# Discourse-auto-deactivate writes the wrong message to the log

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-auto-deactivate-writes-the-wrong-message-to-the-log/104397>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [December 16, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-auto-deactivate-writes-the-wrong-message-to-the-log/104397 "2018-12-16T04:22:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![chumstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chumstick/32/122383_2.png) [@chumstick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chumstick)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-auto-deactivate-writes-the-wrong-message-to-the-log/104397/4 "2018-12-16T04:41:53Z")

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> [@jomaxro](#):
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> submit a pull request with your fix back to the official repo so everyone can benefit.

I totally would, if I knew how to fix it like Jeff suggested. He agreed with me that the proper fix would be to read it from the site settings. My limited capabilities however, only allow me to change the text of the string directly. Submitting a pull request where all I’ve changed is “1 year” to “90 days” would be a bit useless, I’d imagine (unless of course someone else also has _their_ deactivate set to 90 days as well).

Or is

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Perhaps this could be a good starter task,

The most subtle encouragement to “expand my horizons and learn something new” I’ve ever read?

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