diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index 0cf7a2fd3..9860f0c8d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ module Admin
 
     def update
       @user = User.find(params[:id])
-      promotion = UserPromotion.new(@user, CurrentUser.user, params[:user][:level], params[:user])
-      promotion.promote!
+      @user.promote_to!(params[:user][:level], params[:user])
       redirect_to edit_admin_user_path(@user), :notice => "User updated"
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/controllers/user_upgrades_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_upgrades_controller.rb
index 4e030a065..54e5cd585 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_upgrades_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_upgrades_controller.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class UserUpgradesController < ApplicationController
         :card => params[:stripeToken],
         :description => params[:desc]
       )
-      @user.promote_to!(level, :skip_feedback => true)
+      @user.promote_to!(level, is_upgrade: true)
       flash[:success] = true
     rescue Stripe::CardError => e
       flash[:error] = e.message
diff --git a/app/logical/user_promotion.rb b/app/logical/user_promotion.rb
index 8818f2b84..b3ff3ec89 100644
--- a/app/logical/user_promotion.rb
+++ b/app/logical/user_promotion.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class UserPromotion
     
     user.inviter_id = promoter.id
 
-    create_user_feedback unless options[:skip_feedback]
+    create_user_feedback unless options[:is_upgrade]
     create_dmail unless options[:skip_dmail]
     create_mod_actions
 
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@ private
     if old_can_upload_free != user.can_upload_free?
       ModAction.log("\"#{promoter.name}\":/users/#{promoter.id} changed unlimited upload privileges for \"#{user.name}\":/users/#{user.id} from #{old_can_upload_free} to [b]#{user.can_upload_free?}[/b]",:user_upload_privilege)
     end
+
+    if user.level_changed?
+      category = options[:is_upgrade] ? :user_account_upgrade : :user_level_change
+      ModAction.log(%{"#{user.name}":/users/#{user.id} level changed #{user.level_string_was} -> #{user.level_string}}, category)
+    end
   end
-  
+
   def validate
     # admins can do anything
     return if promoter.is_admin?
diff --git a/app/models/mod_action.rb b/app/models/mod_action.rb
index b08f21da4..6fb9034bc 100644
--- a/app/models/mod_action.rb
+++ b/app/models/mod_action.rb
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ class ModAction < ApplicationRecord
     user_ban: 4,
     user_unban: 5,
     user_name_change: 6,
-    user_level: 7,
+    user_level_change: 7,
     user_approval_privilege: 8,
     user_upload_privilege: 9,
+    user_account_upgrade: 19,
     user_feedback_update: 21,
     user_feedback_delete: 22,
     post_delete: 42,
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index f0cefa6c6..35bf6ba0d 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :favorite_groups, -> {order(name: :asc)}, foreign_key: :creator_id
   has_many :favorites, ->(rec) {where("user_id % 100 = #{rec.id % 100} and user_id = #{rec.id}").order("id desc")}
   belongs_to :inviter, class_name: "User", optional: true
-  after_update :create_mod_action
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :dmail_filter
 
   module BanMethods
@@ -355,10 +354,6 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
       level_string.downcase.to_sym
     end
 
-    def level_string_before_last_save
-      level_string(level_before_last_save)
-    end
-
     def level_string_was
       level_string(level_was)
     end
@@ -411,12 +406,6 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
       can_approve_posts?
     end
 
-    def create_mod_action
-      if saved_change_to_level?
-        ModAction.log(%{"#{name}":/users/#{id} level changed #{level_string_before_last_save} -> #{level_string}},:user_level)
-      end
-    end
-
     def set_per_page
       if per_page.nil? || !is_gold?
         self.per_page = Danbooru.config.posts_per_page
diff --git a/db/populate.rb b/db/populate.rb
index 0482e0ca4..bc7199140 100644
--- a/db/populate.rb
+++ b/db/populate.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if User.count == 0
       :password => "password1",
       :password_confirmation => "password1"
       )
-      newuser.promote_to!(User::Levels.const_get(level), {:skip_feedback => true, :skip_dmail => true})
+      newuser.promote_to!(User::Levels.const_get(level), {:is_upgrade => true, :skip_dmail => true})
     end
 
     newuser = User.create(
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ if User.count == 0
       :password => "password1",
       :password_confirmation => "password1"
       )
-    newuser.promote_to!(User::Levels::BUILDER, {:can_upload_free => true, :skip_feedback => true, :skip_dmail => true})
+    newuser.promote_to!(User::Levels::BUILDER, {:can_upload_free => true, :is_upgrade => true, :skip_dmail => true})
 
     newuser = User.create(
       :name => "approver",
       :password => "password1",
       :password_confirmation => "password1"
       )
-    newuser.promote_to!(User::Levels::BUILDER, {:can_approve_posts => true, :skip_feedback => true, :skip_dmail => true})
+    newuser.promote_to!(User::Levels::BUILDER, {:can_approve_posts => true, :is_upgrade => true, :skip_dmail => true})
 
   end
 
diff --git a/script/fixes/054_recategorize_user_level_mod_actions.rb b/script/fixes/054_recategorize_user_level_mod_actions.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5718c480e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/fixes/054_recategorize_user_level_mod_actions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'config', 'environment'))
+
+CurrentUser.user = User.system
+CurrentUser.ip_addr = "127.0.0.1"
+
+ModAction.transaction do
+  ModAction.without_timeout do
+    # Find mod actions where the user changed their own level.
+    mod_actions = ModAction.where(category: :user_level_change).select do |mod_action|
+      mod_action.description.match?(%r{".*":/users/#{mod_action.creator_id} level changed \w+ -> (Gold|Platinum)}i)
+    end
+
+    ModAction.where(id: mod_actions).update_all(category: :user_account_upgrade)
+  end
+end