diff --git a/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
index 7385e90b5..013fd820c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
 
   def create
     @user = User.build(params[:user])
+    @user.invites = 20
     if @user.save
       flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'registrations.create.success'
       @user.seed_aspects
diff --git a/app/models/invitation.rb b/app/models/invitation.rb
index 886731f3e..0463bc08b 100644
--- a/app/models/invitation.rb
+++ b/app/models/invitation.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Invitation < ActiveRecord::Base
   def self.create_invitee(opts = {})
     invitee = opts[:existing_user] || new_user_by_service_and_identifier(opts[:service], opts[:identifier])
     return invitee if opts[:service] == 'email' && !opts[:identifier].match(Devise.email_regexp)
-    invitee.invites = opts[:invites] || 5
+    invitee.invites = opts[:invites] || 10
     if invitee.new_record?
       invitee.errors.clear
       invitee.serialized_private_key = User.generate_key if invitee.serialized_private_key.blank?