diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index e4e379a2a..396bb145d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace :db do
 
     puts "Resetting the database for #{Rails.env}".upcase
     Rake::Task['db:purge'].invoke
-    Rake::Task['db:seed:tom'].invoke
+    Rake::Task['db:seed:dev'].invoke
     puts "Success!"
   end
 
diff --git a/script/ubuntu-setup.bash b/script/ubuntu-setup.bash
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c335fcf65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/ubuntu-setup.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Author : hemanth.hm@gmail.com
+# Site : www.h3manth.com
+# Contributions from: Mackenzie Morgan (maco) and Daniel Thomas (drt24)
+# This script helps to setup diaspora.
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+# USAGE: ./script/ubuntu-setup.bash
+# Do NOT run this script as root.
+
+# Set extented globbing 
+shopt -s extglob
+
+# fail on error
+set -e
+
+[ "$(whoami)" == "root" ] && echo "Please do not run this script as root/sudo
+We need to do some actions as an ordinary user. We use sudo where necessary." && exit 1
+
+# Check if the user has sudo privileges.
+sudo -v >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo $(whoami) has no sudo privileges ; exit 1; }
+
+# Check if universal repository is enabled 
+grep -i universe /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null || \
+    { echo "Please enable universe repository" ; exit 1 ; }
+
+# Make sure that we only install the latest version of packages
+sudo apt-get update
+
+# Check if wget is installed 
+test wget || { echo "Installing wget.." && sudo apt-get install wget \
+    && echo "Installed wget.." ; }
+
+# Install build tools 
+echo "Installing build tools.."
+sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
+    build-essential libxslt1.1 libxslt1-dev libxml2
+echo "..Done installing build tools"
+
+# Install Ruby 1.8.7 
+echo "Installing ruby-full Ruby 1.8.7.." 
+sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install ruby-full
+echo "..Done installing Ruby"
+
+# Install Rake 
+echo "Installing rake.."
+sudo apt-get -y  --no-install-recommends install rake
+echo "..Done installing rake"
+
+#Store the release name so we can use it here and later
+RELEASE=$(lsb_release -c | cut -f2)
+
+# Get the current release and install mongodb
+if [ $RELEASE == "maverick" ]
+then
+    #mongodb does not supply a repository for maverick yet so install
+    # an older version from the ubuntu repositories
+    if [ ! -f /usr/lib/libmozjs.so ]
+    then
+        echo "Lanchpad bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mongodb/+bug/557024
+has not been fixed using workaround:"
+        echo "sudo ln -s /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.10/libmozjs.so /usr/lib/libmozjs.so"
+        sudo ln -s /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.10/libmozjs.so /usr/lib/libmozjs.so
+    fi
+
+    sudo apt-get -y  --no-install-recommends install mongodb
+else
+    lsb=$(lsb_release -rs)
+    ver=${lsb//.+(0)/.}
+    repo="deb http://downloads.mongodb.org/distros/ubuntu ${ver} 10gen"
+    echo "Setting up MongoDB.."
+    echo "."
+    echo ${repo} | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
+    echo "."
+    echo "Fetching keys.."
+    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10
+    echo "."
+    sudo apt-get  update
+    echo "."
+    sudo apt-get -y  --no-install-recommends install mongodb-stable
+    echo "Done installing monngodb-stable.."
+fi
+
+# Install imagemagick
+echo "Installing imagemagick.."
+sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install imagemagick libmagick9-dev
+echo "Installed imagemagick.."
+
+# Install git-core
+echo "Installing git-core.."
+sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install git-core
+echo "Installed git-core.."
+
+# Setting up ruby gems
+echo "Fetching and installing ruby gems.."
+(
+    if [ $RELEASE == "maverick" ]
+    then
+        sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y rubygems
+        sudo ln -s /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/bundle /usr/local/bin/bundle #for PATH
+    elif [ $RELEASE == "lucid" ]
+    then
+        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maco.m/ruby
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y rubygems
+        sudo ln -s /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/bundle /usr/local/bin/bundle #for PATH
+    else
+        # Old version
+        echo "."
+        cd /tmp
+        wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
+        echo "."
+        tar -xf rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
+        echo "."
+        cd rubygems-1.3.7
+        echo "."
+        sudo ruby setup.rb
+        echo "."
+        sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem
+        echo "."
+    fi  
+) 
+echo "Done installing the gems.."
+
+# Install bundler
+echo "Installing bundler.."
+sudo gem install bundler
+echo "Installed bundler.."
+
+# Take a clone of Diaspora
+(
+    # Check if the user is already in a cloned source if not clone the source
+    [[ $( basename $PWD ) == "diaspora" ]]  && \
+        echo "Already in diaspora directory" ||  \
+        { git clone http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora.git && cd diaspora
+              echo "Cloned the source.."
+        }
+
+    # Install extra gems
+    echo "Installing more gems.."
+    bundle install
+    echo "Installed."
+
+    #Configure diaspora
+    cp config/app_config.yml.example config/app_config.yml
+    echo "You need to configure diaspora to tell it which URL it has.
+Opening editor in 5 seconds and then continuing with install."
+    sleep 5
+    #ensure EDITOR is set
+    if [ -z "${EDITOR}"]
+    then
+        EDITOR=vi
+    fi
+    $EDITOR config/app_config.yml
+
+    # Create the shared directory which is used by rake db:seed:tom
+    mkdir shared
+
+    # Install DB setup
+    echo "Seting up DB.."
+    rake db:seed:tom
+    echo "DB ready. Login -> tom and password -> evankorth.
+More details ./diaspora/db/seeds/tom.rb."
+
+    # Run appserver
+    echo "Starting server"
+    bundle exec thin start
+)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a050738e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe UsersController do
+  before do
+    @user = Factory.create(:user)
+    sign_in :user, @user
+    @user.aspect(:name => "lame-os")
+  end
+
+  describe '#update' do
+    context 'with a profile photo set' do
+      before do
+        @user.person.profile.image_url = "http://tom.joindiaspora.com/images/user/tom.jpg"
+        @user.person.profile.save
+      end
+
+      it "doesn't overwrite the profile photo when an empty string is passed in" do
+        image_url = @user.person.profile.image_url
+        put("update", :id => @user.id, "user"=> {"profile"=> 
+          {"image_url"   => "",
+            "last_name"  => @user.person.profile.last_name,
+            "first_name" => @user.person.profile.first_name}})
+        
+        @user.person.profile.image_url.should == image_url
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/message_handler_spec.rb b/spec/lib/message_handler_spec.rb
index adb375c17..cb0592e9a 100644
--- a/spec/lib/message_handler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/message_handler_spec.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe MessageHandler do
         }
       end
 
