diff --git a/PyRIGS/urls.py b/PyRIGS/urls.py
index a4c8e2a3..9821ae20 100644
--- a/PyRIGS/urls.py
+++ b/PyRIGS/urls.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
 from django.conf import settings
 from registration.backends.default.views import RegistrationView
 import RIGS
+from RIGS import regbackend
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     # Examples:
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     # url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls')),
 
     url(r'^', include('RIGS.urls')),
-    url('^user/register/$', RIGS.views.ProfileRegistrationView.as_view()),
+    url('^user/register/$', RegistrationView.as_view(form_class=RIGS.forms.ProfileRegistrationFormUniqueEmail), 
+        name="registration_register"),
     url('^user/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
     url('^user/', include('registration.backends.default.urls')),
 
diff --git a/RIGS/regbackend.py b/RIGS/regbackend.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90828a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RIGS/regbackend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from RIGS.models import Profile
+from RIGS.forms import ProfileRegistrationFormUniqueEmail
+
+def user_created(sender, user, request, **kwargs):
+	form = ProfileRegistrationFormUniqueEmail(request.POST)
+	user.first_name = form.data['first_name']
+	user.last_name = form.data['last_name']
+	user.initials = form.data['initials']
+	user.phone = form.data['phone']
+	user.save()
+
+from registration.signals import user_registered
+user_registered.connect(user_created)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/RIGS/views.py b/RIGS/views.py
index 0d00680e..265e2dd5 100644
--- a/RIGS/views.py
+++ b/RIGS/views.py
@@ -33,18 +33,6 @@ def login(request, **kwargs):
 
         return login(request, authentication_form=forms.LoginForm)
 
-
-class ProfileRegistrationView(RegistrationView):
-    form_class = forms.ProfileRegistrationFormUniqueEmail
-
-    def register(self, request, **form):
-        model = models.Profile()
-        for (key,value) in form.items():
-            setattr(model, key, value)
-        model.set_password(form['password1'])
-        model.is_active = False
-        return model.save()
-
 """
 Called from a modal window (e.g. when an item is submitted to an event/invoice).
 May optionally also include some javascript in a success message to cause a load of