diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 97f8b31bc..12f87c481 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class UsersController < ApplicationController
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => [:new, :create]
 
-  before_filter :authenticate_user!
   def index
     @users = User.sort(:created_at.desc).all
   end
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def create
-    @user = User.new(params[:user])
-
-    if @user.save!
+    @user = User.instantiate(params[:user])
+   
+    if @user.created_at && @user.person.created_at 
       flash[:notice] = "Successfully signed up."
       redirect_to root_path
     else
diff --git a/app/helpers/status_messages_helper.rb b/app/helpers/status_messages_helper.rb
index 57d0f2f17..840e789a0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/status_messages_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/status_messages_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 module StatusMessagesHelper
-
   def my_latest_message
     unless @latest_status_message.nil?
       return @latest_status_message.message
@@ -7,7 +6,4 @@ module StatusMessagesHelper
       return "No message to display."
     end
   end
-  
-  
-
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index f30feadf0..1896af90c 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ class User
 
   
   ###Helpers############
-
+  def self.instantiate( opts = {} )
+    opts[:person][:email] = opts[:email]
+    opts[:person][:serialized_key] = generate_key
+    User.create( opts)
+  end
 
   def terse_url
     terse= self.url.gsub(/https?:\/\//, '')
@@ -145,4 +149,8 @@ class User
     OpenSSL::PKey::RSA::generate 1024 
   end
 
+  def self.generate_key
+    OpenSSL::PKey::RSA::generate 1024 
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.haml b/app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.haml
index b03da3518..6ea93b780 100644
--- a/app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.haml
@@ -3,15 +3,24 @@
   = devise_error_messages!
   %p
     = f.label :email
-    %br/
     = f.text_field :email
   %p
     = f.label :password
-    %br/
     = f.password_field :password
   %p
     = f.label :password_confirmation
-    %br/
     = f.password_field :password_confirmation
+
+  = f.fields_for :person do |p|
+    = p.hidden_field :url, :value => "http://google.com/"
+
+    = p.fields_for :profile do |pr|
+      %p
+        = pr.label :first_name
+        = pr.text_field :first_name
+      %p
+        = pr.label :last_name
+        = pr.text_field :last_name
+
   %p= f.submit "Sign up"
 = render :partial => "devise/shared/links"
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index bcc977505..b32581afc 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ describe User do
     Person.count.should == n+1
   end
   
+  it 'should instantiate with a person and be valid' do
+    user = User.instantiate(:email => "bob@bob.com",
+                            :password => "password",
+                            :password_confirmation => "password",
+                            :person => 
+                              {:profile => {
+                                :first_name => "bob",
+                                :last_name => "grimm"}})
+
+    user.save.should be true
+    user.person.should_not be nil
+    user.person.profile.should_not be nil
+  end
+
   describe 'friend requesting' do
      it "should be able to accept a pending friend request" do
       friend = Factory.create(:person)