diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 3563495d9..592897018 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   attr_accessor :password, :old_password
   attr_accessible :enable_privacy_mode, :enable_post_navigation, :new_post_navigation_layout, :password, :old_password, :password_confirmation, :password_hash, :email, :last_logged_in_at, :last_forum_read_at, :has_mail, :receive_email_notifications, :comment_threshold, :always_resize_images, :favorite_tags, :blacklisted_tags, :name, :ip_addr, :time_zone, :default_image_size, :enable_sequential_post_navigation, :per_page, :hide_deleted_posts, :style_usernames, :enable_auto_complete, :custom_style, :show_deleted_children, :as => [:moderator, :janitor, :contributor, :gold, :member, :anonymous, :default, :builder, :admin]
   attr_accessible :level, :as => :admin
+  attr_readonly :name
   validates_length_of :name, :within => 2..100, :on => :create
   validates_format_of :name, :with => /\A[^\s:]+\Z/, :on => :create, :message => "cannot have whitespace or colons"
   validates_format_of :name, :with => /\A[^_].*[^_]\Z/, :on => :create, :message => "cannot begin or end with an underscore"