diff --git a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
index ae00cc7df..a5dd347e5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class PublicsController < ApplicationController
   def hcard
     @person = Person.find_by_id params[:id]
     unless @person.nil? || @person.owner.nil?
-      render 'hcard'
+      render 'publics/hcard'
     else
       render :nothing => true, :status => 404
     end
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 53f9b3afe..0fe6474aa 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ class Person
 
   ensure_index :diaspora_handle
 
+  scope :searchable, where('profile.searchable' => true)
+
   def self.search(query)
-    return Person.all if query.to_s.empty?
+    return Person.searchable.all if query.to_s.empty?
     query_tokens = query.to_s.strip.split(" ")
     full_query_text = Regexp.escape(query.to_s.strip)
 
@@ -52,8 +54,8 @@ class Person
 
     query_tokens.each do |token|
       q = Regexp.escape(token.to_s.strip)
-      p = Person.all('profile.first_name' => /^#{q}/i) \
- | Person.all('profile.last_name' => /^#{q}/i) \
+      p = Person.searchable.all('profile.first_name' => /^#{q}/i) \
+ | Person.searchable.all('profile.last_name' => /^#{q}/i) \
  | p
     end
   
@@ -120,7 +122,10 @@ class Person
     #hcard_profile = HCard.find profile.hcard.first[:href]
     Rails.logger.info("hcard: #{ hcard.inspect}")
     new_person.url = hcard[:url]
-    new_person.profile = Profile.new(:first_name => hcard[:given_name], :last_name => hcard[:family_name], :image_url => hcard[:photo])
+    new_person.profile = Profile.new( :first_name => hcard[:given_name],
+                                      :last_name  => hcard[:family_name],
+                                      :image_url  => hcard[:photo],
+                                      :searchable => hcard[:searchable])
 
     new_person.save! ? new_person : nil
   end
diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index d69c64e12..b8383de17 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -8,25 +8,27 @@ class Profile
   include Diaspora::Webhooks
   include ROXML
 
+  xml_reader :diaspora_handle
   xml_reader :first_name
   xml_reader :last_name
   xml_reader :image_url
   xml_reader :birthday
   xml_reader :gender
   xml_reader :bio
-  xml_accessor :diaspora_handle
+  xml_reader :searchable
 
+  key :diaspora_handle, String
   key :first_name, String
   key :last_name,  String
   key :image_url,  String
   key :birthday,   Date
   key :gender,     String
   key :bio,        String
-  key :diaspora_handle, String
+  key :searchable, Boolean, :default => true
 
   after_validation :strip_names
   validates_length_of :first_name, :maximum => 32
-  validates_length_of :last_name, :maximum => 32
+  validates_length_of :last_name,  :maximum => 32
 
   before_save :strip_names
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 870b6ed06..c1c4af9db 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ class User
   #after_create :seed_aspects
 
   before_destroy :unfriend_everyone, :remove_person
+  before_save do
+    person.save if person
+  end
+
+  attr_accessible :getting_started, :password, :password_confirmation, :language, 
 
   def strip_and_downcase_username
     if username.present?
@@ -401,16 +406,22 @@ class User
 
   ###Helpers############
   def self.build(opts = {})
+    u = User.new(opts)
+
+    u.username = opts[:username]
+    u.email = opts[:email]
+
     opts[:person] ||= {}
     opts[:person][:profile] ||= Profile.new
-    opts[:person][:diaspora_handle] = "#{opts[:username]}@#{APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url]}"
-    opts[:person][:url] = APP_CONFIG[:pod_url]
+    u.person = Person.new(opts[:person])
+    u.person.diaspora_handle = "#{opts[:username]}@#{APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url]}"
 
-    opts[:serialized_private_key] = generate_key
-    opts[:person][:serialized_public_key] = opts[:serialized_private_key].public_key
+    u.person.url = APP_CONFIG[:pod_url]
 
+    new_key = generate_key
+    u.serialized_private_key = new_key
+    u.person.serialized_public_key = new_key.public_key
 
-    u = User.new(opts)
     u
   end
 
@@ -432,7 +443,8 @@ class User
 
 
   def self.generate_key
-    OpenSSL::PKey::RSA::generate 4096
+    key_size = (Rails.env == 'test' ? 512 : 4096)
+    OpenSSL::PKey::RSA::generate key_size
   end
 
   def encryption_key
diff --git a/app/views/people/edit.html.haml b/app/views/people/edit.html.haml
index d3b8b135d..79440c94e 100644
--- a/app/views/people/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/edit.html.haml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
         = t('.your_photo')
         = render 'people/profile_photo_upload', :form => profile
 
