diff --git a/app/core/Router.coffee b/app/core/Router.coffee
index ddfd47788..8d27d9b14 100644
--- a/app/core/Router.coffee
+++ b/app/core/Router.coffee
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ module.exports = class CocoRouter extends Backbone.Router
         callback: 'signinCallback',
         clientid: gplusClientID,
         cookiepolicy: 'single_host_origin',
-        scope: 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email',
+        scope: 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login email',
         height: 'short',
       }
       if gapi.signin?.render
diff --git a/app/core/services/google.coffee b/app/core/services/google.coffee
index bda5d1d24..2b51765ee 100644
--- a/app/core/services/google.coffee
+++ b/app/core/services/google.coffee
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = initializeGoogle = ->
     po = document.createElement('script')
     po.type = 'text/javascript'
     po.async = true
-    po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/client:plusone.js?onload=onGPlusLoaded'
+    po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/client:platform.js?onload=onGPlusLoaded'
     s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]
     s.parentNode.insertBefore po, s
     return
diff --git a/app/core/social-handlers/GPlusHandler.coffee b/app/core/social-handlers/GPlusHandler.coffee
index d6f8eb813..e1280d5e5 100644
--- a/app/core/social-handlers/GPlusHandler.coffee
+++ b/app/core/social-handlers/GPlusHandler.coffee
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fieldsToFetch = 'displayName,gender,image,name(familyName,givenName),id'
 plusURL = '/plus/v1/people/me?fields='+fieldsToFetch
 revokeUrl = 'https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/revoke?token='
 clientID = '800329290710-j9sivplv2gpcdgkrsis9rff3o417mlfa.apps.googleusercontent.com'
-scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email'
+scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login email'
 
 module.exports = GPlusHandler = class GPlusHandler extends CocoClass
   constructor: ->
@@ -61,39 +61,25 @@ module.exports = GPlusHandler = class GPlusHandler extends CocoClass
 
   loginCodeCombat: ->
     # email and profile data loaded separately
-    gapi.client.request(path: plusURL, callback: @onPersonEntityReceived)
-    gapi.client.load('oauth2', 'v2', =>
-      gapi.client.oauth2.userinfo.get().execute(@onEmailReceived))
+    gapi.client.load('plus', 'v1', =>
+      gapi.client.plus.people.get({userId: 'me'}).execute(@onPersonReceived))
 
-  shouldSave: false
-
-  onPersonEntityReceived: (r) =>
+  onPersonReceived: (r) =>
     for gpProp, userProp of userPropsToSave
       keys = gpProp.split('.')
       value = r
       for key in keys
         value = value[key]
       if value and not me.get(userProp)
-        @shouldSave = true
         me.set(userProp, value)
 
-    @responsesComplete += 1
-    @personLoaded = true
-    @trigger 'person-loaded'
-    @saveIfAllDone()
-
-  onEmailReceived: (r) =>
-    newEmail = r.email and r.email isnt me.get('email')
+    newEmail = r.emails?.length and r.emails[0] isnt me.get('email')
     return unless newEmail or me.get('anonymous', true)
-    me.set('email', r.email)
-    @shouldSave = true
-    @emailLoaded = true
-    @trigger 'email-loaded'
-    @saveIfAllDone()
+    me.set('email', r.emails[0].value)
+    @trigger 'person-loaded'
+    @save()
 
-  saveIfAllDone: =>
-    console.debug 'Save if all done. Person loaded:', @personLoaded, 'and email loaded:', @emailLoaded
-    return unless @personLoaded and @emailLoaded
+  save: =>
     console.debug 'Email, gplusID:', me.get('email'), me.get('gplusID')
     return unless me.get('email') and me.get('gplusID')
 
diff --git a/app/views/core/AuthModal.coffee b/app/views/core/AuthModal.coffee
index 9b52bd013..8e4a2368d 100644
--- a/app/views/core/AuthModal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/core/AuthModal.coffee
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ module.exports = class AuthModal extends ModalView
   gplusAuthSteps: [
     { i18n: 'login.authenticate_gplus', done: false }
     { i18n: 'login.load_profile', done: false }
-    { i18n: 'login.load_email', done: false }
     { i18n: 'login.finishing', done: false }
   ]
 
@@ -136,12 +135,8 @@ module.exports = class AuthModal extends ModalView
         @gplusAuthSteps[1].done = true
         @renderGPlusAuthChecklist()
 
-      @listenToOnce handler, 'email-loaded', ->
-        @gplusAuthSteps[2].done = true
-        @renderGPlusAuthChecklist()
-
       @listenToOnce handler, 'logging-into-codecombat', ->
-        @gplusAuthSteps[3].done = true
+        @gplusAuthSteps[2].done = true
         @renderGPlusAuthChecklist()
 
   renderGPlusAuthChecklist: ->