diff --git a/server/src/invites.rs b/server/src/invites.rs
index b00f3eb..f972766 100644
--- a/server/src/invites.rs
+++ b/server/src/invites.rs
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@
 use diesel::{self, prelude::*};
 use rocket_contrib::json::Json;
 use rand::random;
-use chrono::{Duration, Utc};
 use crate::DBConn;
-use crate::models::Invite;
+use crate::models::{User, Invite};
 use crate::schema;
-use crate::payload::NewUserInfo;
-use crate::rand_utils::{newUserID, newKeyHash};
+use chrono::{Duration, Utc};
 
 macro_rules! blankNewUser {
     () => {
-        NewUserInfo {
+        User {
             userid: 0,
-            key_hash: None,
-            valid: false
+            username: "".into(),
+            key: "".into(),
+            date: 0,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -51,11 +50,10 @@ pub fn generate_invite(conn: DBConn) -> Json<Invite> {
 }
 
 #[get("/<hash>")]
-pub fn use_invite(hash: u64, conn: DBConn) -> Json<NewUserInfo> {
+pub fn use_invite(hash: u64, conn: DBConn) -> Json<User> {
     // Grab the token from our table to make sure it's even there to begin with
     use schema::invites::dsl::*;
-    use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
-    use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
+    use schema::users::dsl::*;
 
     // NOTE: collection of 1 item from the table could be done cleaner
     let data = invites.select((id, expires, uses))
@@ -63,26 +61,16 @@ pub fn use_invite(hash: u64, conn: DBConn) -> Json<NewUserInfo> {
         .first::<Invite>(&conn.0)
         .unwrap();
 
-    let _data: Result<Invite, diesel::result::Error> = invites.filter(id.eq(hash)).first(&conn.0);
-    // We're going to need more secure random numbers but for now this will do
-    match data {
-        Ok(d) => {
-            if d.id == hash {
-                // create the new user
-                let new = NewUserInfo {
-                    userid: newUserID(),
-                    key_hash: newKeyHash(),
-                    valid: true
-                };
-                // save the user info and finally return it back to the caller
-                diesel::insert_into(users)
-                    .values(&new)
-                    .execute(&conn.0);
-                Json(new)
-            }
-            else {
-                Json(blankNewUser!())
-            }
+    let diesel_result: Result<Invite, diesel::result::Error> = invites.filter(id.eq(hash)).first(&conn.0);
+    // TODO: this is getting moved elsewhere to clean up so ignore this for now
+    match diesel_result {
+        Ok(data) => {
+            // we may have an unnecssary struct here but its not that big a deal raelly
+            let user = crate::users::createNewUser();
+            diesel::insert_into(users)
+                .values(&user)
+                .execute(&conn.0);
+            Json(user)
         }
         Err(_e) => {
             Json(blankNewUser!())
@@ -95,7 +83,7 @@ mod invite_tests {
     use super::*;
     use rocket;
     use rocket::local::Client;
-    use rocket::http::{Status, ContentType};
+    use rocket::http::Status;
 
     #[test]
     fn make_invite() {