diff --git a/src/user/create.js b/src/user/create.js
index 160971c56a..d01cfaaf64 100644
--- a/src/user/create.js
+++ b/src/user/create.js
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 										async.apply(User.reset.updateExpiry, userData.uid)
 									], next);
 								});
+							},
+							function(next) {
+								User.updateDigestSetting(userData.uid, meta.config.dailyDigestSetting, next);
 							}
 						], next);
 					},
diff --git a/src/user/settings.js b/src/user/settings.js
index f4d9b37986..984bee50f2 100644
--- a/src/user/settings.js
+++ b/src/user/settings.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 				db.setObject('user:' + uid + ':settings', settings, next);
 			},
 			function(next) {
-				updateDigestSetting(uid, data.dailyDigestFreq, next);
+				User.updateDigestSetting(uid, data.dailyDigestFreq, next);
 			},
 			function(next) {
 				User.getSettings(uid, next);
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		], callback);
 	};
 
-	function updateDigestSetting(uid, dailyDigestFreq, callback) {
+	User.updateDigestSetting = function(uid, dailyDigestFreq, callback) {
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {
 				db.sortedSetsRemove(['digest:day:uids', 'digest:week:uids', 'digest:month:uids'], uid, next);
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 				}
 			}
 		], callback);
-	}
+	};
 
 	User.setSetting = function(uid, key, value, callback) {
 		db.setObjectField('user:' + uid + ':settings', key, value, callback);