diff --git a/Admin/Templates/config.tpl b/Admin/Templates/config.tpl
index 8526f49b..d04b4293 100644
--- a/Admin/Templates/config.tpl
+++ b/Admin/Templates/config.tpl
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ $cronKeyMasked = ($cronKey === '')
     <?php } ?>
 
     <tr>
-      <td>Database cleanup <em class="tooltip">?<span>Automation trims tables that would otherwise grow forever. Archived reports are never deleted. 0 disables a rule.</span></em></td>
+      <td>Database cleanup <em class="tooltip">?<span class="classic">Automation trims tables that would otherwise grow forever. Archived reports are never deleted. 0 disables a rule.</span></em></td>
       <td><?php
             $parts = array();
             $parts[] = 'reports: ' . ($cleanReports > 0 ? $cleanReports . 'd' : 'off');
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ $cronKeyMasked = ($cronKey === '')
     </tr>
 
     <tr>
-      <td>Last cleanup run <em class="tooltip">?<span>Cleanup runs once per hour from Automation and deletes in batches, so a first run on an old server catches up over several passes.</span></em></td>
+      <td>Last cleanup run <em class="tooltip">?<span class="classic">Cleanup runs once per hour from Automation and deletes in batches, so a first run on an old server catches up over several passes.</span></em></td>
       <td><?php
             if (is_array($cleanupInfo) && !empty($cleanupInfo['time'])) {
                 $r = isset($cleanupInfo['removed']) ? $cleanupInfo['removed'] : array();
diff --git a/install/process.php b/install/process.php
index bd0a2738..9e87c8e6 100644
--- a/install/process.php
+++ b/install/process.php
@@ -112,13 +112,41 @@ class Process {
 		$findReplace["%CRONKEY%"] = bin2hex(random_bytes(24));
 		// Valori implicite pentru ciclul intern al cron.php; editabile ulterior
 		// din ACP (Config -> Cron & Automation -> edit).
-		$findReplace["%CRONLOOP%"] = 300;
-		$findReplace["%CRONTICK%"] = 60;
-		// Retentii implicite pentru curatenia periodica din Automation
-		// (0 = regula dezactivata).
-		$findReplace["%CLEANUPREPORTS%"]  = 14;
-		$findReplace["%CLEANUPCHAT%"]     = 7;
-		$findReplace["%CLEANUPMESSAGES%"] = 0;
+		// Setarile de cron si de curatenie vin acum din formularul de instalare
+		// (sectiunea CRON & AUTOMATION). Valorile sunt limitate aici, ca un
+		// formular trimis modificat sa nu scrie ceva absurd in config.php.
+		$cronLoop = isset($_POST['cron_loop']) ? (int) $_POST['cron_loop'] : 300;
+		$cronTick = isset($_POST['cron_tick']) ? (int) $_POST['cron_tick'] : 60;
+
+		if ($cronLoop < 0)    { $cronLoop = 0; }
+		if ($cronLoop > 3300) { $cronLoop = 3300; }
+		if ($cronTick < 15)   { $cronTick = 15; }
+		if ($cronTick > 900)  { $cronTick = 900; }
+
+		// Un ciclu mai scurt decat un tick nu are sens: il tratam ca "o singura
+		// rulare per invocare".
+		if ($cronLoop > 0 && $cronLoop < $cronTick) { $cronLoop = 0; }
+
+		$findReplace["%CRONLOOP%"] = $cronLoop;
+		$findReplace["%CRONTICK%"] = $cronTick;
+
+		// Retentiile curateniei periodice (0 = regula dezactivata).
+		$cleanupFields = array(
+			"%CLEANUPREPORTS%"  => array('cleanup_reports', 14),
+			"%CLEANUPCHAT%"     => array('cleanup_chat', 7),
+			"%CLEANUPMESSAGES%" => array('cleanup_messages', 0),
+		);
+
+		foreach ($cleanupFields as $placeholder => $field) {
+			list($postName, $default) = $field;
+
+			$value = isset($_POST[$postName]) ? (int) $_POST[$postName] : $default;
+
+			if ($value < 0)    { $value = 0; }
+			if ($value > 3650) { $value = 3650; }
+
+			$findReplace[$placeholder] = $value;
+		}
 		$findReplace["%DOMAIN%"] = $_POST['domain'];
 		$findReplace["%HOMEPAGE%"] = $_POST['homepage'];
 		$findReplace["%SERVER%"] = $_POST['server'];
diff --git a/install/templates/config.tpl b/install/templates/config.tpl
index 8e994457..b1f20bf0 100644
--- a/install/templates/config.tpl
+++ b/install/templates/config.tpl
@@ -296,6 +296,28 @@ foreach($mechs as $k => $l){
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<div class="card">
+  <span class="f10 c">CRON &amp; AUTOMATION</span>
+  <div class="grid-2" style="margin-top:12px;">
+    <div><label>Cron invocation length (sec)</label><select class="input" name="cron_loop">
+        <option value="300" selected>300 - cron every 5 min (default)</option>
+        <option value="600">600 - cron every 10 min</option>
+        <option value="900">900 - cron every 15 min</option>
+        <option value="0">0 - cron every minute</option>
+    </select></div>
+    <div><label>Cron tick interval (sec)</label><input class="input" name="cron_tick" id="cron_tick" value="60"></div>
+    <div><label>Delete unarchived reports after (days)</label><input class="input" name="cleanup_reports" id="cleanup_reports" value="14"></div>
+    <div><label>Delete chat messages after (days)</label><input class="input" name="cleanup_chat" id="cleanup_chat" value="7"></div>
+    <div><label>Delete messages erased by both sides (days)</label><input class="input" name="cleanup_messages" id="cleanup_messages" value="0"></div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="f10" style="margin-top:8px;opacity:.75;">
+    Automation runs from cron.php instead of players' page loads. One cron invocation keeps working for
+    "invocation length" seconds and processes a tick every "tick interval" seconds &mdash; so a host that only
+    allows a cron every 5 minutes still gets processing every minute. 0 days disables a cleanup rule;
+    reports archived by players are never deleted. All of these can be changed later from the admin panel.
+  </div>
+</div>
+
 <div style="text-align:center;margin:18px 0;">
   <button class="btn" type="submit" name="Submit" id="Submit">Save Configuration →</button>
 </div>