diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03212b8..7fea691 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Features
 - **Death Knight Level Safeguard:**  
   Death Knight bots are enforced a minimum level of 55.
 - **Guild Bot Exclusion:**  
-  When enabled, bots that are in a guild with at least one real (non-bot) player online are excluded from bot bracket calculations and will not be adjusted.
+  When enabled, bots that are in a guild with at least one real (non-bot) player are excluded from bot bracket calculations and will not be adjusted. This feature now uses persistent database tracking to work for both online and offline real players.
 - **Friend List Exclusion:**  
   When enabled, bots that are on real players' friend lists are excluded from level bracket adjustments.
 - **Dynamic Distribution:**  
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ BotLevelBrackets.Dynamic.UseDynamicDistribution | Enables dynamic bot distributi
 BotLevelBrackets.Dynamic.RealPlayerWeight | Controls how much bots "follow" real player activity when dynamic distribution is enabled. 0.0 = bots always spread evenly; 1.0 = mild effect; higher values = more bots go where players are, but the effect is scaled. | 1.0 | ≥ 0.0 (float)
 BotLevelBrackets.Dynamic.SyncFactions      | Enables synchronized brackets and weighting between Alliance and Horde factions when Dynamic Distribution is also enabled.                        | 0       | 0 (off) / 1 (on)
 BotLevelBrackets.IgnoreFriendListed           | Ignores bots that are on real players' friend lists from any bracket calculations.                                              | 1       | 0 (off) / 1 (on)
-BotLevelBrackets.IgnoreGuildBotsWithRealPlayers | Excludes bots in a guild with at least one real (non-bot) player online from adjustments.                                       | 1       | 0 (disabled) / 1 (enabled)
+BotLevelBrackets.IgnoreGuildBotsWithRealPlayers | Excludes bots in a guild with at least one real (non-bot) player from adjustments. Uses persistent database tracking for both online and offline real players. | 1       | 0 (disabled) / 1 (enabled)
+BotLevelBrackets.GuildTrackerUpdateFrequency | Frequency (in seconds) at which the persistent guild tracker database is updated to track guilds with real players.           | 600     | Positive Integer
 BotLevelBrackets.NumRanges                     | Number of level brackets used for bot distribution. Both factions must have the same number defined.                             | 9       | Positive Integer
 BotLevelBrackets.ExcludeNames                  | Comma-separated list of case insensitive bot names to exclude from all bracket checks.                                                            |         | String
 
diff --git a/conf/mod_player_bot_level_brackets.conf.dist b/conf/mod_player_bot_level_brackets.conf.dist
index 2bf0cfe..efa582b 100644
--- a/conf/mod_player_bot_level_brackets.conf.dist
+++ b/conf/mod_player_bot_level_brackets.conf.dist
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ BotLevelBrackets.FlaggedProcessLimit = 5
 
 #
 #    BotLevelBrackets.IgnoreGuildBotsWithRealPlayers
-#        Description: When enabled, bots that are in a guild with at least one real (non-bot) player online are excluded 
+#        Description: When enabled, bots that are in a guild with at least one real (non-bot) player are excluded 
 #                     from bot bracket calculations and will not be level changed or flagged.
+#                     This now works for both online and offline real players using persistent database tracking.
 #        Default:     1 (enabled)
 #                     Valid values: 0 (disabled) / 1 (enabled)
 BotLevelBrackets.IgnoreGuildBotsWithRealPlayers = 1