diff --git a/account.go b/account.go
index d1e6a21..65d39c7 100644
--- a/account.go
+++ b/account.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func signupWithRegistration(app *App, signup userRegistration, w http.ResponseWr
 	}
 
 	// Create actual user
-	if err := app.db.CreateUser(app.cfg, u, desiredUsername); err != nil {
+	if err := app.db.CreateUser(app.cfg, u, desiredUsername, signup.Description); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -193,8 +193,9 @@ func signupWithRegistration(app *App, signup userRegistration, w http.ResponseWr
 	}
 	resUser.Collections = &[]Collection{
 		{
-			Alias: signup.Alias,
-			Title: title,
+			Alias:       signup.Alias,
+			Title:       title,
+			Description: signup.Description,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index ed2ba04..40eb858 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ func DoConfig(app *App, configSections string) {
 
 		// Create blog
 		log.Info("Creating user %s...\n", u.Username)
-		err = app.db.CreateUser(app.cfg, 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)
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ 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().Config(), 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 df300ce..49a2312 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type writestore interface {
-	CreateUser(*config.Config, *User, string) error
+	CreateUser(*config.Config, *User, string, string) error
 	UpdateUserEmail(keys *key.Keychain, userID int64, email string) error
 	UpdateEncryptedUserEmail(int64, []byte) error
 	GetUserByID(int64) (*User, error)
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (db *datastore) dateSub(l int, unit string) string {
 }
 
 // CreateUser creates a new user in the database from the given User, UPDATING it in the process with the user's ID.
-func (db *datastore) CreateUser(cfg *config.Config, u *User, collectionTitle string) error {
+func (db *datastore) CreateUser(cfg *config.Config, u *User, collectionTitle string, collectionDesc string) error {
 	if db.PostIDExists(u.Username) {
 		return impart.HTTPError{http.StatusConflict, "Invalid collection name."}
 	}
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (db *datastore) CreateUser(cfg *config.Config, u *User, collectionTitle str
 	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(cfg), u.ID, 0)
+	res, err = t.Exec("INSERT INTO collections (alias, title, description, privacy, owner_id, view_count) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", u.Username, collectionTitle, collectionDesc, defaultVisibility(cfg), u.ID, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Rollback()
 		if db.isDuplicateKeyErr(err) {
diff --git a/users.go b/users.go
index add76cd..fe2f2c8 100644
--- a/users.go
+++ b/users.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ type (
 		Honeypot   string `json:"fullname" schema:"fullname"`
 		Normalize  bool   `json:"normalize" schema:"normalize"`
 		Signup     bool   `json:"signup" schema:"signup"`
+
+		// Feature fields
+		Description string `json:"description" schema:"description"`
 	}
 
 	// AuthUser contains information for a newly authenticated user (either