diff --git a/ttadmin/users/models.py b/ttadmin/users/models.py
index 78fc98f..ca0713f 100644
--- a/ttadmin/users/models.py
+++ b/ttadmin/users/models.py
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ class Townie(User):
     def home(self):
         return os.path.join('/home', self.username)
 
+    def generate_gift(self):
+        command = '/town/bin/generate_welcome_present.sh'
+        error = _guarded_run(['sudo', command, self.username])
+        if error:
+            logger.error(error)
+            return
+
     def send_welcome_email(self):
         welcome_tmpl = get_template('users/welcome_email.txt')
         context = {
@@ -250,9 +257,11 @@ def on_townie_pre_save(sender, instance, **kwargs):
             instance.create_on_disk()
             instance.write_authorized_keys()
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error('Failed syncing user {} to disk: {}'.format(instance.username, e)
+            logger.error('Failed syncing user {} to disk: {}'.format(instance.username, e))
         else:
             instance.send_welcome_email()
+            instance.generate_gift()
+
         return
     else:
         # This user state transition is currently undefined. In the future, we can check for things