diff --git a/callsign.php b/callsign.php
index a8abc06..bbf6657 100644
--- a/callsign.php
+++ b/callsign.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //var_dump($_GET);
 
 require_once("includes/config.php");
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
+require_once("includes/db.php");
 $tdate = date('Ymd');
 $ttime = date('Hi');
 $isLight = false;
diff --git a/console.php b/console.php
index 26af98b..d584ca2 100644
--- a/console.php
+++ b/console.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ var auto_refreshpods = setInterval(function() {
 require_once("includes/config.php");
 require_once("includes/db.php");
 require_once("includes/queue.php");
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
 $ttime = date('Hi');
 $numberpods = 0;
 //var_dump($_SESSION);
@@ -179,25 +178,11 @@ while ($line = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
 
 }
 
-$query = 'SELECT * FROM pqs_pods';
-$result = mysqli_query($link, $query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysqli_error($link));
-while ($line = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
-	$pod01  = $line[0];
-	$pod02  = $line[1];
-	$pod03  = $line[2];
-	$pod04  = $line[3];
-	$pod05  = $line[4];
-	$pod06  = $line[5];
-	$pod07  = $line[6];
-	$pod08  = $line[7];
-	$pod09  = $line[8];
-	$pod10  = $line[9];
-	$pod11  = $line[10];
-	$pod12  = $line[11];
-	$pod13  = $line[12];
-	$pod14  = $line[13];
-	$pod15  = $line[14];
-	$pod16  = $line[15];
+$pods = array();
+foreach (pqs_rows('SELECT * FROM pqs_pods') as $line) {
+	for ($i = 1; $i <= 16; $i++) {
+		$pods[$i] = (int) $line[sprintf('pod%02d', $i)];
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
@@ -238,22 +223,15 @@ while ($line = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
 	<br>	
 <?php
 
-if ("$pod01" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod01 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod01 : ";} if ("$pod01" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod01' name='pod01' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod01' name='pod01' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod02" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod02 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod02 : ";} if ("$pod02" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod02' name='pod02' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod02' name='pod02' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod03" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod03 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod03 : ";} if ("$pod03" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod03' name='pod03' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod03' name='pod03' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod04" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod04 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod04 : ";} if ("$pod04" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod04' name='pod04' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod04' name='pod04' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod05" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod05 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod05 : ";} if ("$pod05" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod05' name='pod05' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod05' name='pod05' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod06" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod06 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod06 : ";} if ("$pod06" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod06' name='pod06' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod06' name='pod06' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod07" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod07 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod07 : ";} if ("$pod07" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod07' name='pod07' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod07' name='pod07' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod08" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod08 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod08 : ";} if ("$pod08" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod08' name='pod08' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod08' name='pod08' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod09" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod09 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod09 : ";} if ("$pod09" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod09' name='pod09' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod09' name='pod09' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod10" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod10 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod10 : ";} if ("$pod10" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod10' name='pod10' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod10' name='pod10' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod11" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod11 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod11 : ";} if ("$pod11" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod11' name='pod11' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod11' name='pod11' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod12" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod12 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod12 : ";} if ("$pod12" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod12' name='pod12' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod12' name='pod12' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod13" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod13 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod13 : ";} if ("$pod13" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod13' name='pod13' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod13' name='pod13' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod14" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod14 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod14 : ";} if ("$pod14" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod14' name='pod14' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod14' name='pod14' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod15" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod15 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod15 : ";} if ("$pod15" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod15' name='pod15' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod15' name='pod15' /><br>"; }
-if ("$pod16" == 0) {echo "<font color=red>Pod16 : </font>";} else {echo "Pod16 : ";} if ("$pod16" == 1) { echo "<input type='checkbox' id='pod16' name='pod16' class='checkbox' checked /><br>"; } else { echo "<input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='pod16' name='pod16' /><br>"; }
+for ($i = 1; $i <= 16; $i++) {
+	$name = sprintf('pod%02d', $i);
+	$label = sprintf('Pod%02d', $i);
+	if (!empty($pods[$i])) {
+		echo "$label : <input type='checkbox' id='$name' name='$name' class='checkbox' checked /><br>";
+	} else {
+		echo "<font color=red>$label : </font><input type='checkbox' class='checkbox' id='$name' name='$name' /><br>";
+	}
+}
 ?>
 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Visability  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;: <select name='visibility' >
diff --git a/includes/db.php b/includes/db.php
index 7b2bb7a..742327a 100644
--- a/includes/db.php
+++ b/includes/db.php
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ const PQS_DB_USER = 'pqs';
 const PQS_DB_PASS = 'pqs';
 const PQS_DB_NAME = 'pqs';
 
+// Single source of truth for the venue's timezone. Set on include so every
+// page that pulls in db.php gets it without repeating the call.
+const PQS_TIMEZONE = 'America/Chicago';
+date_default_timezone_set(PQS_TIMEZONE);
+
 /**
  * Shared mysqli connection, opened once per request.
  * mysqli is put into exception-reporting mode (the default since PHP 8.1) so
diff --git a/includes/getconsole.php b/includes/getconsole.php
index f34cfaa..afb9cd3 100644
--- a/includes/getconsole.php
+++ b/includes/getconsole.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
+require_once __DIR__ . '/db.php';
 $locked = 0;
 $numplayers = 0;
 $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'pqs', 'pqs') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error($link));
diff --git a/includes/getgroup.php b/includes/getgroup.php
index ebd7461..f6cca21 100644
--- a/includes/getgroup.php
+++ b/includes/getgroup.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
+require_once __DIR__ . '/db.php';
 $group = isset($_POST['group']) ? (int)$_POST['group'] : 0;
 
 $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'pqs', 'pqs') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error($link));
diff --git a/includes/getqueue.php b/includes/getqueue.php
index d4df9fb..598ee11 100644
--- a/includes/getqueue.php
+++ b/includes/getqueue.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
+require_once __DIR__ . '/db.php';
 $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'pqs', 'pqs') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error($link));
 mysqli_select_db($link, 'pqs') or die('Could not select database');
 $query = "SELECT * FROM pqs_queue ORDER BY MissionID, ID";
diff --git a/includes/getreg.php b/includes/getreg.php
index b922728..d9f3781 100644
--- a/includes/getreg.php
+++ b/includes/getreg.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 });
 </script>
 <?php
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
+require_once __DIR__ . '/db.php';
 $numplayers = 0;
 $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'pqs', 'pqs') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error($link));
 mysqli_select_db($link, 'pqs') or die('Could not select database');
diff --git a/includes/now.php b/includes/now.php
index d565f0e..d8d32fc 100644
--- a/includes/now.php
+++ b/includes/now.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?Php
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
+require_once __DIR__ . '/db.php';
 $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'pqs', 'pqs') or die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error($link));
 mysqli_select_db($link, 'pqs') or die('Could not select database');
 $query = "SELECT * FROM pqs_gameconfig";
diff --git a/registration.php b/registration.php
index b1b8fca..6fada50 100644
--- a/registration.php
+++ b/registration.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ var auto_refreshqueue = setInterval(function() {
 include_once("includes/config.php");
 require_once("includes/db.php");
 require_once("includes/queue.php");
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
 $tdate = date('Ymd');
 $ttime = date('Hi');
 $missionsize = $_SESSION['mechpods'];
diff --git a/search.php b/search.php
index e3e468a..2ac0650 100644
--- a/search.php
+++ b/search.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 </head>
 <body style='background: #000;'>
 <?php
-date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
+require_once("includes/db.php");
 //include_once("includes/config.php");
 //var_dump($_GET);
 if (isset($_GET['callsign'])){