diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index e4529226e..64665147f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
       if params[:home]
         redirect_to :controller => 'aspects', :action => 'index'
       else
-        redirect_to :controller => 'aspects', :action => 'index', :a_ids => current_user.open_aspects
+        redirect_to :controller => 'aspects', :action => 'index', :a_ids => current_user.aspects.where(:open => true).select(:id).all
       end
     elsif is_mobile_device?
       redirect_to user_session_path
diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 0ba9f9ac4..61196f288 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -42,12 +42,10 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
         flash[:error] = I18n.t 'users.update.language_not_changed'
       end
     elsif params[:user][:a_ids]
-      if params[:user][:a_ids] == ["home"]
-        @user.open_aspects = nil
-      else
-        @user.open_aspects = params[:user][:a_ids]
+      @user.aspects.update_all(:open => false)
+      unless params[:user][:a_ids] == ["home"]
+        @user.aspects.where(:id => params[:user][:a_ids]).update_all(:open => true)
       end
-      @user.save!
     end
 
     redirect_to edit_user_path(@user)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110201013408_add_open_aspects_to_user.rb b/db/migrate/20110201013408_add_open_aspects_to_user.rb
index ddc214129..11d7f9470 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20110201013408_add_open_aspects_to_user.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20110201013408_add_open_aspects_to_user.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 class AddOpenAspectsToUser < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def self.up
-    add_column(:users, :open_aspects, :text)
+    add_column(:aspects, :open, :boolean, :default => false)
   end
 
   def self.down
-    remove_column(:users, :open_aspects)
+    remove_column(:aspects, :open)
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index ad00b9575..8d4dd815d 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110201013408) do
   add_index "aspect_memberships", ["contact_id"], :name => "index_aspect_memberships_on_contact_id"
 
   create_table "aspects", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string   "name",                               :null => false
-    t.integer  "user_id",                            :null => false
+    t.string   "name",                                :null => false
+    t.integer  "user_id",                             :null => false
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.string   "mongo_id"
     t.string   "user_mongo_id"
-    t.boolean  "contacts_visible", :default => true, :null => false
+    t.boolean  "contacts_visible", :default => true,  :null => false
+    t.boolean  "open",             :default => false
   end
 
   add_index "aspects", ["mongo_id"], :name => "index_aspects_on_mongo_id"
@@ -458,7 +459,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110201013408) do
     t.string   "mongo_id"
     t.string   "invitation_service"
     t.string   "invitation_identifier"
-    t.text     "open_aspects"
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["email"], :name => "index_users_on_email"
diff --git a/spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb
index aa476e343..ab29b6d1d 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe HomeController do
 
     it 'redirects to aspects index if user is logged in' do
       sign_in @user
-      get :show
+      get :show, :home => true
       response.should redirect_to( :controller => 'aspects', :action => 'index')
     end
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe HomeController do
       @aspect0 = @user.aspects.all[0]
       @aspect1 = @user.aspects.create(:name => "Yeaaaah!")
       @index_params = {:a_ids => [@aspect0.id.to_s, @aspect1.id.to_s]} 
-      @user.open_aspects = @index_params[:a_ids]
+      @user.aspects.where(:id => @index_params[:a_ids]).update_all(:open => true)
       @user.save
       get :show
       response.should redirect_to( :controller => 'aspects', :action => 'index', :a_ids => @index_params[:a_ids] )
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index 06ace0a34..cad5f459a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ describe UsersController do
 
       it "stores the aspect params in the user" do
         put :update,  @index_params
-        @user.reload.open_aspects.should == @index_params[:user][:a_ids]
+        @user.reload.aspects.where(:open => true).all.to_set.should == [@aspect, @aspect1].to_set
       end
 
       it "correctly resets the home state" do
         @index_params[:user][:a_ids] = ["home"]
 
         put :update, @index_params
-        @user.reload.open_aspects.should == nil
+        @user.aspects.where(:open => true).should == []
       end
     end