diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/Bootstrap.php b/airtime_mvc/application/Bootstrap.php
index e02add24a..2c8cd839c 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/Bootstrap.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/Bootstrap.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
      * from a php init function. This will save us from having to 
      * reinitialize them every request
      */
-    protected function _initTranslationGlobals() {
+    private function _initTranslationGlobals() {
         $view = $this->getResource('view');
         $view->headScript()->appendScript("var PRODUCT_NAME = '" . PRODUCT_NAME . "';");
         $view->headScript()->appendScript("var USER_MANUAL_URL = '" . USER_MANUAL_URL . "';");
@@ -190,9 +190,10 @@ class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
                 && strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $baseUrl.'audiopreview/audio-preview') === false
                 && strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $baseUrl.'audiopreview/playlist-preview') === false
                 && strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $baseUrl.'audiopreview/block-preview') === false) {
-                if (Application_Model_Preference::GetLiveChatEnabled()) {
+                $plan_level = strval(Application_Model_Preference::GetPlanLevel());
+                // Since the Hobbyist plan doesn't come with Live Chat support, don't enable it
+                if (Application_Model_Preference::GetLiveChatEnabled() && $plan_level !== 'hobbyist') {
                     $client_id = strval(Application_Model_Preference::GetClientId());
-                    $plan_level = strval(Application_Model_Preference::GetPlanLevel());
                     $station_url = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
                     $view->headScript()->appendScript("var livechat_client_id = '$client_id';\n".
                                                       "var livechat_plan_type = '$plan_level';\n".
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PluploadController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PluploadController.php
index 7c808140c..c3fa239e9 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PluploadController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PluploadController.php
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ class PluploadController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         $this->view->headLink()->appendStylesheet($baseUrl.'css/addmedia.css?'.$CC_CONFIG['airtime_version']);
 
         $this->view->quotaLimitReached = false;
-        if (Application_Model_Systemstatus::isDiskOverQuota()) {
+        // temporarily disabling disk quota until all file size values have been set
+        /*if (Application_Model_Systemstatus::isDiskOverQuota()) {
             $this->view->quotaLimitReached = true;
-        }
+        }*/
 
         //Because uploads are done via AJAX (and we're not using Zend form for those), we manually add the CSRF
         //token in here.
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
index e43021287..0e15dcb92 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ SQL;
         Logging::info("User ".$user->getLogin()." is deleting file: ".$this->_file->getDbTrackTitle()." - file id: ".$file_id);
 
         $filesize = $this->_file->getFileSize();
-        if ($filesize <= 0) {
+        if ($filesize < 0) {
             throw new Exception("Cannot delete file with filesize ".$filesize);
         }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/CcFiles.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/CcFiles.php
index 148eb37c0..a7873c850 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/CcFiles.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/CcFiles.php
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ class CcFiles extends BaseCcFiles {
      */
     public static function createFromUpload($fileArray)
     {
+        /*temporarily disabling disk quota until all file sizes have ben set in the database.
         if (Application_Model_Systemstatus::isDiskOverQuota()) {
             throw new OverDiskQuotaException();
         }
+        */
 
         /* If full_path is set, the post request came from ftp.
          * Users are allowed to upload folders via ftp. If this is the case
diff --git a/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/airtime_analyzer/metadata_analyzer.py b/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/airtime_analyzer/metadata_analyzer.py
index 57d278548..58fc1d56e 100644
--- a/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/airtime_analyzer/metadata_analyzer.py
+++ b/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/airtime_analyzer/metadata_analyzer.py
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ class MetadataAnalyzer(Analyzer):
         #Other fields we'll want to set for Airtime:
         metadata["hidden"] = False
 
+        # Get file size and md5 hash of the file
+        metadata["filesize"] = os.path.getsize(filename)
+
+        with open(filename, 'rb') as fh:
+            m = hashlib.md5()
+            while True:
+                data = fh.read(8192)
+                if not data:
+                    break
+                m.update(data)
+            metadata["md5"] = m.hexdigest()
+
         # Mutagen doesn't handle WAVE files so we use a different package 
         mime_check = magic.from_file(filename, mime=True)
         metadata["mime"] = mime_check
@@ -98,20 +110,6 @@ class MetadataAnalyzer(Analyzer):
             #If we couldn't figure out the track_number or track_total, just ignore it...
             pass
 
-        # Get file size and md5 hash of the file
-        metadata["filesize"] = os.path.getsize(filename)
-
-        with open(filename, 'rb') as fh:
-            m = hashlib.md5()
-            while True:
-                data = fh.read(8192)
-                if not data:
-                    break
-                m.update(data)
-            metadata["md5"] = m.hexdigest()
-
-
-
         #We normalize the mutagen tags slightly here, so in case mutagen changes,
         #we find the 
         mutagen_to_airtime_mapping = {