diff --git a/ttadmin/users/models.py b/ttadmin/users/models.py
index 2826e63..b3dc292 100644
--- a/ttadmin/users/models.py
+++ b/ttadmin/users/models.py
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.db.models import TextField, BooleanField
+from django.db.models import TextField, BooleanField, CharField
 
 
 class Townie(User):
     """Both an almost normal Django User as well as an abstraction over a
     system user."""
     pubkey = TextField(blank=False, null=False)
-    shell = TextField(max_length=50, default="/bin/bash")
-    pending = BooleanField(default=True)
+    shell = CharField(max_length=50, default="/bin/bash")
+    reviewed = BooleanField(default=False)
+    displayname = CharField(max_length=100, blank=False, null=False)
 
     @property
     def home_path(self):
@@ -25,10 +26,6 @@ class Townie(User):
         is."""
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.set_unusable_password()
-        super().__init__(self)
-
 @receiver(post_save, sender=Townie)
 def sync_system_state(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
     if created:
diff --git a/ttadmin/users/templates/ttadmin/signup.html b/ttadmin/users/templates/ttadmin/signup.html
index ebeda0e..41f2e6b 100644
--- a/ttadmin/users/templates/ttadmin/signup.html
+++ b/ttadmin/users/templates/ttadmin/signup.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
              </label>
              <label>
                  public key:
-                 <textarea name="pubkey"></textarea>
+                 <textarea name="pubkey" required="true"></textarea>
              </label>
              <input type="submit" value="sign up <3" />
          </form>
diff --git a/ttadmin/users/views.py b/ttadmin/users/views.py
index f3dc413..081eabf 100644
--- a/ttadmin/users/views.py
+++ b/ttadmin/users/views.py
@@ -1,8 +1,43 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 
+from .models import Townie
+
+# TODO validation functions for final request validation and live js validation
+# I refuse to duplicate the logic for validation on the front-end and am going
+# to accept round-trip validation costs with long-term caching.
+
 class UserSignupView(TemplateView):
     template_name = 'ttadmin/signup.html'
 
     def post(self, request):
+        print(request.POST)
+        # TODO validate
+        username = request.POST.get('username')
+
+        displayname = request.POST.get('displayname')
+
+        if displayname is None:
+            displayname = username
+        else:
+            # TODO validate
+            pass
+
+        # TODO validate
+        pubkey = request.POST.get('pubkey')
+
+        # TODO validate
+        email = request.POST.get('email')
+
+        t = Townie(
+            username=username,
+            displayname=displayname,
+            pubkey=pubkey,
+            email=email,
+        )
+
+        t.set_unusable_password()
+        t.save()
+
+
         return HttpResponse('LOLOLOLOL')