diff --git a/public/css/style.less b/public/css/style.less
index c691b9f14b..8de2c5fca2 100644
--- a/public/css/style.less
+++ b/public/css/style.less
@@ -227,6 +227,15 @@ footer.footer {
   width:100px;
 }
 
+.user-recent-posts {
+  div {
+    color: #333;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+  }
+  span {
+    padding-top: 10px;
+  }
+}
 
 .category-icon {
 	width: 100%;
diff --git a/public/templates/account.tpl b/public/templates/account.tpl
index 5386e0a534..d5e11cdb8b 100644
--- a/public/templates/account.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/account.tpl
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	
-		<div class="span10">
+		<div class="span5">
+			<h4>profile</h4>
 			<div class="inline-block">
 				<div class="account-bio-block">
 					<span class="account-bio-label">email</span>
@@ -76,6 +77,19 @@
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
+		
+		<div class="span5 user-recent-posts">
+			<h4>recent posts </h4>
+			<!-- BEGIN posts -->
+			<a href="/topic/{posts.tid}/{posts.pid}">
+				<div class="topic-row img-polaroid clearfix">
+					<span>{posts.content}</span>
+					<span class="pull-right">{posts.timestamp} ago</span>
+				</div>	
+			</a>
+			
+			<!-- END posts -->
+		</div>
 	</div>
 
 	<br/>
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index a0afe4892d..c1d543d160 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ marked.setOptions({
 	};
 
 	Posts.getPostsByPids = function(pids, current_user, callback) {
-		var content = [], uid = [], timestamp = [], post_rep = [], editor = [], editTime = [], deleted = [];
+		var content = [], uid = [], timestamp = [], post_rep = [], editor = [], editTime = [], deleted = [], tid = [];
 
 		for (var i=0, ii=pids.length; i<ii; i++) {
 			content.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':content');
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ marked.setOptions({
 			editor.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':editor');
 			editTime.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':edited');
 			deleted.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':deleted');
+			tid.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':tid');
 		}
 
 
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ marked.setOptions({
 				.mget(editor)
 				.mget(editTime)
 				.mget(deleted)
+				.mget(tid)
 				.exec(function(err, replies) {
 					post_data = {
 						pid: pids,
@@ -101,7 +103,8 @@ marked.setOptions({
 						reputation: replies[3],
 						editor: replies[4],
 						editTime: replies[5],
-						deleted: replies[6]
+						deleted: replies[6],
+						tid: replies[7]
 					};
 
 					// below, to be deprecated
@@ -302,5 +305,31 @@ marked.setOptions({
 			callback(raw);
 		});
 	}
+	
+	Posts.getPostsByUid = function(uid, callback) {
+		
+		RDB.lrange('uid:' + uid + ':posts', 0, 10, function(err, pids) {
+			if(err === null) {
+				
+				Posts.getPostsByPids(pids, uid, function(posts) {
+					var returnData = [];
+					
+					var len = posts.postData.pid.length;
+					
+					for (var i=0; i < len; ++i) {
+						returnData.push({
+							pid: posts.postData.pid[i],
+							content: posts.postData.content[i],
+							timestamp: utils.relativeTime(posts.postData.timestamp[i]),							
+							tid: posts.postData.tid[i]
+						});
+					};
+					
+					console.log(returnData);
+					callback(returnData);
+				});
+			}
+		});				
+	}
 
 }(exports));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index 1fc0d11dd9..c6c34bbcb6 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 var user = require('./../user.js'),
+	posts = require('./../posts.js'),
 	fs = require('fs'),
 	utils = require('./../../public/src/utils.js'),
 	path = require('path'),
@@ -41,13 +42,13 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 					return;
 				}
 				
-				user.getUserData(uid, function(data) {
-					if(data) {
-						res.send(app.build_header(res) + app.create_route('users/'+data.userslug, 'account')  + templates['footer']);
-					}
-					else {
-						res.redirect('/404');
-					}			
+				user.getUserData(uid, function(userdata) {
+						if(userdata) {
+							res.send(app.build_header(res) + app.create_route('users/'+userdata.userslug, 'account')  + templates['footer']);
+						}
+						else {
+							res.redirect('/404');
+						}			
 				});
 			});		
 		});
@@ -274,11 +275,15 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 				getUserDataByUserSlug(req.params.userslug, callerUID, function(userData) {
 					
 					user.isFollowing(callerUID, userData.theirid, function(isFollowing) {
-						userData.isFollowing = isFollowing;
 						
-						userData.signature = marked(userData.signature || '');
+						posts.getPostsByUid(userData.theirid, function(posts) {
+							userData.posts = posts;
+							userData.isFollowing = isFollowing;
 						
-						res.json(userData);
+							userData.signature = marked(userData.signature || '');
+						
+							res.json(userData);
+						});
 					});
 					
 				});