diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index 112e9d988..3098c1f52 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ class Profile
   def person_id
     self._parent_document.id
   end
+
+  def person_id= id
+    person = Person.first(:id => id)
+    person.profile = self
+  end
   
   def to_diaspora_xml
     "<post>"+ self.to_xml.to_s + "</post>"
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/diaspora_parser.rb b/lib/diaspora/diaspora_parser.rb
index c40106e36..f617c5809 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/diaspora_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/diaspora_parser.rb
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ module Diaspora
           User.owner.receive_friend_request(p)
         #This line checks if the sender was in the database, among other things?
         elsif p.is_a? Profile
-          person = Person.first(:id => p.person_id)
-          person.profile = p
-          puts person.profile.save
-          puts person.save
+          puts p.save
         elsif p.respond_to?(:person) && !(p.person.nil?) && !(p.person.is_a? User) #WTF
           Rails.logger.info("Saving object with success: #{p.save}")
         end