diff --git a/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/AdminAccountManager.cpp b/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/AdminAccountManager.cpp
index 6d30f4f5..9e1819d3 100755
--- a/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/AdminAccountManager.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/AdminAccountManager.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#include "ConfigServerUtility.h"
+
 #include "serverUtility/FirstServerUtility.h"
 #include "serverUtility/AdminAccountManager.h"
 
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@
 #include "sharedUtility/DataTable.h"
 #include "sharedUtility/DataTableManager.h"
 
+#include "../../../../../../external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h"
+
 #include <string>
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -69,6 +73,14 @@ int AdminAccountManager::getAdminLevel(const std::string & account)
 	int level = 0;
 	DEBUG_FATAL(!ms_installed, ("AdminAccountManager not installed"));
 
+	if(ConfigServerUtility::isExternalAdminLevelsEnabled()){
+		std::ostringstream postBuffer;
+		postBuffer << "user_name=" << account;
+		std::string response = webAPI::simplePost(ConfigServerUtility::getExternalAdminLevelsURL(), std::string(postBuffer.str()), "");
+		level = std::stoi(response);
+		return level;
+	}
+
 	int columnNumber = ms_adminTable->findColumnNumber("AdminAccounts");
 	DEBUG_FATAL(columnNumber == -1, ("Error loading admin table...no account column"));
 	int row = ms_adminTable->searchColumnString( columnNumber, account);
@@ -113,8 +125,8 @@ bool AdminAccountManager::isInternalIp(const std::string & addr)
 		size_t xpos = ipAddr.find ('x');
 
 		//if no X is found, do a straight compare
-		if ( (xpos == 0 || xpos == std::string::npos) 
-		   && ipAddr.compare(addr) == 0 
+		if ( (xpos == 0 || xpos == std::string::npos)
+		   && ipAddr.compare(addr) == 0
 			)
 		{
 			retval = true;
@@ -125,7 +137,7 @@ bool AdminAccountManager::isInternalIp(const std::string & addr)
 		else if (xpos - 1 > addr.size())
 			retval = false;
 
-		//compare substring 
+		//compare substring
 		else if (ipAddr.compare(0, xpos - 1, addr, 0, xpos - 1) == 0)
 		{
 			retval =  true;
diff --git a/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/ConfigServerUtility.cpp b/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/ConfigServerUtility.cpp
index 83d3230c..a83a1d68 100755
--- a/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/ConfigServerUtility.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/ConfigServerUtility.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace ConfigServerUtilityNamespace
 	int serverMaxChatLogLines;
 	int playerMaxChatLogLines;
 	bool chatLogManagerLoggingEnabled;
+	bool externalAdminLevelsEnabled;
+	const char * externalAdminLevelsURL;
 }
 
 using namespace ConfigServerUtilityNamespace;
@@ -75,6 +77,20 @@ bool ConfigServerUtility::isChatLogManagerLoggingEnabled()
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+bool ConfigServerUtility::isExternalAdminLevelsEnabled()
+{
+	return externalAdminLevelsEnabled;
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const char * ConfigServerUtility::getExternalAdminLevelsURL()
+{
+	return externalAdminLevelsURL;
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 void ConfigServerUtility::install()
 {
 	KEY_INT(spawnCookie, 0);
@@ -82,6 +98,8 @@ void ConfigServerUtility::install()
 	KEY_INT(serverMaxChatLogLines, 5000);
 	KEY_INT(playerMaxChatLogLines, 200);
 	KEY_BOOL(chatLogManagerLoggingEnabled, false);
+	KEY_BOOL(externalAdminLevelsEnabled, false);
+	KEY_STRING(externalAdminLevelsURL, "http://localhost/");
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -91,4 +109,3 @@ void ConfigServerUtility::remove()
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
diff --git a/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/ConfigServerUtility.h b/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/ConfigServerUtility.h
index 33f0db04..d843c54e 100755
--- a/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/ConfigServerUtility.h
+++ b/engine/server/library/serverUtility/src/shared/ConfigServerUtility.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public:
 	static int getServerMaxChatLogLines();
 	static int getPlayerMaxChatLogLines();
 	static bool isChatLogManagerLoggingEnabled();
+	static bool isExternalAdminLevelsEnabled();
+	static const char * getExternalAdminLevelsURL();
 
 	static void install();
 	static void remove();