diff --git a/lib/diaspora/exporter.rb b/lib/diaspora/exporter.rb
index c6971348f..c5bf48665 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/exporter.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/exporter.rb
@@ -23,25 +23,31 @@ module Diaspora
             }
             xml.aspects {
               user.aspects.each do |aspect|
-                puts aspect.people.inspect
                 xml.aspect { 
                   xml._id aspect.id
                   xml.name aspect.name
                    
                   xml.person_ids {
-                    aspect.people.each do |person|
-                      xml.person_id person.id
+                    aspect.person_ids.each do |id|
+                      xml.person_id id
                     end
                   }
 
                   xml.post_ids {
-                    aspect.posts.each do |post|
-                      xml.post_id post.id
+                    aspect.post_ids.each do |id|
+                      xml.post_id id
                     end
                   }
                 }
               end
             }
+
+            xml.people {
+              user.friends.each do |friend|
+                xml.parent << friend.to_xml
+              end
+            }
+
             xml.posts {
               user.raw_visible_posts.find_all_by_person_id(user.person.id).each do |post|
                 #post_doc = post.to_xml
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ module Diaspora
                 #  post_doc << comment.to_xml
                 #end
 
-                xml.post post.to_xml
+                xml.parent << post.to_xml
               end
             }
           }
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/importer.rb b/lib/diaspora/importer.rb
index b214d8007..65d95fdc4 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/importer.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/importer.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ module Diaspora
         doc = Nokogiri::XML.parse(xml)
         user, person = parse_user(doc)
         user
-        
-
 
       end
 
@@ -31,29 +29,27 @@ module Diaspora
       end
 
       def parse_aspects(doc)
-        aspects = []
+       aspects = []
         aspect_doc = doc.xpath('/export/aspects/aspect')
 
         aspect_doc.each do |x| 
-          
-          puts x.to_s
-          puts; puts
-          
-          
+          a = Nokogiri::XML.parse(x.to_s)
+
           aspect = Aspect.new
-
-          aspect.id = x.xpath('//aspect/_id').text
-          aspect.name = x.xpath('//aspect/name').text
-
-          aspect.post_ids = x.xpath('//aspect/post_ids/post_id').collect(&:text)
+          aspect.id = a.xpath('/aspect/_id').text
+          aspect.name = a.xpath('/aspect/name').text
+          aspect.post_ids = a.xpath('/aspect/post_ids/post_id').collect(&:text)
+          aspect.person_ids = a.xpath('/aspect/person_ids/person_id').collect(&:text)
           aspects << aspect
         end
-        
         aspects
-
       end
 
       def parse_people(doc)
+        people_doc = doc.xpath('/export/people/person')
+        people_doc.inject([]) do |people,curr|
+          people << Person.from_xml(curr.to_s)
+        end
       end
 
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
index fb3e6d29f..0d882bab7 100644
--- a/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
@@ -20,14 +20,24 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
   let!(:exported) { Diaspora::Exporter.new(Diaspora::Exporters::XML).execute(user1) }
 
   it 'should include a users posts' do
-    exported.should include status_message1.to_xml.to_s
-    exported.should include status_message2.to_xml.to_s
-    exported.should_not include status_message3.to_xml.to_s
+    exported.should include status_message1.message
+    exported.should include status_message2.message
+    exported.should_not include status_message3.message
   end
 
   it 'should include a users private key' do
     exported.should include user1.serialized_private_key
   end
 
-end
+  it 'should include post_ids' do 
+    doc = Nokogiri::XML::parse(exported)
+    doc.xpath('//aspects').to_s.should include status_message1.id.to_s
+    doc.xpath('//posts').to_s.should include status_message1.id.to_s
+  end
 
+  it 'should include a list of users posts' do 
+    doc = Nokogiri::XML::parse(exported)
+    posts = doc.xpath('//posts').to_s
+    posts.should include(status_message1.message)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/importer_spec.rb
index d6d067243..df8474813 100644
--- a/spec/lib/importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/importer_spec.rb
@@ -84,22 +84,21 @@ describe Diaspora::Importer do
       # Generate exported XML for user1
       exporter = Diaspora::Exporter.new(Diaspora::Exporters::XML)
       @xml = exporter.execute(user1)
+
       @old_user = user1
       @old_aspects = user1.aspects
       # Remove user1 from the server
       user1.aspects.each( &:delete )
       user1.raw_visible_posts.find_all_by_person_id(user1.person.id).each( &:delete )
       user1.delete
-      
+
       @importer = Diaspora::Importer.new(Diaspora::Importers::XML)
       @doc = Nokogiri::XML::parse(@xml)
     end
 
     it 'should import a user' do
       user = @importer.execute(@xml)
-      
       user.class.should == User
-
     end
 
     describe '#parse_user' do
@@ -112,6 +111,7 @@ describe Diaspora::Importer do
       end
 
       it 'should set private key' do
+        @user.serialized_private_key.should_not be nil
         @user.serialized_private_key.should == @old_user.serialized_private_key
       end
 
@@ -125,17 +125,39 @@ describe Diaspora::Importer do
         @aspects = @importer.parse_aspects(@doc)
       end
 
+      it 'should return valid aspects' do 
+        @aspects.all?(&:valid?).should be true
+      end
+
       it 'should return an array' do
         @aspects.count.should == 6
       end
 
       it 'should should have post ids' do
-        puts @aspects.inspect
         @aspects.any?{|x| x.post_ids.count > 0}.should be true
       end
 
+      it 'should have person ids' do
+        @aspects.any?{|x| x.person_ids.count > 0}.should be true
+      end
     end
 
+    describe '#parse_people' do
+      before do
+        @people = @importer.parse_people(@doc)
+      end
+
+      it 'should return valid people' do 
+        @people.all?(&:valid?).should be true
+      end
+
+      it 'should return an array' do
+        @people.count.should == 4 
+      end
+    end
+
+
+
     describe '#parse_posts' do
       it 'should have a users personal posts' do 
         pending