diff --git a/PyRIGS/urls.py b/PyRIGS/urls.py
index 82d0c209..a4c8e2a3 100644
--- a/PyRIGS/urls.py
+++ b/PyRIGS/urls.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     # url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls')),
 
     url(r'^', include('RIGS.urls')),
-    url('^user/register/$', RegistrationView.as_view(form_class=RIGS.forms.ProfileRegistrationFormUniqueEmail), 
-    	name="registration_register"),
+    url('^user/register/$', RIGS.views.ProfileRegistrationView.as_view()),
     url('^user/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
     url('^user/', include('registration.backends.default.urls')),
 
diff --git a/RIGS/forms.py b/RIGS/forms.py
index 8a019409..5b4941ec 100644
--- a/RIGS/forms.py
+++ b/RIGS/forms.py
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ class ProfileRegistrationFormUniqueEmail(RegistrationFormUniqueEmail):
     last_name = forms.CharField(required=False, max_length=50)
     initials = forms.CharField(required=True, max_length=5)
     phone = forms.CharField(required=False, max_length=13)
-    captcha = ReCaptchaField()
+    # captcha = ReCaptchaField()
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = models.Profile
+        fields = ('first_name','last_name','initials','phone')
 
     def clean_initials(self):
         """
diff --git a/RIGS/views.py b/RIGS/views.py
index 472f20ec..0d00680e 100644
--- a/RIGS/views.py
+++ b/RIGS/views.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.core import serializers
 import simplejson
 from django.contrib import messages
 import datetime
+from registration.views import RegistrationView
 
 from RIGS import models, forms
 
@@ -33,6 +34,17 @@ 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