diff --git a/src/core/ignore.c b/src/core/ignore.c
index cebbc3b0..bc35b861 100644
--- a/src/core/ignore.c
+++ b/src/core/ignore.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static void ignore_set_config(IGNORE_REC *rec)
 	CONFIG_NODE *node;
 	char *levelstr;
 
-	if (rec->level == 0 || rec->unignore_time > 0)
+	if (rec->level == 0)
 		return;
 
 	node = iconfig_node_traverse("(ignores", TRUE);
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ static void ignore_set_config(IGNORE_REC *rec)
 	if (rec->regexp) iconfig_node_set_bool(node, "regexp", TRUE);
 	if (rec->fullword) iconfig_node_set_bool(node, "fullword", TRUE);
 	if (rec->replies) iconfig_node_set_bool(node, "replies", TRUE);
+	if (rec->unignore_time != 0)
+		iconfig_node_set_int(node, "unignore_time", rec->unignore_time);
 
 	if (rec->channels != NULL && *rec->channels != NULL) {
 		node = config_node_section(node, "channels", NODE_TYPE_LIST);
@@ -424,6 +426,7 @@ static void read_ignores(void)
 		rec->regexp = config_node_get_bool(node, "regexp", FALSE);
 		rec->fullword = config_node_get_bool(node, "fullword", FALSE);
 		rec->replies = config_node_get_bool(node, "replies", FALSE);
+		rec->unignore_time = config_node_get_int(node, "unignore_time", 0);
 
 		node = config_node_section(node, "channels", -1);
 		if (node != NULL) rec->channels = config_node_get_list(node);