diff --git a/code/modules/admin/DB ban/functions.dm b/code/modules/admin/DB ban/functions.dm
index cc26d7153d..d07386c447 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/DB ban/functions.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/admin/DB ban/functions.dm	
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ datum/admins/proc/DB_ban_unban_by_id(var/id)
 			var/bdcolor = "#ffdddd" //banned dark
 			var/ulcolor = "#eeffee" //unbanned light
 			var/udcolor = "#ddffdd" //unbanned dark
+			var/alcolor = "#eeeeff" // auto-unbanned light
+			var/adcolor = "#ddddff" // auto-unbanned dark
 
 			output += "<table width='90%' bgcolor='#e3e3e3' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0' align='center'>"
 			output += "<tr>"
@@ -400,6 +402,8 @@ datum/admins/proc/DB_ban_unban_by_id(var/id)
 			var/DBQuery/select_query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT id, bantime, bantype, reason, job, duration, expiration_time, ckey, a_ckey, unbanned, unbanned_ckey, unbanned_datetime, edits, ip, computerid FROM erro_ban WHERE 1 [playersearch] [adminsearch] [ipsearch] [cidsearch] [bantypesearch] ORDER BY bantime DESC LIMIT 100")
 			select_query.Execute()
 
+			var/now = time2text(world.realtime, "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss") // MUST BE the same format as SQL gives us the dates in, and MUST be least to most specific (i.e. year, month, day not day, month, year)
+
 			while(select_query.NextRow())
 				var/banid = select_query.item[1]
 				var/bantime = select_query.item[2]
@@ -417,36 +421,42 @@ datum/admins/proc/DB_ban_unban_by_id(var/id)
 				var/ip = select_query.item[14]
 				var/cid = select_query.item[15]
 
+				// true if this ban has expired
+				var/auto = now > expiration // oh how I love ISO 8601 (ish) date strings
+
 				var/lcolor = blcolor
 				var/dcolor = bdcolor
 				if(unbanned)
 					lcolor = ulcolor
 					dcolor = udcolor
+				else if(auto)
+					lcolor = alcolor
+					dcolor = adcolor
 
 				var/typedesc =""
 				switch(bantype)
 					if("PERMABAN")
 						typedesc = "<font color='red'><b>PERMABAN</b></font>"
 					if("TEMPBAN")
-						typedesc = "<b>TEMPBAN</b><br><font size='2'>([duration] minutes [(unbanned) ? "" : "(<a href=\"byond://?src=\ref[src];dbbanedit=duration;dbbanid=[banid]\">Edit</a>))"]<br>Expires [expiration]</font>"
+						typedesc = "<b>TEMPBAN</b><br><font size='2'>([duration] minutes) [(unbanned || auto) ? "" : "(<a href=\"byond://?src=\ref[src];dbbanedit=duration;dbbanid=[banid]\">Edit</a>)"]<br>Expires [expiration]</font>"
 					if("JOB_PERMABAN")
 						typedesc = "<b>JOBBAN</b><br><font size='2'>([job])"
 					if("JOB_TEMPBAN")
-						typedesc = "<b>TEMP JOBBAN</b><br><font size='2'>([job])<br>([duration] minutes<br>Expires [expiration]"
+						typedesc = "<b>TEMP JOBBAN</b><br><font size='2'>([job])<br>([duration] minutes)<br>Expires [expiration]"
 
 				output += "<tr bgcolor='[dcolor]'>"
 				output += "<td align='center'>[typedesc]</td>"
 				output += "<td align='center'><b>[ckey]</b></td>"
 				output += "<td align='center'>[bantime]</td>"
 				output += "<td align='center'><b>[ackey]</b></td>"
-				output += "<td align='center'>[(unbanned) ? "" : "<b><a href=\"byond://?src=\ref[src];dbbanedit=unban;dbbanid=[banid]\">Unban</a></b>"]</td>"
+				output += "<td align='center'>[(unbanned || auto) ? "" : "<b><a href=\"byond://?src=\ref[src];dbbanedit=unban;dbbanid=[banid]\">Unban</a></b>"]</td>"
 				output += "</tr>"
 				output += "<tr bgcolor='[dcolor]'>"
 				output += "<td align='center' colspan='2' bgcolor=''><b>IP:</b> [ip]</td>"
 				output += "<td align='center' colspan='3' bgcolor=''><b>CIP:</b> [cid]</td>"
 				output += "</tr>"
 				output += "<tr bgcolor='[lcolor]'>"
-				output += "<td align='center' colspan='5'><b>Reason: [(unbanned) ? "" : "(<a href=\"byond://?src=\ref[src];dbbanedit=reason;dbbanid=[banid]\">Edit</a>)"]</b> <cite>\"[reason]\"</cite></td>"
+				output += "<td align='center' colspan='5'><b>Reason: [(unbanned || auto) ? "" : "(<a href=\"byond://?src=\ref[src];dbbanedit=reason;dbbanid=[banid]\">Edit</a>)"]</b> <cite>\"[reason]\"</cite></td>"
 				output += "</tr>"
 				if(edits)
 					output += "<tr bgcolor='[dcolor]'>"
@@ -459,10 +469,14 @@ datum/admins/proc/DB_ban_unban_by_id(var/id)
 					output += "<tr bgcolor='[dcolor]'>"
 					output += "<td align='center' colspan='5' bgcolor=''><b>UNBANNED by admin [unbanckey] on [unbantime]</b></td>"
 					output += "</tr>"
+				if(auto)
+					output += "<tr bgcolor='[dcolor]'>"
+					output += "<td align='center' colspan='5' bgcolor=''><b>EXPIRED at [expiration]</b></td>"
+					output += "</tr>"
 				output += "<tr>"
 				output += "<td colspan='5' bgcolor='white'>&nbsp</td>"
 				output += "</tr>"
 
 			output += "</table></div>"
 
-	usr << browse(output,"window=lookupbans;size=900x700")
\ No newline at end of file
+	usr << browse(output,"window=lookupbans;size=900x700")
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/topic.dm b/code/modules/admin/topic.dm
index e60a830086..983292ebc3 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/topic.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/topic.dm
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 				banreason = "[banreason] (CUSTOM CID)"
 		else
 			message_admins("Ban process: A mob matching [playermob.ckey] was found at location [playermob.x], [playermob.y], [playermob.z]. Custom ip and computer id fields replaced with the ip and computer id from the located mob")
-		notes_add(playermob.ckey,banreason,usr)
+		notes_add(banckey,banreason,usr)
 
 		DB_ban_record(bantype, playermob, banduration, banreason, banjob, null, banckey, banip, bancid )