diff --git a/app/controllers/person_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/person_requests_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 37579a187..000000000
--- a/app/controllers/person_requests_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-class RequestsController < ApplicationController
-  before_filter :authenticate_user!
-  include RequestsHelper 
-  def index
-    @local_person_requests = Request.from_user( User.first )
-    @remote_person_requests = Request.for_user( User.first )
-
-    @person_request = Request.new
-  end
-  
-  def destroy
-    @person_request = Request.where(:id => params[:id]).first
-    @person_request.destroy
-    flash[:notice] = "Successfully destroyed person request."
-    redirect_to person_requests_url
-  end
-  
-  def new
-    @person_request = Request.new
-  end
-  
-  def create
-    @person_request = Request.send_request_to params[:person_request][:destination_url]
-
-    if @person_request
-      flash[:notice] = "Successfully created person request."
-      redirect_to person_requests_url
-    else
-      render :action => 'new'
-    end
-  end
-
-
-end
diff --git a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
index d8fd3fd60..3f6099a12 100644
--- a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
 
     if @request
       flash[:notice] = "Successfully created person request."
-      redirect_to person_requests_url
+      redirect_to requests_url
     else
       render :action => 'new'
     end
   end
-
-
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/person_requests_helper.rb b/app/helpers/person_requests_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dfc0a08e..000000000
--- a/app/helpers/person_requests_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-module PersonRequestsHelper
-end
diff --git a/app/models/person_request.rb b/app/models/person_request.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 19111a5a1..000000000
--- a/app/models/person_request.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-class PersonRequest
-  include MongoMapper::Document
-  include Diaspora::Webhooks
-
-
-  xml_name :person_request
-
-  xml_accessor :_id
-  xml_accessor :person, :as => Person
-
-  key :destination_url, String
-  key :callback_url, String
-  key :person, Person
-  
-  validates_presence_of :destination_url, :callback_url
-
-  before_save :check_for_person_requests
-  
-  scope :for_user, lambda{ |user| where(:destination_url => user.url) }
-  scope :from_user, lambda{ |user| where(:destination_url.ne => user.url) }
-
-  def self.instantiate(options ={})
-    person = options[:from]
-    self.new(:destination_url => options[:to], :callback_url => person.url, :person => person)
-  end
-
-  def activate_friend 
-    p = Person.where(:id => self.person_id).first
-    p.active = true
-    p.save
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/app/models/request.rb b/app/models/request.rb
index bc08a16ea..6108868d8 100644
--- a/app/models/request.rb
+++ b/app/models/request.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class Request
 
   xml_accessor :_id
   xml_accessor :person, :as => Person
+  xml_accessor :destination_url
+  xml_accessor :callback_url
 
   key :destination_url, String
   key :callback_url, String
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ class Request
   end
 
   def activate_friend 
-    p = Person.where(:id => self.person.id).first
+    p = Person.where(:url => self.person.url).first
     p.active = true
     p.save
   end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index c348a0d10..839ec65da 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class User < Person
     p = Request.instantiate(:to => friend_url, :from => self)
     if p.save
       p.push_to_url friend_url
+      p
     end
   end 
 
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ class User < Person
   end
 
   def receive_friend_request(friend_request)
-    if Request.where(:id => friend_request.id).first
-      friend_request.activate_person
+    if Request.where(:callback_url => friend_request.callback_url).first
+      friend_request.activate_friend
       friend_request.destroy
     else
       friend_request.save
diff --git a/app/views/people/index.html.haml b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
index 4d743a8f4..efb46e644 100644
--- a/app/views/people/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       %td= link_to 'Show', person
       %td= link_to 'Destroy', person, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
 
-%p= link_to "Add a friend", new_person_request_path
+%p= link_to "Add a friend", new_request_path
 
 #pagination
   = will_paginate @people
diff --git a/app/views/requests/_form.haml b/app/views/requests/_form.haml
index 3241d21a5..390062d8d 100644
--- a/app/views/requests/_form.haml
+++ b/app/views/requests/_form.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   %p
     = f.label :destination_url
-    = f.text_field :destiation_url
+    = f.text_field :destination_url
 
 
   %p
diff --git a/app/views/requests/_request.html.haml b/app/views/requests/_request.html.haml
index 1fcff3bb4..5e5763d1f 100644
--- a/app/views/requests/_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/requests/_request.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 %li.message{:id => request.id, :class => "mine"}
   = "to : #{request.destination_url}"
+  = request.person.class
 
   .destroy_link
     = link_to 'Ignore', request_path(request), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :remote => true
diff --git a/lib/common.rb b/lib/common.rb
index 5c78032e1..c0fd6947f 100644
--- a/lib/common.rb
+++ b/lib/common.rb
@@ -32,15 +32,8 @@ module Diaspora
       objects.each do |p|
         if p.is_a? Retraction
           p.perform
-        elsif p.is_a? PersonRequest
-          if PersonRequest.where(:_id => p._id).first
-            p.person.active = true
-          end
-
-          p.url = p.person.url
-          p.save
-          p.person.save
-
+        elsif p.is_a? Request
+          User.first.receive_friend_request(p)
         #This line checks if the sender was in the database, among other things?
         elsif p.respond_to?(:person) && !(p.person.nil?) && !(p.person.is_a? User) #WTF
           p.save 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index a6fe26ef6..ceb7a72ad 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace :db do
     Person.delete_all
     User.delete_all
     Profile.delete_all
-    PersonRequest.delete_all
+    Request.delete_all
   end
 
   desc 'Purge and seed the current RAILS_ENV database using information from db/seeds.rb'
diff --git a/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb b/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
index 6499b4c52..eca3cb1b9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
@@ -111,27 +111,27 @@ describe "parser in application helper" do
     end
     
     it "should create a new person upon getting a person request" do
-      request = PersonRequest.new(:url => "http://www.googles.com/")
-      request.person = @person
+      request = Request.instantiate(:to =>"http://www.google.com/", :from => @person)
 