-      it 'should only retry a bad request three times ' do
+      it 'should only retry a bad request the correct number of times' do
         request = FakeHttpRequest.new(:failure)
         request.should_receive(:get).exactly(MessageHandler::NUM_TRIES).times.and_return(request)
         EventMachine::HttpRequest.stub!(:new).and_return(request)
diff --git a/ubuntu-setup.bash b/ubuntu-setup.bash
deleted file mode 100755
index 95d2a9628..000000000
--- a/ubuntu-setup.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Author : hemanth.hm@gmail.com
-# Site : www.h3manth.com
-# Contributions from: Mackenzie Morgan (maco) and Daniel Thomas (drt24)
-# This script helps to setup diaspora.
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-# Set extented globbing
-shopt -s extglob
-
-# Check if the user has sudo privileges.
-sudo -v >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo $(whoami) has no sudo privileges ; exit 1; }
-
-# Check if universal repository is enabled
-grep -i universe /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null || { echo "Please enable universe repository" ; exit 1 ; }
-
-# Check if wget is installed
-test wget || echo "Installing wget.." && sudo apt-get install wget && echo "Installed wget.."
-
-# Install build tools
-echo "Installing build tools.."
-sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install build-essential libxslt1.1 libxslt1-dev libxml2
-echo "..Done installing build tools"
-
-# Install Ruby 1.8.7
-echo "Installing ruby-full Ruby 1.8.7.."
-sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install ruby-full
-echo "..Done installing Ruby"
-
-# Install Rake
-echo "Installing rake.."
-sudo apt-get -y  --no-install-recommends install rake
-echo "..Done installing rake"
-
-# Get the current release and install mongodb
-lsb=$(lsb_release -rs)
-ver=${lsb//.+(0)/.}
-repo="deb http://downloads.mongodb.org/distros/ubuntu ${ver} 10gen"
-echo "Setting up MongoDB.."
-echo "."
-echo ${repo} | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
-echo "."
-echo "Fetching keys.."
-sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10
-echo "."
-sudo apt-get  update
-echo "."
-sudo apt-get -y  --no-install-recommends install mongodb-stable
-echo "Done installing monngodb-stable.."
-
-# Install imagemagick
-echo "Installing imagemagick.."
-sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install imagemagick libmagick9-dev
-echo "Installed imagemagick.."
-
-# Install git-core
-echo "Installing git-core.."
-sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install git-core
-echo "Installed git-core.."
-
-# Setting up ruby gems
-echo "Fetching and installing ruby gems.."
-(
-  RELEASE=$(lsb_release -c | cut -f2)
-  if [ RELEASE == "maverick" ]
-  then
-    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y rubygems
-    sudo ln -s /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/bundle /usr/local/bin/bundle #for PATH
-  elif [ RELEASE == "lucid" ]
-  then
-    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maco.m/ruby
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y rubygems
-    sudo ln -s /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/bundle /usr/local/bin/bundle #for PATH
-  else
-    # Old version
-    echo "."
-    cd /tmp
-    wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
-    echo "."
-    tar -xf rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
-    echo "."
-    cd rubygems-1.3.7
-    echo "."
-    sudo ruby setup.rb
-    echo "."
-    sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem
-    echo "."
-  fi
-)
-echo "Done installing the gems.."
-
-# Install bundler
-echo "Installing bundler.."
-sudo gem install bundler
-echo "Installed bundler.."
-
-# Take a clone of Diaspora
-(
-
-# Check if the user is already in a cloned source if not clone the source
-[[ $( basename $PWD ) == "diaspora" ]]  && echo "Already in diaspora directory" ||  git clone http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora.git ; cd diaspora
-echo "Cloned the source.."
-
-# Install extra gems
-cd diaspora
-echo "Installing more gems.."
-sudo bundle install
-echo "Installed."
-
-# Install DB setup
-echo "Seting up DB.."
-rake db:seed:tom
-echo "DB ready. Login -> tom and password -> evankorth. More details ./diaspora/db/seeds/tom.rb."
-
-# Run appserver
-echo "Starting server"
-bundle exec thin start
-)