diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index bb6445b4f..31219a2a6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def index
-    @users = User.search(params[:search]).order("users.id desc").paginate(params[:page], :search_count => params[:search])
-    respond_with(@users) do |format|
-      format.xml do
-        render :xml => @users.to_xml(:root => "users")
+    if params[:name].present?
+      @user = User.find_by_name(params[:name])
+      redirect_to user_path(@user)
+    else
+      @users = User.search(params[:search]).order("users.id desc").paginate(params[:page], :search_count => params[:search])
+      respond_with(@users) do |format|
+        format.xml do
+          render :xml => @users.to_xml(:root => "users")
+        end
       end
     end
   end