diff --git a/src/freenet/config/SubConfig.java b/src/freenet/config/SubConfig.java
index 8a2f5d28ab..7fc66d54d9 100644
--- a/src/freenet/config/SubConfig.java
+++ b/src/freenet/config/SubConfig.java
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ public int getInt(String optionName) {
 		synchronized(this) {
 			o = (IntOption) map.get(optionName);
 		}
-		return o.getValue();
+		// return fallback value for ignored options (null). This avoids breaking plugins which try to get ignored options.
+		return o == null ? -1 : o.getValue();
 	}
 
 	public long getLong(String optionName) {
@@ -180,7 +181,8 @@ public long getLong(String optionName) {
 		synchronized(this) {
 			o = (LongOption) map.get(optionName);
 		}
-		return o.getValue();
+		// return fallback value for ignored options (null). This avoids breaking plugins which try to get ignored options.
+		return o == null ? -1L : o.getValue();
 	}
 
 	public boolean getBoolean(String optionName) {
@@ -188,7 +190,8 @@ public boolean getBoolean(String optionName) {
 		synchronized(this) {
 			o = (BooleanOption) map.get(optionName);
 		}
-		return o.getValue();
+		// return fallback value for ignored options (null). This avoids breaking plugins which try to get ignored options.
+		return o == null ? false : o.getValue();
 	}
 
 	public String getString(String optionName) {
@@ -196,7 +199,8 @@ public String getString(String optionName) {
 		synchronized(this) {
 			o = (StringOption) map.get(optionName);
 		}
-		return o.getValue().trim();
+		// return fallback value for ignored options (null). This avoids breaking plugins which try to get ignored options.
+		return o == null ? "" : o.getValue().trim();
 	}
 
 	public String[] getStringArr(String optionName) {
@@ -204,7 +208,8 @@ public String[] getStringArr(String optionName) {
 		synchronized(this) {
 			o = (StringArrOption) map.get(optionName);
 		}
-		return o.getValue();
+		// return fallback value for ignored options (null). This avoids breaking plugins which try to get ignored options.
+		return o == null ? new String[]{} : o.getValue();
 	}
 
 	public short getShort(String optionName) {
@@ -212,7 +217,8 @@ public short getShort(String optionName) {
 		synchronized(this) {
 			o = (ShortOption) map.get(optionName);
 		}
-		return o.getValue();
+		// return fallback value for ignored options (null). This avoids breaking plugins which try to get ignored options.
+		return o == null ? -1 : o.getValue();
 	}
 
 	public Option<?> removeOption(String optionName) {
diff --git a/src/freenet/node/MemoryChecker.java b/src/freenet/node/MemoryChecker.java
index 1892338076..47bab6829e 100644
--- a/src/freenet/node/MemoryChecker.java
+++ b/src/freenet/node/MemoryChecker.java
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ public class MemoryChecker implements Runnable {
 	private volatile boolean goon = false;
 	private final Ticker ps;
 	private int aggressiveGCModificator;
-	private RunningAverage avgFreeMemory;
-	
+
 	public MemoryChecker(Ticker ps, int modificator){
 		this.ps = ps;
 		this.aggressiveGCModificator = modificator;
@@ -48,61 +47,14 @@ public void run() {
 		
 		long totalMemory = r.totalMemory();
 		long freeMemory = r.freeMemory();
-		long maxMemory = r.maxMemory();
 		
 		Logger.normal(this, "Memory in use: "+SizeUtil.formatSize((totalMemory-freeMemory)));
 		
-		if (totalMemory == maxMemory || maxMemory == Long.MAX_VALUE) {
-			// jvm have allocated maximum memory
-			// totalMemory never decrease, so check it only for once
-			if (avgFreeMemory == null)
-				avgFreeMemory = new SimpleRunningAverage(3, freeMemory);
-			else
-				avgFreeMemory.report(freeMemory);
-			
-			if (avgFreeMemory.countReports() >= 3 && avgFreeMemory.currentValue() < 4 * 1024 * 1024) {//  average free memory < 4 MB
-				Logger.normal(this, "Reached threshold, checking for low memory ...");
-				System.gc();
-				System.runFinalization();
-
-				try {
-					Thread.sleep(10); // Force a context switch, finalization need a CS to complete
-				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
-				}
-
-				freeMemory = r.freeMemory();
-				avgFreeMemory.report(freeMemory);
-			}
-		}
-		
 		int sleeptime = aggressiveGCModificator;
 		if(sleeptime <= 0) { // We are done
 			ps.queueTimedJob(this, 120 * 250); // 30 sec
-			return;
 		} else
 			ps.queueTimedJob(this, 120L * sleeptime);
-		
-		// FIXME
-		// Do not remove until all known memory issues fixed,
-		// Especially #66
-		// This probably reduces performance, but it makes
-		// memory usage *more predictable*. This will make
-		// tracking down the sort of nasty unpredictable OOMs
-		// we are getting much easier. 
-		if(aggressiveGCModificator > 0) {
-			boolean logMINOR = Logger.shouldLog(LogLevel.MINOR, this);
-			long beforeGCUsedMemory = (r.totalMemory() - r.freeMemory());
-			if(logMINOR) Logger.minor(this, "Memory in use before GC: "+beforeGCUsedMemory);
-			long beforeGCTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-			System.gc();
-			System.runFinalization();
-			long afterGCTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-			long afterGCUsedMemory = (r.totalMemory() - r.freeMemory());
-			if(logMINOR) {
-				Logger.minor(this, "Memory in use after GC: "+afterGCUsedMemory);
-				Logger.minor(this, "GC completed after "+(afterGCTime - beforeGCTime)+"ms and \"recovered\" "+(beforeGCUsedMemory - afterGCUsedMemory)+" bytes, leaving "+afterGCUsedMemory+" bytes used");
-			}
-		}
 
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/freenet/node/NodeStats.java b/src/freenet/node/NodeStats.java
index 986edcc440..2564af71e1 100644
--- a/src/freenet/node/NodeStats.java
+++ b/src/freenet/node/NodeStats.java
@@ -407,21 +407,7 @@ public void set(Integer val) throws InvalidConfigValueException {
 		threadLimit = statsConfig.getInt("threadLimit");
 
 		// Yes it could be in seconds insteed of multiples of 0.12, but we don't want people to play with it :)
-		statsConfig.register("aggressiveGC", aggressiveGCModificator, sortOrder++, true, false, "NodeStat.aggressiveGC", "NodeStat.aggressiveGCLong",
-				new IntCallback() {
-					@Override
-					public Integer get() {
-						return aggressiveGCModificator;
-					}
-					@Override
-					public void set(Integer val) throws InvalidConfigValueException {
-						if (get().equals(val))
-					        return;
-						Logger.normal(this, "Changing aggressiveGCModificator to "+val);
-						aggressiveGCModificator = val;
-					}
-		},false);
-		aggressiveGCModificator = statsConfig.getInt("aggressiveGC");
+		statsConfig.registerIgnoredOption("aggressiveGC");
 
 		myMemoryChecker = new MemoryChecker(node.getTicker(), aggressiveGCModificator);
 		statsConfig.register("memoryChecker", true, sortOrder++, true, false, "NodeStat.memCheck", "NodeStat.memCheckLong",