diff --git a/lib/common.js b/lib/common.js
index 0e1944c..264ea6e 100644
--- a/lib/common.js
+++ b/lib/common.js
@@ -146,6 +146,43 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
         }
       } catch (err) {
       }
+    },
+    async banUser (username, remove = false) {
+      const user = await db.users.findOne({ username: username })
+      if (!user) {
+        return `Can't find user "${username}"`
+      }
+
+      const _id = user._id
+      if (!remove) {
+        if (user.banned) {
+          return `User "${username}" ${_id} is already banned.`
+        }
+        await db.users.update({ _id }, { $set: { active: 0, banned: true } })
+        console.log(`Suspended user "${username}" ${_id}`)
+        return `Suspended user "${username}" ${_id}`
+      } else {
+        await utils.respawnUser(_id)
+        // Remove the bot user from the database
+        await db.users.removeWhere({ _id })
+        await db['users.code'].removeWhere({ user: _id })
+        await env.del(env.keys.MEMORY + _id)
+        await env.del(env.keys.MEMORY_SEGMENTS + _id)
+        console.log(`Removed user "${username}" ${_id}`)
+        return `Removed user "${username}" ${_id}`
+      }
+    },
+    async unbanUser (username) {
+      const user = await db.users.findOne({ username: username })
+      if (!user) {
+        return `Can't find user "${username}"`
+      } else if (user.active !== 0) {
+        return `User "${username}" ${user._id} is not banned.`
+      }
+
+      await db.users.update({ _id: user._id }, { $set: { active: 10000, banned: false } })
+      console.log(`Unbanned user "${username}" ${user._id}`)
+      return `Unbanned user "${username}" ${user._id}`
     }
   })
 
@@ -157,6 +194,9 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
   config.utils.setSocketUpdateRate._help = 'setSocketUpdateRate(value) Sets socket update rate (in ms)'
   config.utils.getSocketUpdateRate._help = 'getSocketUpdateRate() Returns current socket update rate'
   config.utils.setShardName._help = 'setShardName(value) Sets the shard name'
+  config.utils.banUser._help = 'banUser(username, remove = false) Ban the specified user from the server.\n' +
+    '\tPassing `false` will suspend their CPU usage, `true` will delete their data entirely.'
+  config.utils.unbanUser._help = 'unbanUser(username) Unban the specified user from the server.'
 
   Object.defineProperty(config.utils, '_help', {
     get () { // Using a getter here so that loaded services are also included
diff --git a/lib/services/whitelist/cronjobs.js b/lib/services/whitelist/cronjobs.js
index b3df99a..32e6de5 100644
--- a/lib/services/whitelist/cronjobs.js
+++ b/lib/services/whitelist/cronjobs.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
     const WHITELIST = JSON.parse(await env.get(env.keys.WHITELIST) || '[]').map(u => u.toLowerCase())
     const users = await db.users.find()
     for (const user of users) {
-      const blocked = !(user.allowed || WHITELIST.length === 0 || (user.username && WHITELIST.includes(user.username.toLowerCase())))
+      const blocked = !(user.allowed || !user.banned || WHITELIST.length === 0 || (user.username && WHITELIST.includes(user.username.toLowerCase())))
       db.users.update({ _id: user._id }, { $set: { blocked } })
     }
   }]