diff --git a/account.go b/account.go
index a0fffc7..1cf259b 100644
--- a/account.go
+++ b/account.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func signupWithRegistration(app *App, signup userRegistration, w http.ResponseWr
 	}
 
 	// Create actual user
-	if err := app.db.CreateUser(app, u, desiredUsername); err != nil {
+	if err := app.db.CreateUser(app.cfg, u, desiredUsername); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index f0816ec..5fa2a02 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ func DoConfig(app *App, configSections string) {
 
 		// Create blog
 		log.Info("Creating user %s...\n", u.Username)
-		err = app.db.CreateUser(app, u, app.cfg.App.SiteName)
+		err = app.db.CreateUser(app.cfg, u, app.cfg.App.SiteName)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to create user: %s", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ func CreateUser(apper Apper, username, password string, isAdmin bool) error {
 		userType = "admin"
 	}
 	log.Info("Creating %s %s...", userType, usernameDesc)
-	err = apper.App().db.CreateUser(apper.App(), u, desiredUsername)
+	err = apper.App().db.CreateUser(apper.App().Config(), u, desiredUsername)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to create user: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index e439070..1212130 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/log"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/query"
 	"github.com/writeas/writefreely/author"
+	"github.com/writeas/writefreely/config"
 	"github.com/writeas/writefreely/key"
 )
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type writestore interface {
-	CreateUser(*App, *User, string) error
+	CreateUser(*config.Config, *User, string) error
 	UpdateUserEmail(keys *key.Keychain, userID int64, email string) error
 	UpdateEncryptedUserEmail(int64, []byte) error
 	GetUserByID(int64) (*User, error)
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ func (db *datastore) dateSub(l int, unit string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL %d %s)", l, unit)
 }
 
-func (db *datastore) CreateUser(app *App, u *User, collectionTitle string) error {
+func (db *datastore) CreateUser(cfg *config.Config, u *User, collectionTitle string) error {
 	if db.PostIDExists(u.Username) {
 		return impart.HTTPError{http.StatusConflict, "Invalid collection name."}
 	}
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ func (db *datastore) CreateUser(app *App, u *User, collectionTitle string) error
 	if collectionTitle == "" {
 		collectionTitle = u.Username
 	}
-	res, err = t.Exec("INSERT INTO collections (alias, title, description, privacy, owner_id, view_count) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", u.Username, collectionTitle, "", defaultVisibility(app.cfg), u.ID, 0)
+	res, err = t.Exec("INSERT INTO collections (alias, title, description, privacy, owner_id, view_count) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", u.Username, collectionTitle, "", defaultVisibility(cfg), u.ID, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Rollback()
 		if db.isDuplicateKeyErr(err) {