+      %h4
+        Search
+        %p{:class=>"checkbox_select"}
+          = profile.label :searchable, "Allow for people to search for you"
+          = profile.check_box :searchable, {:checked => @person.profile.searchable}, true, false
+
     .submit_block
       = link_to t('cancel'), edit_user_path(current_user)
       = t('or')
diff --git a/app/views/publics/hcard.erb b/app/views/publics/hcard.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index c02d909b5..000000000
--- a/app/views/publics/hcard.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-<div id="content">
-  <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="<%=@person.url%>" rel="me" class="nickname url uid"><%= @person.real_name%></a>
-        </dd>
-      </dl>
-        <dl class="entity_given_name">
-        <dt>First name</dt>
-        <dd>
-        <span class="given_name" ><%= @person.profile.first_name %></span>
-        </dd>
-        </dl>
-        <dl class="entity_family_name">
-        <dt>Family name</dt>
-        <dd>
-        <span class="family_name" ><%= @person.profile.last_name %></span>
-        </dd>
-        </dl>
-        <dl class="entity_fn">
-        <dt>Full name</dt>
-        <dd>
-        <span class="fn" ><%= @person.real_name %></span>
-        </dd>
-      </dl>
-      <dl class="entity_url">
-        <dt>URL</dt>
-        <dd>
-        <a href="<%= @person.url%>" rel="me" id="pod_location" class="url"><%= @person.url%></a>
-        </dd>
-      </dl>
-      <dl class="entity_photo">
-        <dt>Photo</dt>
-        <dd>
-        <img class="photo avatar" src="<%= image_or_default(@person)%>" width="100" height="100"/>
-        </dd>
-      </dl>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/app/views/publics/hcard.haml b/app/views/publics/hcard.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..869286964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/publics/hcard.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#content
+  %h1= @person.real_name
+  #content_inner
+    #i.entity_profile.vcard.author
+      %h2 User profile
+
+      %dl.entity_nickname
+        %dt Nickname
+        %dd
+          %a.nickname.url.uid{:href=>@person.url, :rel=>'me'}= @person.real_name
+
+      %dl.entity_given_name
+        %dt First name
+        %dd
+          %span.given_name= @person.profile.first_name
+
+      %dl.entity_family_name
+        %dt Family name
+        %dd
+          %span.family_name= @person.profile.last_name
+
+      %dl.entity_fn
+        %dt Full name
+        %dd
+          %span.fn= @person.real_name
+
+      %dl.entity_url
+        %dt URL
+        %dd
+          %a#pod_location.url{:href=>@person.url, :rel=>'me'}= @person.url
+
+      %dl.entity_photo
+        %dt Photo
+        %dd
+          %img.photo.avatar{:src=>image_or_default(@person), :width=>'100px', :height=>'100px'}
+
+      %dl.entity_searchable
+        %dt Searchable
+        %dd
+          %span.searchable= @person.profile.searchable
diff --git a/app/views/users/getting_started/_step_1.html.haml b/app/views/users/getting_started/_step_1.html.haml
index 6ee900211..56e5638b3 100644
--- a/app/views/users/getting_started/_step_1.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/getting_started/_step_1.html.haml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
       Your photo
       = render 'people/profile_photo_upload', :form => profile
 
+    %h4
+      Search
+      %p{:class=>"checkbox_select"}
+        = profile.label :searchable, "Allow for people to search for you"
+        = profile.check_box :searchable, {:checked => @person.profile.searchable}, true, false
+
     = hidden_field_tag :getting_started, @step
 
   .submit_block
diff --git a/lib/hcard.rb b/lib/hcard.rb
index d02e2b4ec..09acb7c8f 100644
--- a/lib/hcard.rb
+++ b/lib/hcard.rb
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 module HCard
   def self.parse doc
     {
-      :given_name => doc.css(".given_name").text,
+      :given_name  => doc.css(".given_name").text,
       :family_name => doc.css(".family_name").text,
-      :url => doc.css("#pod_location").text,
-      :photo => doc.css(".photo[src]").attribute('src').text     
+      :url         => doc.css("#pod_location").text,
+      :photo       => doc.css(".photo[src]").attribute('src').text,
+      :searchable  => doc.css(".searchable").text
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index c541f5c41..5577d829f 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ form p
   :padding 0
   :margin 0
 
