diff --git a/lib/facebookaction.php b/lib/facebookaction.php
index dcd4e33d0a..528b581541 100644
--- a/lib/facebookaction.php
+++ b/lib/facebookaction.php
@@ -46,13 +46,37 @@ class FacebookAction extends Action
     var $app_uri  = null;
     var $app_name = null;
   
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     *
+     * Just wraps the HTMLOutputter constructor.
+     *
+     * @param string  $output URI to output to, default = stdout
+     * @param boolean $indent Whether to indent output, default true
+     *
+     * @see XMLOutputter::__construct
+     * @see HTMLOutputter::__construct
+     */
+    function __construct($output='php://output', $indent=true, $facebook=null, $flink=null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($output, $indent);
+        
+        $this->facebook = $facebook;
+        $this->flink = $flink;
+        
+        if ($this->flink) {
+            $this->fbuid = $flink->foreign_id; 
+            $this->user = $flink->getUser();
+        }
+    }
+  
     function prepare($argarray)
     {        
         parent::prepare($argarray);
         
         common_debug("Facebookaction::prepare");
   
-        $this->facebook = get_facebook();
+        $this->facebook = getFacebook();
         $this->fbuid = $this->facebook->require_login();
         
         $this->action = $this->trimmed('action');
diff --git a/lib/facebookutil.php b/lib/facebookutil.php
index 7b3fd7b498..81737e4d53 100644
--- a/lib/facebookutil.php
+++ b/lib/facebookutil.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/extlib/facebook/facebook.php';
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/facebookaction.php';
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/noticelist.php';
 
 define("FACEBOOK_SERVICE", 2); // Facebook is foreign_service ID 2
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ define("FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX", 1);
 define("FACEBOOK_PROMPTED_UPDATE_PREF", 2);
 
 // Gets all the notices from users with a Facebook link since a given ID
-function get_facebook_notices($since)
+function getFacebookNotices($since)
 {
     $qry = 'SELECT notice.* ' .
         'FROM notice ' .
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ function get_facebook_notices($since)
     return Notice::getStreamDirect($qry, 0, 100, 0, 0, null, $since);
 }
 
-function get_facebook()
+function getFacebook()
 {
     $apikey = common_config('facebook', 'apikey');
     $secret = common_config('facebook', 'secret');
@@ -76,3 +77,8 @@ function getFacebookJS() {
     return $jsurl;
 }
 
+function updateProfileBox($facebook, $flink, $notice) {
+    $fbaction = new FacebookAction($output='php://output', $indent=true, $facebook, $flink);
+    $fbaction->updateProfileBox($notice);
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/update_facebook.php b/scripts/update_facebook.php
index 0c54cec7cf..1574b9e09e 100755
--- a/scripts/update_facebook.php
+++ b/scripts/update_facebook.php
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ if (isset($_SERVER) && array_key_exists('REQUEST_METHOD', $_SERVER)) {
 define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/..'));
 define('LACONICA', true);
 
-require_once(INSTALLDIR . '/lib/common.php');
-require_once(INSTALLDIR . '/lib/facebookutil.php');
+require_once INSTALLDIR . '/lib/common.php';
+require_once INSTALLDIR . '/lib/facebookutil.php';
 
 // For storing the last run date-time
 $last_updated_file = INSTALLDIR . '/scripts/facebook_last_updated';
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ if (!($tmp_file = @fopen($tmp_file, "w")))
 	die("Can't open lock file. Script already running?");
 }
 
-$facebook = get_facebook();
+$facebook = getFacebook();
 
 $current_time = time();
 
-$notice = get_facebook_notices(get_last_updated());
+$notice = getFacebookNotices(getLastUpdated());
 
 print date('r', $current_time) . " Looking for notices to send to Facebook...\n";
 
@@ -57,11 +57,14 @@ while($notice->fetch()) {
     $flink = Foreign_link::getByUserID($notice->profile_id, FACEBOOK_SERVICE);
     $user = $flink->getUser();
     $fbuid = $flink->foreign_id;
+    
+    if (!userCanUpdate($fbuid)) {
+        continue;
+    }
 
-    $prefix = $facebook->api_client->data_getUserPreference(1, $fbuid);
-
+    $prefix = $facebook->api_client->data_getUserPreference(FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX, $fbuid);
     $content = "$prefix $notice->content";
-
+    
     if (($flink->noticesync & FOREIGN_NOTICE_SEND) == FOREIGN_NOTICE_SEND) {
 
         // If it's not a reply, or if the user WANTS to send replies...
@@ -70,23 +73,38 @@ while($notice->fetch()) {
              
                 // Avoid a Loop
                 if ($notice->source != 'Facebook') {
-                    update_status($fbuid, $content);
-                    update_profile_box($facebook, $fbuid, $user, $notice);
+                    updateStatus($fbuid, $content);
+                    updateProfileBox($facebook, $flink, $notice);
                     $cnt++;
                 }
             }
     }
 }
 
-update_last_updated($current_time);
+updateLastUpdated($current_time);
 
 print "Sent $cnt notices to Facebook.\n";
 
 exit(0);
 
 
+function userCanUpdate($fbuid) {
+    
+    global $facebook;
 
-function update_status($fbuid, $content) {
+    $result = false;
+    
+    try {
+        $result = $facebook->api_client->users_hasAppPermission('status_update', $fbuid);
+    } catch(FacebookRestClientException $e){
+        print_r($e);
+    }
+
+    return $result;
+}
+
+
+function updateStatus($fbuid, $content) {
     global $facebook;
 
     try {
@@ -96,7 +114,7 @@ function update_status($fbuid, $content) {
     }
 }
 
-function get_last_updated(){
+function getLastUpdated(){
 	global $last_updated_file, $current_time;
 
 	$file = fopen($last_updated_file, 'r');
@@ -113,7 +131,7 @@ function get_last_updated(){
 	return $last;
 }
 
-function update_last_updated($time){
+function updateLastUpdated($time){
 	global $last_updated_file;
 	$file = fopen($last_updated_file, 'w') or die("Can't open $last_updated_file for writing!");
 	fwrite($file, $time);