diff --git a/app/models/service_user.rb b/app/models/service_user.rb
index 88408b9dc..122a98ce2 100644
--- a/app/models/service_user.rb
+++ b/app/models/service_user.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ class ServiceUser < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   before_save :attach_local_models
 
-  private
   def attach_local_models
     service_for_uid = Services::Facebook.where(:type => service.type.to_s, :uid => self.uid).first
     if !service_for_uid.blank? && (service_for_uid.user.person.profile.searchable)
-      self.person = service_for_uid.user.person 
+      self.person = service_for_uid.user.person
     else
       self.person = nil
     end
diff --git a/app/models/services/facebook.rb b/app/models/services/facebook.rb
index 121bb73c6..fbef23e8a 100644
--- a/app/models/services/facebook.rb
+++ b/app/models/services/facebook.rb
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ class Services::Facebook < Service
     url = "https://graph.facebook.com/me/friends?fields[]=name&fields[]=picture&access_token=#{URI.escape(self.access_token)}"
     response = Faraday.get(url)
     data = JSON.parse(response.body)['data']
-    s_users = data.map{ |p|
-      ServiceUser.new(:service_id => self.id, :uid => p["id"], :photo_url => p["picture"], :name => p["name"])
+    data.map!{ |p|
+      su = ServiceUser.new(:service_id => self.id, :uid => p["id"], :photo_url => p["picture"], :name => p["name"])
+      su.attach_local_models
+      su
     }
-    ServiceUser.import(s_users)
+    ServiceUser.import(data)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/services/facebook_spec.rb b/spec/models/services/facebook_spec.rb
index a2dff3e29..86e246e59 100644
--- a/spec/models/services/facebook_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/services/facebook_spec.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ JSON
           @service.save_friends
         }.should change(ServiceUser, :count).by(2)
       end
+
+      it 'attaches local models' do
+        @service.save_friends
+        @service.service_users.first.person.should == @user2.person
+      end
     end
 
     describe '#finder' do