diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 87c8d3ddfc..3542a4cb43 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ app.flags = {};
 
 	app.processPage = function () {
 		highlightNavigationLink();
+		overrides.overrideTimeagoCutoff();
 		$('.timeago').timeago();
 		utils.makeNumbersHumanReadable($('.human-readable-number'));
 		utils.addCommasToNumbers($('.formatted-number'));
diff --git a/public/src/overrides.js b/public/src/overrides.js
index 123d814059..c00d3b530b 100644
--- a/public/src/overrides.js
+++ b/public/src/overrides.js
@@ -109,16 +109,21 @@ if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
 			});
 	}());
 	let timeagoFn;
+	overrides.overrideTimeagoCutoff = function () {
+		const cutoff = parseInt(ajaxify.data.timeagoCutoff || config.timeagoCutoff, 10);
+		if (cutoff === 0) {
+			$.timeago.settings.cutoff = 1;
+		} else if (cutoff > 0) {
+			$.timeago.settings.cutoff = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * cutoff;
+		}
+	};
+
 	overrides.overrideTimeago = function () {
 		if (!timeagoFn) {
 			timeagoFn = $.fn.timeago;
 		}
 
-		if (parseInt(config.timeagoCutoff, 10) === 0) {
-			$.timeago.settings.cutoff = 1;
-		} else if (parseInt(config.timeagoCutoff, 10) > 0) {
-			$.timeago.settings.cutoff = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(config.timeagoCutoff, 10) || 30);
-		}
+		overrides.overrideTimeagoCutoff();
 
 		$.timeago.settings.allowFuture = true;
 		const userLang = config.userLang.replace('_', '-');
diff --git a/src/controllers/users.js b/src/controllers/users.js
index 2f697c4b9c..f08e428c38 100644
--- a/src/controllers/users.js
+++ b/src/controllers/users.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ usersController.getOnlineUsers = async function (req, res) {
 	}
 
 	userData.anonymousUserCount = guests + hiddenCount;
+	userData.timeagoCutoff = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
 
 	await render(req, res, userData);
 };