diff --git a/mod.php b/mod.php
index 474210cd..c9e891ee 100644
--- a/mod.php
+++ b/mod.php
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ if ($config['debug']) {
 
 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']) : '';
 
@@ -136,8 +139,6 @@ 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] = $ctx; // Replace the text captured by the full pattern with a reference to the context.
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 6f29f50c..b20fdfc9 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
 
 
 		if ($post['mod'] = isset($_POST['mod']) && $_POST['mod']) {
-			check_login(false);
+			check_login($context, false);
 			if (!$mod) {
 				// Liar. You're not a mod.
 				error($config['error']['notamod']);