diff --git a/app/lib/Router.coffee b/app/lib/Router.coffee
index f46b6a56f..c26838b9e 100644
--- a/app/lib/Router.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/Router.coffee
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module.exports = class CocoRouter extends Backbone.Router
     'user/:nameOrID(/:subview)': 'userView'
 
     # account views
-    'account(/:subview)(/*rest)': 'accountView'
+    # 'account(/:subview)(/*rest)': 'accountView'
 
     # Direct links
     'test/*subpath': go('TestView')
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ module.exports = class CocoRouter extends Backbone.Router
       view.render()
     @openView if view then view else @notFoundView()
 
-  accountView: (nameOrID, subview) ->
-
-
   cache: {}
   openRoute: (route) ->
     route = route.split('?')[0]
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/UserView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/UserView.coffee
index 54014aa87..82ed54ea1 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/UserView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/UserView.coffee
@@ -6,17 +6,21 @@ module.exports = class UserView extends RootView
   template: template
   className: 'user-view'
 
-  constructor: (options, @nameOrID) ->
+  constructor: (options, @userID) ->
     super options
 
     @listenTo @, 'userLoaded', @onUserLoaded
     @listenTo @, 'userNotFound', @ifUserNotFound
 
-    # TODO Ruben Assume ID for now
-    @user = User.getByID @nameOrID, {}, true,
-      success: (user) =>
-        @trigger 'userNotFound' unless user
-        @trigger 'userLoaded', user
+    @userID ?= me.id
+    @fetchUser @userID
+
+  # TODO Ruben make this use the new getByNameOrID as soon as that is merged in
+  fetchUser: (id) ->
+    User.getByID id, {}, true,
+      success: (@user) =>
+        @trigger 'userNotFound' unless @user
+        @trigger 'userLoaded', @user
       error: =>
         console.debug 'Error while fetching user'
         @trigger 'userNotFound'
@@ -27,13 +31,15 @@ module.exports = class UserView extends RootView
     context.user = @user unless @user?.isAnonymous()
     context
 
-  isMe: -> @nameOrID is me.id
+  isMe: -> @userID is me.id
 
-  onUserLoaded: (user) ->
-    console.log 'onUserLoaded', user
+  onUserLoaded: ->
+    console.log 'onUserLoaded', @user
+    @render()
 
   ifUserNotFound: ->
     console.warn 'user not found'
+    @render()
 
   onLoaded: ->
     super()
diff --git a/app/views/user/achievements.coffee b/app/views/user/achievements.coffee
index 251415859..02fdffad0 100644
--- a/app/views/user/achievements.coffee
+++ b/app/views/user/achievements.coffee
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ module.exports = class UserAchievementsView extends UserView
   events:
     'userLoaded': 'onUserLoaded'
 
-  constructor: (options, nameOrID) ->
-    super options, nameOrID
+  constructor: (options, userID) ->
+    super options, userID
 
   onUserLoaded: (user) ->
     super user
diff --git a/app/views/account/profile_view.coffee b/app/views/user/profile.coffee
similarity index 97%
rename from app/views/account/profile_view.coffee
rename to app/views/user/profile.coffee
index 8c88b2a39..ac87944c8 100644
--- a/app/views/account/profile_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/user/profile.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-View = require 'views/kinds/RootView'
+UserView = require 'views/kinds/UserView'
 template = require 'templates/account/profile'
 User = require 'models/User'
 LevelSession = require 'models/LevelSession'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ adminContacts = [
   {id: '52a57252a89409700d0000d9', name: 'Ignore'}
 ]
 
-module.exports = class ProfileView extends View
+module.exports = class ProfileView extends UserView
   id: 'profile-view'
   template: template
   subscriptions:
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ module.exports = class ProfileView extends View
     'click .editable-profile a': 'onClickLinkWhileEditing'
     'change #admin-contact': 'onAdminContactChanged'
 
-  constructor: (options, @userID) ->
-    @userID ?= me.id
+  constructor: (options, userID) ->
     @onJobProfileNotesChanged = _.debounce @onJobProfileNotesChanged, 1000
     @onRemarkChanged = _.debounce @onRemarkChanged, 1000
     @authorizedWithLinkedIn = IN?.User?.isAuthorized()
@@ -60,31 +59,23 @@ module.exports = class ProfileView extends View
     window.contractCallback = =>
       @authorizedWithLinkedIn = IN?.User?.isAuthorized()
       @render()
-    super options
-    if User.isObjectID @userID
-      @finishInit()
-    else
-      $.ajax "/db/user/#{@userID}/nameToID", success: (@userID) =>
-        @finishInit() unless @destroyed
-        @render()
+    super options, userID
+
+  onUserLoaded: ->
+    @finishInit() unless @destroyed
+    super()
 
   finishInit: ->
+    console.debug 'finishing that init'
     return unless @userID
     @uploadFilePath = "db/user/#{@userID}"
     @highlightedContainers = []
-    if @userID is me.id
-      @user = me
-    else if me.isAdmin() or 'employer' in me.get('permissions')
-      @user = User.getByID(@userID)
-      @user.fetch()
-      @listenTo @user, 'sync', =>
-        @render()
+    if me.isAdmin() or 'employer' in me.get('permissions')
       $.post "/db/user/#{me.id}/track/view_candidate"
       $.post "/db/user/#{@userID}/track/viewed_by_employer" unless me.isAdmin()
-    else
-      @user = User.getByID(@userID)
     @sessions = @supermodel.loadCollection(new LevelSessionsCollection(@userID), 'candidate_sessions').model
     if me.isAdmin()
+      console.debug 'fetching that remark'
       # Mimicking how the VictoryModal fetches LevelFeedback
       @remark = new UserRemark()
       @remark.setURL "/db/user/#{@userID}/remark"
@@ -282,7 +273,8 @@ module.exports = class ProfileView extends View
       _.delay ->
         justSavedSection.removeClass 'just-saved', duration: 1500, easing: 'easeOutQuad'
       , 500
-    if me.isAdmin()
+    console.debug @user
+    if me.isAdmin() and @user
       visibleSettings = ['history', 'tasks']
       data = _.pick (@remark.attributes), (value, key) -> key in visibleSettings
       data.history ?= []