diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index 4ae5eb70b0..c76cb49e92 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ function admin_page_site_post(App $a)
 	$daily_registrations	=	((x($_POST,'max_daily_registrations'))	? intval(trim($_POST['max_daily_registrations']))	:0);
 	$abandon_days	    	=	((x($_POST,'abandon_days'))		? intval(trim($_POST['abandon_days']))		:  0);
 
-	$register_text		=	((x($_POST,'register_text'))		? notags(trim($_POST['register_text']))		: '');
+	$register_text		=	((x($_POST,'register_text'))		? strip_tags(trim($_POST['register_text']))		: '');
 
 	$allowed_sites		=	((x($_POST,'allowed_sites'))		? notags(trim($_POST['allowed_sites']))		: '');
 	$allowed_email		=	((x($_POST,'allowed_email'))		? notags(trim($_POST['allowed_email']))		: '');
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ function admin_page_site(App $a)
 
 		'$register_policy'	=> ['register_policy', L10n::t("Register policy"), $a->config['register_policy'], "", $register_choices],
 		'$daily_registrations'	=> ['max_daily_registrations', L10n::t("Maximum Daily Registrations"), Config::get('system', 'max_daily_registrations'), L10n::t("If registration is permitted above, this sets the maximum number of new user registrations to accept per day.  If register is set to closed, this setting has no effect.")],
-		'$register_text'	=> ['register_text', L10n::t("Register text"), $a->config['register_text'], L10n::t("Will be displayed prominently on the registration page.")],
+		'$register_text'	=> ['register_text', L10n::t("Register text"), $a->config['register_text'], L10n::t("Will be displayed prominently on the registration page. You can use BBCode here.")],
 		'$abandon_days'		=> ['abandon_days', L10n::t('Accounts abandoned after x days'), Config::get('system','account_abandon_days'), L10n::t('Will not waste system resources polling external sites for abandonded accounts. Enter 0 for no time limit.')],
 		'$allowed_sites'	=> ['allowed_sites', L10n::t("Allowed friend domains"), Config::get('system','allowed_sites'), L10n::t("Comma separated list of domains which are allowed to establish friendships with this site. Wildcards are accepted. Empty to allow any domains")],
 		'$allowed_email'	=> ['allowed_email', L10n::t("Allowed email domains"), Config::get('system','allowed_email'), L10n::t("Comma separated list of domains which are allowed in email addresses for registrations to this site. Wildcards are accepted. Empty to allow any domains")],
diff --git a/mod/register.php b/mod/register.php
index c97433c040..512364dcfd 100644
--- a/mod/register.php
+++ b/mod/register.php
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ function register_content(App $a)
 		'$invite_id'  => $invite_id,
 		'$realpeople' => $realpeople,
 		'$regtitle'  => L10n::t('Registration'),
-		'$registertext' => x($a->config, 'register_text') ? BBCode::convert($a->config['register_text']) : "",
+		'$registertext' => BBCode::convert(Config::get('config', 'register_text', '')),
 		'$fillwith'  => $fillwith,
 		'$fillext'   => $fillext,
 		'$oidlabel'  => $oidlabel,