diff --git a/apps/reader/forms.py b/apps/reader/forms.py
index 7e250440b..dea7ae689 100644
--- a/apps/reader/forms.py
+++ b/apps/reader/forms.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.db.models import Q
+from django.conf import settings
 from apps.reader.models import Feature
 from apps.profile.tasks import EmailNewUser
 from apps.social.models import MActivity
@@ -147,6 +148,11 @@ class SignupForm(forms.Form):
         if new_user.email:
             EmailNewUser.delay(user_id=new_user.pk)
         
+        if getattr(settings, 'AUTO_PREMIUM_NEW_USERS', False):
+            new_user.profile.activate_premium()
+        elif getattr(settings, 'AUTO_ENABLE_NEW_USERS', False):
+            new_user.profile.activate_free()
+        
         return new_user
 
 class FeatureForm(forms.Form):
diff --git a/apps/reader/views.py b/apps/reader/views.py
index 921251007..6226db26b 100644
--- a/apps/reader/views.py
+++ b/apps/reader/views.py
@@ -168,9 +168,10 @@ def signup(request):
             new_user = form.save()
             login_user(request, new_user)
             logging.user(new_user, "~FG~SB~BBNEW SIGNUP~FW")
-            url = "https://%s%s" % (Site.objects.get_current().domain,
-                                     reverse('stripe-form'))
-            return HttpResponseRedirect(url)
+            if not new_user.is_active:
+                url = "https://%s%s" % (Site.objects.get_current().domain,
+                                         reverse('stripe-form'))
+                return HttpResponseRedirect(url)
 
     return index(request)
         
diff --git a/local_settings.py.template b/local_settings.py.template
index 87c47fd04..36b2cc01c 100644
--- a/local_settings.py.template
+++ b/local_settings.py.template
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ DEBUG = True
 DEBUG_ASSETS = DEBUG
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 SECRET_KEY = 'YOUR SECRET KEY'
+AUTO_PREMIUM_NEW_USERS = True
+AUTO_ENABLE_NEW_USERS = True
 
 # CACHE_BACKEND = 'dummy:///'
 # CACHE_BACKEND = 'locmem:///'
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 34a153652..f51936935 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ CIPHER_USERNAMES      = False
 DEBUG_ASSETS          = DEBUG
 HOMEPAGE_USERNAME     = 'popular'
 ALLOWED_HOSTS         = ['*']
+AUTO_PREMIUM_NEW_USERS = False
+AUTO_ENABLE_NEW_USERS = False
 
 # ===============
 # = Enviornment =