diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 8ef6111c1ae..a1cbfa42fc4 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -770,7 +770,6 @@ end
 #  username_lower                :string(60)       not null
 #  auth_token                    :string(32)
 #  last_seen_at                  :datetime
-#  website                       :string(255)
 #  admin                         :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  last_emailed_at               :datetime
 #  email_digests                 :boolean          not null
diff --git a/app/models/user_profile.rb b/app/models/user_profile.rb
index e762563147c..35bd8459211 100644
--- a/app/models/user_profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_profile.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ end
 #
 #  user_id  :integer          not null, primary key
 #  location :string(255)
+#  website  :string(255)
 #
diff --git a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
index d9eb48a831b..c2d39e972b2 100644
--- a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
@@ -110,12 +110,19 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
   end
 
   def location
-    object.user_profile.try(:location)
+    object.user_profile.location
   end
   def include_location?
     location.present?
   end
 
+  def website
+    object.user_profile.website
+  end
+  def include_website?
+    website.present?
+  end
+
   def stats
     UserAction.stats(object.id, scope)
   end
diff --git a/app/services/user_updater.rb b/app/services/user_updater.rb
index aa27f5dcdf7..e6c90a390b8 100644
--- a/app/services/user_updater.rb
+++ b/app/services/user_updater.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class UserUpdater
   end
 
   def update(attributes = {})
-    user.website = format_url(attributes.fetch(:website) { user.website })
+    user_profile = user.user_profile
+    user_profile.website = format_url(attributes.fetch(:website) { user_profile.website })
 
     user.bio_raw = attributes.fetch(:bio_raw) { user.bio_raw }
     user.name = attributes.fetch(:name) { user.name }
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ class UserUpdater
       end
     end
 
-    user_profile = user.user_profile
     PROFILE_ATTR.each do |attribute|
       user_profile.send("#{attribute.to_s}=", attributes[attribute])
     end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140607035234_add_website_to_user_profiles.rb b/db/migrate/20140607035234_add_website_to_user_profiles.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4194dcf1393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140607035234_add_website_to_user_profiles.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class AddWebsiteToUserProfiles < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    add_column :user_profiles, :website, :string
+
+    execute "UPDATE user_profiles SET website = (SELECT website FROM users where user_profiles.user_id = users.id)"
+
+    remove_column :users, :website
+  end
+
+  def down
+    add_column :users, :website, :string
+
+    execute "UPDATE users SET website = (SELECT website FROM user_profiles where user_profiles.user_id = users.id)"
+
+    remove_column :user_profiles, :website
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/user_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/user_fabricator.rb
index 686cdc7d120..6cb60bd42c7 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/user_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/user_fabricator.rb
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ Fabricator(:elder, from: :user) do
   username { sequence(:username) { |i| "elder#{i}" } }
   email { sequence(:email) { |i| "elder#{i}@elderfun.com" } }
   trust_level TrustLevel.levels[:elder]
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/user_profile_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/user_profile_fabricator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52bd1977843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fabricators/user_profile_fabricator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fabricator(:user_profile) do
+end
diff --git a/spec/serializers/user_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/user_serializer_spec.rb
index 26c24722bfb..527ae3a9eab 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/user_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/user_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require_dependency 'user'
 describe UserSerializer do
 
   context "with a user" do
-    let(:user) { Fabricate.build(:user) }
+    let(:user) { Fabricate.build(:user, user_profile: Fabricate.build(:user_profile) ) }
     let(:serializer) { UserSerializer.new(user, scope: Guardian.new, root: false) }
     let(:json) { serializer.as_json }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ describe UserSerializer do
       end
     end
 
+    context "with filled out website" do
+      before do
+        user.user_profile.website = 'http://example.com'
+      end
 
+      it "has a website" do
+        expect(json[:website]).to eq 'http://example.com'
+      end
+    end
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/services/user_updater_spec.rb b/spec/services/user_updater_spec.rb
index b6b7bf1a48c..f43ef1f4453 100644
--- a/spec/services/user_updater_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/user_updater_spec.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe UserUpdater do
 
         updater.update(website: 'http://example.com')
 
-        expect(user.reload.website).to eq 'http://example.com'
+        expect(user.reload.user_profile.website).to eq 'http://example.com'
       end
     end
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe UserUpdater do
 
         updater.update(website: 'example.com')
 
-        expect(user.reload.website).to eq 'http://example.com'
+        expect(user.reload.user_profile.website).to eq 'http://example.com'
       end
     end
   end