diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index 78f6d72..2f3c5d1 100644
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@
 		'register' => false, // Send activation mail
 		'accountRecovery' => false, // Recover username or password through mail
 		'myaccount_verify_email' => false, // Allow user to verify their email in myaccount page
+		'verify_email_points' => 0, // 0 = disabled. Give users points reward for verifying their email
 		'host' => "mailserver.znote.eu", // Outgoing mail server host.
 		'securityType' => 'ssl', // ssl or tls
 		'port' => 465, // SMTP port number - likely to be 465(ssl) or 587(tls)
diff --git a/myaccount.php b/myaccount.php
index 2b384aa..8ec64cf 100644
--- a/myaccount.php
+++ b/myaccount.php
@@ -30,11 +30,16 @@ if (isset($_GET['authenticate']) && $config['mailserver']['myaccount_verify_emai
 				$user = (int) $user['id'];
 				$active = (int) $user['active'];
 				$active_email = (int) $user['active_email'];
+				$verify_points = ($active_email == 0 && $config['mailserver']['verify_email_points'] > 0) 
+					? ", `points` = `points` + {$config['mailserver']['verify_email_points']}" 
+					: '';
 				// Enable the account to login
 				if ($active == 0 || $active_email == 0) {
-					mysql_update("UPDATE `znote_accounts` SET `active`='1', `active_email`='1' WHERE `id`= $user LIMIT 1;");
+					$new_activeKey = rand(100000000,999999999);
+					mysql_update("UPDATE `znote_accounts` SET `active`='1', `active_email`='1', `activekey`='{$new_activeKey}' {$verify_points} WHERE `id`= {$user} LIMIT 1;");
 				}
 				echo '<h1>Congratulations!</h1> <p>Your email has been verified.</p>';
+				if ($verify_points !== '') echo "<p>As thanks for having a verified email, you have received <a href='/shop.php'>{$config['mailserver']['verify_email_points']} shop points</a>!</p>";
 				$user_znote_data['active_email'] = 1;
 				// Todo: Bonus points as thanks for verifying email
 			} else {
diff --git a/settings.php b/settings.php
index 99a4e75..d970316 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ if (isset($_GET['success']) === true && empty($_GET['success']) === true) {
 			'active_email' => '0'
 		);
 
+		// If he had previously verified his email address, remove the previously aquired bonus points
+		if ($user_znote_data['active_email'] > 0) {
+			$update_znote_data['points'] = $user_znote_data['points'] - $config['mailserver']['verify_email_points'];
+		}
+		
 		user_update_account($update_data);
 		user_update_znote_account($update_znote_data);
 		header('Location: settings.php?success');