diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb
index 8264212a9..b04f7b59c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboards_controller.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 class DashboardsController < ApplicationController
-  
-  before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => :receive
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!
   include ApplicationHelper
 
   def index
     @posts = Post.paginate :page => params[:page], :order => 'created_at DESC'
   end
-
-  def receive
-    puts "SOMEONE JUST SENT ME: #{params[:xml]}"
-    store_objects_from_xml params[:xml]
-    render :nothing => true
-  end
-  
   
   def warzombie
     render :nothing => true
diff --git a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
index 454b614ff..ed643b736 100644
--- a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
@@ -22,4 +22,11 @@ class PublicsController < ApplicationController
         render :text => params['hub.challenge'], :status => 202 
       end
   end
+  
+  def receive
+    puts "SOMEONE JUST SENT ME: #{params[:xml]}"
+    store_objects_from_xml params[:xml]
+    render :nothing => true
+  end
+  
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 279d74984..b211cc7b2 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
    match 'login', :to => 'devise/sessions#new', :as => "new_user_session"
    match 'logout', :to  => 'devise/sessions#destroy', :as => "destroy_user_session"
    #match 'signup', :to => 'devise/registrations#new', :as => "new_user_registration"
- 
-
   resources :users
-  match 'receive', :to => 'dashboards#receive'
-  match 'hubbub', :to => 'publics#hubbub'
-  match '.well-known/host-meta', :to => 'publics#host_meta'
-  match 'webfinger', :to => 'publics#webfinger'
-  match 'hcard', :to => 'publics#hcard'
+  
+  
+  #public routes
+  match 'receive',              :to => 'publics#receive'
+  match 'hubbub',               :to => 'publics#hubbub'
+  match '.well-known/host-meta',:to => 'publics#host_meta'
+  match 'webfinger',            :to => 'publics#webfinger'
+  match 'hcard',                :to => 'publics#hcard'
+          
+  #root
   root :to => 'dashboards#index'
-
 end