembed_rich_content** (Boolean) - Don't show the rich content (e.g. embedded PDF).
 * **no_smilies** (Boolean) - Don't show smilies.
diff --git a/include/dbclean.php b/include/dbclean.php
index 1f0e5834f..29c417308 100644
--- a/include/dbclean.php
+++ b/include/dbclean.php
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
  * @file include/dbclean.php
  * @brief The script is called from time to time to clean the database entries and remove orphaned data.
  */
+
+use \Friendica\Core\Config;
+use \Friendica\Core\PConfig;
+
 require_once("boot.php");
 
 function dbclean_run(&$argv, &$argc) {
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ function dbclean_run(&$argv, &$argc) {
 	load_config('config');
 	load_config('system');
 
-	if (!get_config("system", "dbclean")) {
+	if (!Config::get('system', 'dbclean', false)) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/photos.php b/include/photos.php
index 2beb23ffa..7cdd14bf6 100644
--- a/include/photos.php
+++ b/include/photos.php
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
  * @brief Functions related to photo handling.
  */
 
+use \Friendica\Core\Config;
+use \Friendica\Core\PConfig;
+
 function getGps($exifCoord, $hemi) {
 	$degrees = count($exifCoord) > 0 ? gps2Num($exifCoord[0]) : 0;
 	$minutes = count($exifCoord) > 1 ? gps2Num($exifCoord[1]) : 0;
@@ -42,16 +45,28 @@ function photo_albums($uid, $update = false) {
 	$key = "photo_albums:".$uid.":".local_user().":".remote_user();
 	$albums = Cache::get($key);
 	if (is_null($albums) OR $update) {
-		/// @todo This query needs to be renewed. It is really slow
-		// At this time we just store the data in the cache
-		$albums = qu("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT `resource-id`) AS `total`, `album`
-			FROM `photo` USE INDEX (`uid_album_created`)
-			WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' $sql_extra
-			GROUP BY `album` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
-			intval($uid),
-			dbesc('Contact Photos'),
-			dbesc(t('Contact Photos'))
-		);
+		if (!Config::get('system', 'no_count', false)) {
+			/// @todo This query needs to be renewed. It is really slow
+			// At this time we just store the data in the cache
+			$albums = qu("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT `resource-id`) AS `total`, `album`
+				FROM `photo` USE INDEX (`uid_album_created`)
+				WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' $sql_extra
+				GROUP BY `album` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
+				intval($uid),
+				dbesc('Contact Photos'),
+				dbesc(t('Contact Photos'))
+			);
+		} else {
+			// This query doesn't do the count and is much faster
+			$albums = qu("SELECT DISTINCT(`album`), '' AS `total`
+				FROM `photo` USE INDEX (`uid_album_created`)
+				WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' $sql_extra
+				GROUP BY `album` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
+				intval($uid),
+				dbesc('Contact Photos'),
+				dbesc(t('Contact Photos'))
+			);
+		}
 		Cache::set($key, $albums, CACHE_DAY);
 	}
 	return $albums;