diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b145c64dc..df245a480 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -49,16 +49,10 @@ group :test do
   gem 'rspec', '>= 2.0.0.beta.17'
   gem 'rspec-rails', '2.0.0.beta.17'
   gem 'mocha'
-  gem 'redgreen' if RUBY_VERSION.include? "1.8"
-  gem 'autotest'
   gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'webmock'
 end
 
-group :development do
-  gem 'nifty-generators'
-end
-
 group :deployment do
   gem 'sprinkle', :git => 'git://github.com/rsofaer/sprinkle.git'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d56eddfee..f7f234783 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ GEM
     addressable (2.2.1)
     arel (1.0.1)
       activesupport (~> 3.0.0)
-    autotest (4.3.2)
     aws (2.3.21)
       http_connection
       uuidtools
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ GEM
     net-ssh (2.0.23)
     net-ssh-gateway (1.0.1)
       net-ssh (>= 1.99.1)
-    nifty-generators (0.4.0)
     nokogiri (1.4.3.1)
     plucky (0.3.5)
       mongo (~> 1.0.8)
@@ -206,7 +204,6 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.8.4)
       thor (~> 0.14.0)
     rake (0.8.7)
-    redgreen (1.2.2)
     rest-client (1.6.1)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
     rspec (2.0.0.beta.22)
@@ -261,7 +258,6 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   addressable
-  autotest
   aws
   bson (= 1.0.7)
   bson_ext (= 1.0.7)
@@ -281,11 +277,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mini_magick
   mocha
   mongo_mapper!
-  nifty-generators
   pubsubhubbub
   rails (= 3.0.0)
   redfinger!
-  redgreen
   roxml!
   rspec (>= 2.0.0.beta.17)
   rspec-rails (= 2.0.0.beta.17)
diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 0ee354dfb..ac22a32b7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
 
   def export
     exporter = Diaspora::Exporter.new(Diaspora::Exporters::XML)
-    render :xml => exporter.execute(current_user) 
+    send_data exporter.execute(current_user), :filename => "#{current_user.username}_diaspora_data.xml", :type => :xml
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/views/users/edit.html.haml b/app/views/users/edit.html.haml
index 81fc639e7..e3fdca4ff 100644
--- a/app/views/users/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/edit.html.haml
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@
 - content_for :left_pane do
   %ul#settings_nav
     %li=link_to 'Profile', '#', :class => 'profile'
+    %li=link_to 'Account', '#', :class => 'account'
     %li=link_to 'Services', '#', :class => 'services'
 
 #profile.settings_pane{:style=>"display:block;"}
   = render 'users/profile'
 
+#account.settings_pane
+  = link_to "download my stuff", users_export_path, :class => "button"
+
 #services.settings_pane
   = render 'users/services'
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index 0352d2bf2..69c4b6df3 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ describe UsersController do
     @user.aspect(:name => "lame-os")
   end
 
+  describe '#export' do
+    it 'should return an xml file'  do
+      get :export
+      response.header["Content-Type"].should include "application/xml"
+    end
+  end
+
+
   describe '#update' do
     context 'with a profile photo set' do
       before do