+form p.checkbox_select
+  label
+    :left 20px
+    :top 0
+
 label
   :font
     :family 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif
@@ -1450,3 +1455,5 @@ ul.aspects
 
   :padding
     :left 120px
+
+
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/hcard_response b/spec/fixtures/hcard_response
index c3bfb2840..d229660d2 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/hcard_response
+++ b/spec/fixtures/hcard_response
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
         <dt>Note</dt> 
         <dd class="note">Diaspora is awesome! vi is better than emacs!</dd> 
       </dl> 
+      <dl class='entity_searchable'> 
+        <dt>Searchable</dt> 
+        <dd> 
+          <span class='searchable'>false</span> 
+        </dd> 
+      </dl>
     </div> 
   </div> 
 </div> 
diff --git a/spec/lib/hcard_spec.rb b/spec/lib/hcard_spec.rb
index 7228a1893..fbd4bb42c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/hcard_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/hcard_spec.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ describe HCard do
     hcard[:family_name].include?("Hamiltom").should be true
     hcard[:given_name].include?("Alex").should be true
     hcard[:photo].include?("tom.jpg").should be true
-    hcard[:url].should  == "http://tom.joindiaspora.com/"
+    hcard[:url].should == "http://tom.joindiaspora.com/"
+    hcard[:searchable].should == "false"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index 498588fa8..4c25b99b3 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ describe Person do
       people = Person.search("Casey Grippi")
       people.should == [@friend_four]
     end
+
+    it 'should only display searchable people' do
+      invisible_person = Factory(:person, :profile => {:searchable => false, :first_name => "johnson"})
+      Person.search("johnson").should_not include invisible_person
+      Person.search("").should_not include invisible_person
+    end
   end
 
   context 'people finders for webfinger' do
diff --git a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
index b048e9c16..fd27c7203 100644
--- a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
@@ -92,25 +92,25 @@ describe Photo do
 
   end
 
-  describe 'remote photos' do
-    it 'should write the url on serialization' do
-      @photo.image = File.open(@fixture_name)
-      @photo.image.store!
-      @photo.save
-
-      xml = @photo.to_xml.to_s
-
-      xml.include?(@photo.image.url).should be true
-    end
-
-    it 'should have an album id on serialization' do
+  describe 'serialization' do
+    before do
       @photo.image.store! File.open(@fixture_name)
-      xml = @photo.to_xml.to_s
-      xml.include?(@photo.album_id.to_s).should be true
+      @xml = @photo.to_xml.to_s
     end
-
+    it 'serializes the url' do
+      @xml.include?(@photo.image.url).should be true
+    end
+    it 'serializes the album_id' do
+      @xml.include?(@photo.album_id.to_s).should be true
+    end
+    it 'serializes the diaspora_handle' do
+      pending "For IZ, MS"
+      @xml.include?(@user.diaspora_handle).should be true
+    end
+  end
+  describe 'remote photos' do
     it 'should set the remote_photo on marshalling' do
-      pending "did the socket get unstubbed?"
+      pending "For IZ, MS"
       @photo.image.store! File.open(@fixture_name)
 
 
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ describe Photo do
       user2 = Factory.create(:user)
       aspect2 = user2.aspects.create(:name => "foobars")
       friend_users(@user, @aspect, user2, aspect2)
-      @photo.person = user2.person
-
-      @photo.save
-      #@photo.reload
 
       url = @photo.url
       thumb_url = @photo.url :thumb_medium
@@ -130,7 +126,7 @@ describe Photo do
       id = @photo.id
 
       @photo.destroy
-      @user.receive xml, @photo.person
+      user2.receive xml, @user.person
 
       new_photo = Photo.first(:id => id)
       new_photo.url.nil?.should be false
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 077224674..55c5575fb 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ describe User do
       new_user.id.should_not == user.id
     end
     it 'does not overwrite old users with create' do
-      pending "Why do you want to set ids directly? MONGOMAPPERRRRR!!!"
           params = {:username => "ohai",
                     :email => "ohai@example.com",
                     :password => "password",
@@ -163,13 +162,16 @@ describe User do
         }
         @user = User.build(params)
       end
-      it "makes a valid user" do
-        @user.should be_valid
+      it "does not save" do
         @user.persisted?.should be_false
+        @user.person.persisted?.should be_false
         User.find_by_username("ohai").should be_nil
       end
       it 'saves successfully' do
+        @user.should be_valid
         @user.save.should be_true
+        @user.persisted?.should be_true
+        @user.person.persisted?.should be_true
         User.find_by_username("ohai").should == @user
       end
     end