diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fb8243e53..4f2c736a1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ gem "bson_ext", "1.0.1"
 gem "haml"
 gem 'roxml', :git => "git://github.com/Empact/roxml.git"
 
+gem 'gpgme'
 
 #mai crazy async stuff
 #gem 'em-synchrony',   :git => 'git://github.com/igrigorik/em-synchrony.git',    :require => 'em-synchrony/em-http'
diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
index cf0e6b41e..56696fb84 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class DashboardController < ApplicationController
     
     puts "SOMEONE JUST SENT ME: #{params[:xml]}"
     
-    store_objects_from_xml params[:xml)
+    store_objects_from_xml params[:xml]
     render :nothing => true
   end
   
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 843486ad4..7743f7352 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ class Person
   key :email, String
   key :url, String
   key :active, Boolean, :default => false
-  
+  key :key_fingerprint, String
+
   one :profile, :class_name => 'Profile', :foreign_key => :person_id
   many :posts, :class_name => 'Post', :foreign_key => :person_id
 
@@ -27,13 +28,20 @@ class Person
   
   before_validation :clean_url
  
+
   def real_name
     "#{profile.first_name.to_s} #{profile.last_name.to_s}"
   end
 
   
+
+  def key
+    GPGME::Ctx.new.get_key key_fingerprint
+  end
   protected
   
+
+
   def url_unique?
     same_url = Person.first(:url => self.url)
     return same_url.nil? || same_url.id == self.id
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 2723c8b5d..f3c695f3d 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class User < Person
     false
   end
   
+  before_create :assign_key
+
   validates_presence_of :profile
   
   before_validation :do_bad_things
@@ -29,5 +31,33 @@ class User < Person
   def mine?(post)
     self == post.person
   end
+
+  protected
   
+  def assign_key
+    keys = GPGME.list_keys(nil, true)
+    if keys.empty?
+      generate_key
+    end
+    self.key_fingerprint = GPGME.list_keys(nil, true).first.subkeys.first.fingerprint
+    puts self.key_fingerprint
+  end
+
+  def generate_key
+    puts "Yo, generating a key."
+    ctx = GPGME::Ctx.new
+    paramstring = "<GnupgKeyParms format=\"internal\">
+Key-Type: DSA
+Key-Length: 512
+Subkey-Type: ELG-E
+Subkey-Length: 512
+Name-Real: #{self.real_name}
+Name-Comment: #{self.url}
+Name-Email: #{self.email}
+Expire-Date: 0
+Passphrase: #{self.password}
+</GnupgKeyParms>"
+    ctx.genkey(paramstring, nil, nil)
+    
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/database.yml.sqlite b/config/database.yml.sqlite
deleted file mode 100644
index 025d62a8d..000000000
--- a/config/database.yml.sqlite
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# SQLite version 3.x
-#   gem install sqlite3-ruby (not necessary on OS X Leopard)
-development:
-  adapter: sqlite3
-  database: db/development.sqlite3
-  pool: 5
-  timeout: 5000
-
-# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
-# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
-test:
-  adapter: sqlite3
-  database: db/test.sqlite3
-  pool: 5
-  timeout: 5000
-
-production:
-  adapter: sqlite3
-  database: db/production.sqlite3
-  pool: 5
-  timeout: 5000
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 3303b3ac5..695be6a22 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ require File.expand_path('../application', __FILE__)
 Haml::Template.options[:format] = :html5
 # Initialize the rails application
 Diaspora::Application.initialize!
+
+ENV['GNUPGHOME'] = File.expand_path("../../db/gpg-#{Rails.env}/", __FILE__)
+GPGME::check_version({})
diff --git a/config/mongoid.yml b/config/mongoid.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e0df0977c..000000000
--- a/config/mongoid.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-defaults: &defaults
-  host: localhost
-  allow_dynamic_fields: false
-  parameterize_keys: true
-  persist_in_safe_mode: true
-  raise_not_found_error: false
-  reconnect_time: 3
-  use_object_ids: false
-  
-
-development:
-  <<: *defaults
-  database: diaspora_development
-
-test:
-  <<: *defaults
-  database: diaspora_test
-
-# set these environment variables on your prod server
-production:
-  <<: *defaults
-  #host: <%= ENV['MONGOID_HOST'] %>
-  #port: <%= ENV['MONGOID_PORT'] %>
-  #username: <%= ENV['MONGOID_USERNAME'] %>
-  #password: <%= ENV['MONGOID_PASSWORD'] %>
-  #database: <%= ENV['MONGOID_DATABASE'] %>
diff --git a/db/gpg-development/pubring.gpg b/db/gpg-development/pubring.gpg
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index 000000000..44ac03229
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diff --git a/db/gpg-development/random_seed b/db/gpg-development/random_seed
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index 000000000..4d35367ab
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diff --git a/db/gpg-development/secring.gpg b/db/gpg-development/secring.gpg
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index 000000000..4d44acc6b
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diff --git a/db/gpg-development/trustdb.gpg b/db/gpg-development/trustdb.gpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e1b582af
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diff --git a/db/gpg-test/pubring.gpg b/db/gpg-test/pubring.gpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..506acc069
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diff --git a/db/gpg-test/pubring.gpg~ b/db/gpg-test/pubring.gpg~
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index 000000000..60008a7ba
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diff --git a/db/gpg-test/random_seed b/db/gpg-test/random_seed
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..335e73236
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diff --git a/db/gpg-test/secring.gpg b/db/gpg-test/secring.gpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaca4a8eb
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diff --git a/db/gpg-test/trustdb.gpg b/db/gpg-test/trustdb.gpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0afcfe942
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diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index a4d470af2..eac2acf4b 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.after(:each) do
     DatabaseCleaner.clean
   end
-  
+  config.after(:suite) do
+    gpgdir = File.expand_path("../../db/gpg-#{Rails.env}", __FILE__)
+    ctx = GPGME::Ctx.new
+    keys = ctx.keys
+    keys.each{|k| ctx.delete_key(k, true)}
+  end
 end
   def stub_socket_controller
      mock_socket_controller = mock('socket mock')
diff --git a/spec/user_encryption_spec.rb b/spec/user_encryption_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..518dc8ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/user_encryption_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
+
+describe 'user encryption' do
+  before :all do
+    @u = User.new
+    @u.email = "george@aol.com"
+    @u.password = "bluepin7"
+    @u.password_confirmation = "bluepin7"
+    @u.url = "www.example.com"
+    @u.profile = Profile.new( :first_name => "Bob", :last_name => "Smith" )
+    @u.profile.save
+    @u.save
+  end
+
+#  after :all do
+    #gpgdir = File.expand_path("../../db/gpg-#{Rails.env}", __FILE__)
+    #ctx = GPGME::Ctx.new
+    #keys = ctx.keys
+    #keys.each{|k| ctx.delete_key(k, true)}
+  #end
+  
+  it 'should have a key fingerprint' do
+    @u.key_fingerprint.should_not be nil
+  end
+
+  it 'should retrieve a user key' do
+    @u.key.subkeys[0].fpr.should  == @u.key_fingerprint
+  end
+
+
+end