diff --git a/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb b/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
index d690fbf12..c66e3ea71 100644
--- a/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class ArtistsController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json
   before_filter :member_only, :except => [:index, :show, :banned]
+  before_filter :admin_only, :only => [:ban]
   
   def new
     @artist = Artist.new_with_defaults(params)
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ class ArtistsController < ApplicationController
     respond_with(@artists)
   end
   
+  def ban
+    @artist = Artist.find(params[:id])
+    @artist.ban!
+    redirect_to(artist_path(@artist), :notice => "Artist was banned")
+  end
+  
   def index
     @artists = Artist.search(params[:search]).order("id desc").paginate(params[:page])
     respond_with(@artists) do |format|
diff --git a/app/models/artist.rb b/app/models/artist.rb
index 82020c563..55d15a8e1 100644
--- a/app/models/artist.rb
+++ b/app/models/artist.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ class Artist < ActiveRecord::Base
   before_save :normalize_name
   after_save :create_version
   after_save :save_url_string
-  after_save :commit_ban
   validates_uniqueness_of :name
   belongs_to :creator, :class_name => "User"
   has_many :members, :class_name => "Artist", :foreign_key => "group_name", :primary_key => "name"
@@ -162,14 +161,6 @@ class Artist < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
   
   module BanMethods
-    def commit_ban
-      if is_banned? && is_banned_changed?
-        ban!
-      end
-      
-      true
-    end
-    
     def ban!
       Post.transaction do
         begin
diff --git a/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb b/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
index caec2f855..f8c6a81c2 100644
--- a/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
   <%= f.input :url_string, :label => "URLs", :as => :text, :input_html => {:size => "50x5"} %>
   <%= f.input :is_active %>
   
-  <% if CurrentUser.is_admin? %>
-    <%= f.input :is_banned %>
-  <% end %>
-  
   <%= dtext_field "artist", "notes" %>
   <%= f.button :submit, "Submit" %>
   <%= dtext_preview_button "artist", "notes" %>
diff --git a/app/views/artists/_secondary_links.html.erb b/app/views/artists/_secondary_links.html.erb
index 909b892de..271a78e45 100644
--- a/app/views/artists/_secondary_links.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/artists/_secondary_links.html.erb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
       <li><%= link_to "Show", artist_path(@artist) %></li>
       <li><%= link_to "Edit", edit_artist_path(@artist) %></li>
       <li><%= link_to "History", artist_versions_path(:search => {:artist_id => @artist.id}) %></li>
+      <% if CurrentUser.is_admin? %>
+        <%= link_to "Ban", ban_artist_path(@artist), :method => :put %>
+      <% end %>
     <% end %>
   </menu>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 6d8c3c53d..4a51ccb9d 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Danbooru::Application.routes.draw do
   resources :artists do
     member do
       put :revert
+      put :ban
     end
     collection do
       get :show_or_new