diff --git a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
index acbe5e814..3c7a2af8f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ class PublicsController < ApplicationController
   include Diaspora::Parser
   
   def hcard
-    @user = User.owner
-    render 'hcard'
+    @person = Person.first(:_id => params[:id])
+
+    unless @person.nil? || @person.owner.nil?
+      render 'hcard'
+    end
   end
 
   def host_meta
@@ -13,8 +16,10 @@ class PublicsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def webfinger
-    @user = Person.first(:email => params[:q].gsub('acct:', ''))
-    render 'webfinger', :layout => false, :content_type => 'application/xrd+xml'
+    @person = Person.first(:email => params[:q].gsub('acct:', ''))
+    unless @person.nil? || @person.owner.nil?
+      render 'webfinger', :layout => false, :content_type => 'application/xrd+xml'
+    end
   end
   
   def receive
diff --git a/app/helpers/publics_helper.rb b/app/helpers/publics_helper.rb
index e694adef9..1e8ecac8f 100644
--- a/app/helpers/publics_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/publics_helper.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@ module PublicsHelper
       400
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  def terse_url(full_url)
+    terse = full_url.gsub(/https?:\/\//, '')
+    terse.gsub!(/www\./, '')
+    terse = terse.chop! if terse[-1, 1] == '/'
+    terse
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index f633d04c7..3eaebd8d2 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ class Person
     self.id == post.person.id
   end
 
+  def recieve_url
+    "#{self.url}user/#{self.owner.id}"
+  end
 
   protected
   def clean_url
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 43fc0c279..df7483c22 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -77,14 +77,11 @@ class User
   def receive_friend_request(friend_request)
     Rails.logger.debug("receiving friend request #{friend_request.to_json}")
     
-    #u am originator
     if Request.where(:callback_url => person.url, :destination_url => person.url).first
-      puts "NOOO!!"
       activate_friend friend_request.person
       Rails.logger.debug("#{self.real_name}'s friend request has been accepted")
       friend_request.destroy
     else
-      puts "423423"
       friend_request.person.save
       pending_requests << friend_request
       save
diff --git a/app/views/publics/hcard.erb b/app/views/publics/hcard.erb
index 34f88866e..7cfbe5604 100644
--- a/app/views/publics/hcard.erb
+++ b/app/views/publics/hcard.erb
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 <div id="content"> 
-  <h1><%=@user.real_name%></h1> 
+  <h1><%=@person.real_name%></h1> 
   <div id="content_inner"> 
     <div id="i" class="entity_profile vcard author"> 
       <h2>User profile</h2> 
       <dl class="entity_nickname"> 
         <dt>Nickname</dt> 
         <dd> 
-        <a href="<%=@user.url%>" rel="me" class="nickname url uid"><%= @user.real_name%></a> 
+        <a href="<%=@person.url%>" rel="me" class="nickname url uid"><%= @person.real_name%></a> 
         </dd> 
       </dl> 
       <dl class="entity_fn"> 
         <dt>Full name</dt> 
         <dd> 
-        <span class="fn"><%= @user.real_name %></span> 
+        <span class="fn"><%= @person.real_name %></span> 
         </dd> 
       </dl> 
       <dl class="entity_url"> 
         <dt>URL</dt> 
         <dd> 
-        <a href="<%= @user.url%>" rel="me" class="url"><%= @user.url%></a> 
+        <a href="<%= @person.url%>" rel="me" class="url"><%= @person.url%></a> 
         </dd> 
       </dl> 
       <dl class="entity_note"> 
diff --git a/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb b/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
index 53d8aeba4..e28fb6211 100644
--- a/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
+++ b/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <XRD xmlns='http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/xri/xrd-1.0' 
      xmlns:hm='http://host-meta.net/xrd/1.0'>
-     <hm:Host><%= @user.terse_url %></hm:Host>
+     <hm:Host><%= terse_url(root_url) %></hm:Host>
   <Link rel='lrdd' 
-        template='<%=@user.url%>webfinger?q={uri}'>
+        template='<%= root_url %>webfinger?q={uri}'>
     <Title>Resource Descriptor</Title>
   </Link>
 </XRD>
diff --git a/app/views/publics/webfinger.erb b/app/views/publics/webfinger.erb
index bafd58acb..db4cd3a1c 100644
--- a/app/views/publics/webfinger.erb
+++ b/app/views/publics/webfinger.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <XRD xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/xri/xrd-1.0">
-  <Subject>acct:<%=@user.email%></Subject>
-  <Alias>"<%=@user.url%>hcard"</Alias>
-  <Link rel="http://microformats.org/profile/hcard" type="text/html" href="<%=@user.url%>hcard"/>
-  <Link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2010#updates-from" type="application/atom+xml" href="<%=@user.url%>status_messages.atom"/>
-  <Link rel="http://joindiaspora.com/seed_location" type = 'text/html' href="<%=@user.url%>"/>
+  <Subject>acct:<%=@person.email%></Subject>
+  <Alias>"<%= @person.url %>users/#{@user.id}/hcard"</Alias>
+  <Link rel="http://microformats.org/profile/hcard" type="text/html" href="<%=@person.url%>hcard"/>
+  <Link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2010#updates-from" type="application/atom+xml" href="<%=@person.url%>status_messages.atom"/>
+  <Link rel="http://joindiaspora.com/seed_location" type = 'text/html' href="<%=@person.receive_url%>"/>
 </XRD>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 50811fa73..7e830ecc5 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
    #match 'signup', :to => 'devise/registrations#new', :as => "new_user_registration"
   resources :users
   
-  
   #public routes
-  match 'receive/users/:id',     :to => 'publics#receive'
-  match '.well-known/host-meta',:to => 'publics#host_meta'
-  match 'webfinger',            :to => 'publics#webfinger'
-  match 'hcard',                :to => 'publics#hcard'
-          
+  #
+  match 'webfinger', :to => 'publics#webfinger'
+  match 'users/:id/hcard',    :to => 'publics#hcard'
+
+  match '.well-known/host-meta',:to => 'publics#host_meta'        
+  match 'receive/users/:id',     :to => 'publics#receive'    
   #root
   root :to => 'dashboards#index'
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index 6fcd775d3..41046b932 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ describe Person do
   before do
     @person = Factory.create(:person)
   end
+
+
   it 'should not allow two people with the same email' do
     person_two = Factory.build(:person, :url => @person.email)
     person_two.valid?.should == false