diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index a8f7c3c52..1c0bf1b97 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class User
 
   many :groups, :class_name => 'Group'
 
-  before_validation_on_create :assign_key
+  before_validation_on_create :setup_person
   before_validation :do_bad_things 
   
   ######## Making things work ########
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class User
   end
 
   def setup_person
-    self.person.serialized_key ||= generate_key.export
+    assign_key
     self.person.email = email
     self.person.save!
   end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 3e58008fe..946d34729 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
   resources :people
-  resources :users    #, :only => [:edit, :show, :update]
+  resources :users, :except => [:create, :new]
   resources :status_messages
   resources :comments
   resources :requests