diff --git a/src/meta/blacklist.js b/src/meta/blacklist.js
index 4a1eeeb71f..20f0e441ff 100644
--- a/src/meta/blacklist.js
+++ b/src/meta/blacklist.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pubsub.on('blacklist:reload', Blacklist.load);
 Blacklist.save = function (rules, callback) {
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
-			db.set('ip-blacklist-rules', rules, next);
+			db.setObject('ip-blacklist-rules', { rules: rules }, next);
 		},
 		function (next) {
 			Blacklist.load(next);
@@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ Blacklist.save = function (rules, callback) {
 };
 
 Blacklist.get = function (callback) {
-	db.get('ip-blacklist-rules', callback);
+	async.waterfall([
+		function (next) {
+			db.getObject('ip-blacklist-rules', next);
+		},
+		function (data, next) {
+			next(null, data && data.rules);
+		},
+	], callback);
 };
 
 Blacklist.test = function (clientIp, callback) {
diff --git a/src/upgrades/1.6.0/ipblacklist-fix.js b/src/upgrades/1.6.0/ipblacklist-fix.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27afd49d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/upgrades/1.6.0/ipblacklist-fix.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var async = require('async');
+
+var db = require('../../database');
+
+module.exports = {
+	name: 'Changing ip blacklist storage to object',
+	timestamp: Date.UTC(2017, 8, 7),
+	method: function (callback) {
+		var rules;
+		async.waterfall([
+			function (next) {
+				db.get('ip-blacklist-rules', next);
+			},
+			function (_rules, next) {
+				rules = _rules;
+				db.delete('ip-blacklist-rules', rules ? next : callback);
+			},
+			function (next) {
+				db.setObject('ip-blacklist-rules', { rules: rules }, next);
+			},
+		], callback);
+	},
+};