diff --git a/app/models/friend.rb b/app/models/friend.rb
index 319762eef..7f3463dd2 100644
--- a/app/models/friend.rb
+++ b/app/models/friend.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ class Friend
 
   xml_accessor :username
   xml_accessor :url
+  xml_accessor :real_name
 
   field :username
   field :url
+  field :real_name
 
-  validates_presence_of :username, :url
+  validates_presence_of :username, :url, :real_name
   validates_format_of :url, :with =>
     /^(http|https):\/\/[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(([0-9]{1,5})?\/.*)?$/ix
     
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 2c5c134b5..45624f10e 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 class User
   include Mongoid::Document
-
+  
   # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
   # :token_authenticatable, :confirmable, :lockable and :timeoutable
   devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
          :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
+  
+  field :real_name
+
+  validates_presence_of :real_name
 
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index deab8559a..441a285bc 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     #header_below
       - if user_signed_in?
         %h1#user_name
-          = link_to User.first.email, root_url
+          = link_to User.first.real_name, root_url
           %span.description
             - if StatusMessage.my_newest
               = StatusMessage.my_newest.message
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@
       = yield
 
       #debug
-      .msg
\ No newline at end of file
+      .msg
diff --git a/spec/controllers/blogs_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/blogs_controller_spec.rb
index 71c503ccb..545dc414f 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/blogs_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/blogs_controller_spec.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ describe BlogsController do
   before do
     #TODO(dan) Mocking Warden; this is a temp fix
     request.env['warden'] = mock_model(Warden, :authenticate? => @user, :authenticate! => @user)
-    User.create(:email => "bob@aol.com", :password => "secret")
-    Blog.create(:title => "hello", :body => "sir")
+    u = Factory.build(:user, :email => "bob@aol.com", :password => "secret")
+    b = Factory.build(:blog, :title => "hello", :body => "sir")
+    u.save
+    b.save
   end
 
  render_views 
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index 5997c11e5..236e2984d 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #http://railscasts.com/episodes/158-factories-not-fixtures
 
 Factory.define :friend do |f|
+  f.real_name 'John Doe'
   f.username 'max'
   f.url  'http://max.com/'
 end
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ Factory.define :blog do |b|
 end
 
 Factory.define :user do |u|
+  u.real_name 'Bob Smith'
   u.sequence(:email) {|n| "bob#{n}@aol.com"}
   u.password "bluepin7"
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/friend_spec.rb b/spec/models/friend_spec.rb
index 4ccf0ee7c..4ec6cf848 100644
--- a/spec/models/friend_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/friend_spec.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
 
 describe Friend do
 
-  it 'should have a diaspora username and diaspora url' do 
-    n = Factory.build(:friend, :url => "")
+  it 'should require a diaspora username and diaspora url' do 
+    n = Factory.build(:friend, :url => nil)
     n.valid?.should be false
     n.url = "http://max.com/"
     n.valid?.should be true
   end
 
+  it 'should require a real name' do
+    n = Factory.build(:friend, :real_name => nil)
+    n.valid?.should be false
+    n.real_name = "John Smith"
+    n.valid?.should be true
+  end
+
 
   it 'should validate its url' do
     friend = Factory.build(:friend)
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ describe Friend do
    describe "XML" do
     before do
       @f = Factory.build(:friend)
-      @xml = "<friend>\n  <username>#{@f.username}</username>\n  <url>#{@f.url}</url>\n</friend>" 
+      @xml = "<friend>\n  <username>#{@f.username}</username>\n  <url>#{@f.url}</url>\n  <real_name>#{@f.real_name}</real_name>\n</friend>" 
     end
       
     it 'should serialize to XML' do
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 0f545327b..07b2c57b3 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe User do
+  it "should require a real name" do
+    u = Factory.build(:user, :real_name => nil)
+    u.valid?.should be false
+    u.real_name = "John Smith"
+    u.valid?.should be true
+  end
+
 end