diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index e568aee17..8d1fee5d5 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Person
   end
 
   def public_url
-    "#{self.url}users/#{self.owner.username}"
+    "#{self.url}public/#{self.owner.username}"
   end
 
 
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b6e8a293e..2827c4cc7 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
   resources :albums
   
   # added public route to user
-  match 'users/:username', :to => 'users#public'
+  match 'public/:username', :to => 'users#public'
   resources :users,               :except => [:create, :new, :show]
 
   match 'aspects/move_friends', :to => 'aspects#move_friends', :as => 'move_friends'
diff --git a/lib/salmon/salmon.rb b/lib/salmon/salmon.rb
index 4258a8d88..d9352ef41 100644
--- a/lib/salmon/salmon.rb
+++ b/lib/salmon/salmon.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ module Salmon
       ### Header ##
       decrypted_header = user.decrypt(doc.search('encrypted_header').text)
       header_doc       = Nokogiri::XML(decrypted_header)
+      slap.author_email= header_doc.search('uri').text.split("acct:").last
       slap.aes_key     = header_doc.search('aes_key').text
       slap.iv          = header_doc.search('iv').text
 
@@ -81,8 +82,6 @@ module Salmon
 
       raise ArgumentError, "Magic Signature data must be signed with RSA-SHA256, was #{slap.magic_sig.alg}" unless 'RSA-SHA256' == slap.magic_sig.alg
 
-      uri = doc.search('uri').text
-      slap.author_email = uri.split("acct:").last
       slap
     end
 
@@ -91,10 +90,6 @@ module Salmon
     <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
     <entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
     <encrypted_header>#{person.encrypt(decrypted_header)}</encrypted_header>
-    <author>
-      <name>#{@author.real_name}</name>
-      <uri>acct:#{@author.diaspora_handle}</uri>
-    </author>
       #{@magic_sig.to_xml}
       </entry>
 ENTRY