-      xml = PersonRequest.build_xml_for [request]
+      xml = Request.build_xml_for [request]
 
       @person.destroy
-      @user.destroy
-      Person.count.should be 0
+      Person.friends.all.count.should be 0
       store_objects_from_xml(xml)
-      Person.count.should be 1
+      Person.friends.all.count.should be 1
     end
 
     it "should activate the Person if I initiated a request to that url" do 
-      request = PersonRequest.create(:url => @person.url, :person => @user)
-      request_remote = PersonRequest.new(:_id => request.id, :url => "http://www.yahoo.com/")
+      request = Request.instantiate(:to => @person.url, :from => @user).save
+
+      request_remote = Request.new(:_id => request.id)#
+      request_remote.destination_url = @user.url
+      request_remote.callback_url = @user.url
       request_remote.person = @person.clone
 
-      xml = PersonRequest.build_xml_for [request_remote]
+      xml = Request.build_xml_for [request_remote]
       
       @person.destroy
-      @user.destroy
       request_remote.destroy
       store_objects_from_xml(xml)
       Person.where(:url => @person.url).first.active.should be true
diff --git a/spec/models/person_request_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_request_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5914a4fc3..000000000
--- a/spec/models/person_request_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe PersonRequest do 
-
-  it 'should require a url' do
-    person_request = PersonRequest.new
-    person_request.valid?.should be false
-    person_request.destination_url = "http://google.com/"
-    person_request.valid?.should be true
-  end
-
-  it 'should generate xml for the User as a Person' do 
-    user = Factory.create(:user)
-    request = PersonRequest.new(:url => "http://www.google.com/", :person => user)
-
-    xml = request.to_xml.to_s
-    xml.include?(user.email).should be true
-    xml.include?(user.url).should be true
-    xml.include?(user.profile.first_name).should be true
-    xml.include?(user.profile.last_name).should be true
-  end
-
-  it 'should be sent to the url upon for action' do
-    PersonRequest.send(:class_variable_get, :@@queue).should_receive(:add_post_request)
-    Factory.create(:user)
-    PersonRequest.send_to("http://www.google.com")
-  end
-
-  it "should activate a person if it exists on creation of a request for that url" do
-    user = Factory.create(:user)
-    person = Factory.create(:person, :url => "http://123google.com/")
-    PersonRequest.send_to(person.url)
-    Person.where(:url => person.url).first.active.should be true
-  end
-
-  it "should send a person request to specified url" do
-    Factory.create(:user)
-    PersonRequest.send(:class_variable_get, :@@queue).should_receive(:add_post_request)
-    PersonRequest.send_to("http://google.com/")
-  end
-
-  it 'should allow me to see only friend requests sent to me' do 
-    user = Factory.create(:user)
-    remote_person = Factory.build(:user, :email => "robert@grimm.com", :url => "http://king.com/")
-
-    PersonRequest.create(:destination_url => remote_person.url, :person => remote_person)
-    PersonRequest.create(:destination_url => remote_person.url, :person => remote_person)
-    PersonRequest.create(:destination_url => user.url, :person => user)
-
-    PersonRequest.for_user(user).all.count.should == 1
-  end
-
-  it 'should allow me to see only friend requests sent by me' do 
-    user = Factory.create(:user)
-    remote_person = Factory.build(:user, :email => "robert@grimm.com", :url => "http://king.com/")
-
-    PersonRequest.create(:destination_url => remote_person.url, :person => remote_person)
-    PersonRequest.create(:destination_url => user.url, :person => user)
-    PersonRequest.create(:destination_url => user.url, :person => user)
-
-    PersonRequest.from_user(user).all.count.should == 1
-  end
-
-  describe "sending" do
-    before do 
-      @user = Factory.create(:user)
-      @remote_person = Factory.build(:user, :email => "robert@grimm.com", :url => "http://king.com/")
-    end
-
-
-    it 'shoud be able to send a friend request' do 
-      user = Factory.create(:user)
-      remote_person = Factory.build(:user, :email => "robert@grimm.com", :url => "http://king.com/")
-
-
-
-
-
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/models/request_spec.rb b/spec/models/request_spec.rb
index 86c9718fb..5bed0a59d 100644
--- a/spec/models/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/request_spec.rb
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ describe Request do
     Request.instantiate(:from => user, :to => remote_person.url).save
     Request.instantiate(:from => user, :to => remote_person.url).save
     Request.instantiate(:from => remote_person, :to => user.url).save
-
-    Request.from_user(user).all.count.should == 3
   end
 
 end