diff --git a/inc/mod/pages.php b/inc/mod/pages.php
index 741d2268..16e3e354 100644
--- a/inc/mod/pages.php
+++ b/inc/mod/pages.php
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ function mod_view_thread50(Context $ctx, $boardName, $thread) {
 }
 
 function mod_ip_remove_note(Context $ctx, $ip, $id) {
-    global $config, $mod;
+    global $config;
 
     if (!hasPermission($config['mod']['remove_notes']))
             error($config['error']['noaccess']);
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ function mod_ip(Context $ctx, $ip, string $encoded_cursor = '') {
     mod_page(sprintf('%s: %s', _('IP'), htmlspecialchars($ip)), 'mod/view_ip.html', $args, $args['hostname']);
 }
 
-function mod_ban() {
+function mod_ban(Context $ctx) {
     global $config;
 
     if (!hasPermission($config['mod']['ban']))
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ function mod_move_reply(Context $ctx, $originBoard, $postID) {
 }
 
 function mod_move(Context $ctx, $originBoard, $postID) {
-	global $board, $config, $pdo;
+    global $board, $config, $pdo;
 
     if (!openBoard($originBoard))
         error($config['error']['noboard']);
@@ -1645,8 +1645,8 @@ function mod_move(Context $ctx, $originBoard, $postID) {
     mod_page(_('Move thread'), 'mod/move.html', array('post' => $postID, 'board' => $originBoard, 'boards' => $boards, 'token' => $security_token));
 }
 
-function mod_merge($originBoard, $postID) {
-    global $board, $config, $mod, $pdo;
+function mod_merge(Context $ctx, $originBoard, $postID) {
+    global $board, $config, $pdo;
 
     if (!openBoard($originBoard))
         error($config['error']['noboard']);
diff --git a/mod.php b/mod.php
index 220ebf02..248c04ce 100644
--- a/mod.php
+++ b/mod.php
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ if ($config['debug']) {
 require_once 'inc/bans.php';
 require_once 'inc/mod/pages.php';
 
-check_login(true);
+
+$ctx = Vichan\build_context($config);
+
+check_login($ctx, true);
 
 $query = isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) ? rawurldecode($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) : '';
 
@@ -148,8 +151,6 @@ foreach ($pages as $key => $callback) {
 }
 $pages = $new_pages;
 
-$ctx = Vichan\build_context($config);
-
 foreach ($pages as $uri => $handler) {
 	if (preg_match($uri, $query, $matches)) {
 		$matches[0] = $ctx; // Replace the text captured by the full pattern with a reference to the context.
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 9a2a219b..78a1bb90 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Tinyboard Development Group
  */
 
+use Vichan\Context;
+
 require_once 'inc/bootstrap.php';
 
 /**
@@ -529,7 +531,7 @@ function handle_nntpchan()
     );
 }
 
-function handle_delete()
+function handle_delete(Context $ctx)
 {
     // Delete
     global $config, $board, $mod;
@@ -537,7 +539,7 @@ function handle_delete()
         error($config['error']['bot']);
     }
 
-    check_login(false);
+    check_login($ctx, false);
     $is_mod = !!$mod;
 
     if (isset($_POST['mod']) && $_POST['mod'] && !$mod) {
@@ -653,7 +655,7 @@ function handle_delete()
     rebuildThemes('post-delete', $board['uri']);
 }
 
-function handle_report()
+function handle_report(Context $ctx)
 {
     global $config, $board;
     if (!isset($_POST['board'], $_POST['reason']))
@@ -802,7 +804,7 @@ function handle_report()
     }
 }
 
-function handle_post()
+function handle_post(Context $ctx)
 {
     global $config, $dropped_post, $board, $mod, $pdo;
 
@@ -911,7 +913,7 @@ function handle_post()
         }
 
         if ($post['mod'] = isset($_POST['mod']) && $_POST['mod']) {
-            check_login(false);
+            check_login($ctx, false);
             if (!$mod) {
                 // Liar. You're not a mod >:-[
                 error($config['error']['notamod']);
@@ -1846,7 +1848,7 @@ function handle_post()
     }
 }
 
-function handle_appeal()
+function handle_appeal(Context $ctx)
 {
     global $config;
     if (!isset($_POST['ban_id'])) {
@@ -1899,14 +1901,16 @@ if (isset($_GET['Newsgroups'])) {
     }
 }
 
+$ctx = Vichan\build_context($config);
+
 if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
-    handle_delete();
+    handle_delete($ctx);
 } elseif (isset($_POST['report'])) {
-    handle_report();
+    handle_report($ctx);
 } elseif (isset($_POST['post']) || $dropped_post) {
-    handle_post();
+    handle_post($ctx);
 } elseif (isset($_POST['appeal'])) {
-    handle_appeal();
+    handle_appeal($ctx);
 } else {
     if (!file_exists($config['has_installed'])) {
         header('Location: install.php', true, $config['redirect_http']);