diff --git a/app/models/bookmark.rb b/app/models/bookmark.rb
index 3df470a39..340643716 100644
--- a/app/models/bookmark.rb
+++ b/app/models/bookmark.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Bookmark < Post
 
   def clean_link
     if self.link
-      self.link = 'http://' + self.link unless self.link.match('http://' || 'https://')
+      self.link = 'http://' + self.link unless self.link.match('https?://')
       self.link = self.link + '/' if self.link[-1,1] != '/'
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index b1e24890a..c60f74968 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ class Person
   include MongoMapper::Document
   include ROXML
 
+  xml_accessor :_id
   xml_accessor :email
   xml_accessor :url
   xml_accessor :profile, :as => Profile
-  xml_accessor :_id
+  
   
   key :email, String
   key :url, String
diff --git a/app/models/request.rb b/app/models/request.rb
index 95623d9a8..f59c57d37 100644
--- a/app/models/request.rb
+++ b/app/models/request.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ class Request
   
   validates_presence_of :destination_url, :callback_url
 
+  #validates_format_of :destination_url, :with =>
+    #/^(http|https):\/\/[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(([0-9]{1,5})?\/.*)?$/ix
+
+  before_validation :clean_link
+
   scope :for_user, lambda{ |user| where(:destination_url => user.url) }
   scope :from_user, lambda{ |user| where(:destination_url.ne => user.url) }
 
@@ -30,5 +35,14 @@ class Request
     p.active = true
     p.save
   end
+  
 
+  protected
+
+  def clean_link
+    if self.destination_url
+      self.destination_url = 'http://' + self.destination_url unless self.destination_url.match('https?://')
+      self.destination_url = self.destination_url + '/' if self.destination_url[-1,1] != '/'
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/retraction.rb b/app/models/retraction.rb
index c799df5fd..2e9a29f77 100644
--- a/app/models/retraction.rb
+++ b/app/models/retraction.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class Retraction
   attr_accessor :type
 
   def perform
-    puts('GO GO GO')
     self.type.constantize.destroy(self.post_id)
   end
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class Retraction
   def self.type_name(object)
     if object.is_a? Post
       object.class
-    elsif object.is_a? User
+    elsif object.is_a? Person
       'Person'
     else
       'Clowntown'
diff --git a/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb b/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
index 36150b3ea..c6650fb75 100644
--- a/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ describe "parser in application helper" do
       Person.where(:url => @person.url).first.active.should be true
     end
 
+
+    it 'should marshal a retraction for a person' do
+      retraction = Retraction.for(@user)
+      request = Retraction.build_xml_for( [retraction] )
+
+      Person.count.should == 2
+      store_objects_from_xml( request )
+      Person.count.should == 1
+
+    end
+
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index 8c6dd30bf..a882b9849 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ describe Person do
 
     f = Factory.create(:person, :active => true)
 
-
     Person.friends.all.count.should == 1
     u.unfriend(f.id)
     Person.friends.all.count.should == 0
-
   end
 
 end