diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index 56a831e002..7f2da1a591 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ window.onload = focusit;
     <fieldset id="poststatusdiv">
       <legend><a href="http://wordpress.org/docs/reference/post/#post_status" title="<?php _e('Help on post status') ?>"><?php _e('Post Status') ?></a></legend>
 	  <div>
-<?php if ( 2 == get_option('new_users_can_blog') && 1 != $user_level ) : ?>
+<?php if ( 1 < $user_level || (1 == $user_level && 2 == get_option('new_users_can_blog')) ) : ?>
 <label for="post_status_publish" class="selectit"><input id="post_status_publish" name="post_status" type="radio" value="publish" <?php checked($post_status, 'publish'); ?> /> <?php _e('Publish') ?></label>
 <?php endif; ?>
 	  <label for="post_status_draft" class="selectit"><input id="post_status_draft" name="post_status" type="radio" value="draft" <?php checked($post_status, 'draft'); ?> /> <?php _e('Draft') ?></label> 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ edCanvas = document.getElementById('content');
 <?php 
 if ('publish' != $post_status || 0 == $post_ID) {
 ?>
-<?php if ( 2 == get_option('new_users_can_blog') && 1 != $user_level ) : ?>
+<?php if ( 1 < $user_level || (1 == $user_level && 2 == get_option('new_users_can_blog')) ) : ?>
 	<input name="publish" type="submit" id="publish" tabindex="10" value="<?php _e('Publish') ?>" /> 
 <?php endif; ?>
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-register.php b/wp-register.php
index 03fbd8f2bf..20dccd91a0 100644
--- a/wp-register.php
+++ b/wp-register.php
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ case 'register':
 	$user_nickname = $wpdb->escape($user_nickname);
     $user_nicename = sanitize_title($user_nickname);
 	$now = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
-	$new_users_can_blog = get_settings('new_users_can_blog');
+	if (get_settings('new_users_can_blog') >= 1) $user_level = 1;
 
 	$result = $wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->users 
 		(user_login, user_pass, user_nickname, user_email, user_ip, user_browser, dateYMDhour, user_level, user_idmode, user_nicename)
 	VALUES 
-		('$user_login', MD5('$pass1'), '$user_nickname', '$user_email', '$user_ip', '$user_browser', '$now', '$new_users_can_blog', 'nickname', '$user_nicename')");
+		('$user_login', MD5('$pass1'), '$user_nickname', '$user_email', '$user_ip', '$user_browser', '$now', '$user_level', 'nickname', '$user_nicename')");
 	
 	if ($result == false) {
 		die (sprintf(__('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Couldn&#8217;t register you... please contact the <a href="mailto:%s">webmaster</a> !'), get_settings('admin_email')));