diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c7b3596004..4f27f39c466 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     "mongodb-explain-plan-model": "^0.2.1",
     "mongodb-extended-json": "^1.7.0",
     "mongodb-instance-model": "^3.1.7",
-    "mongodb-js-metrics": "^1.5.0",
+    "mongodb-js-metrics": "^1.5.2",
     "mongodb-language-model": "^0.3.3",
     "mongodb-ns": "^1.0.3",
     "mongodb-schema": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/src/app/models/user.js b/src/app/models/user.js
index 78ffdf85a8a..d93dfc4c412 100644
--- a/src/app/models/user.js
+++ b/src/app/models/user.js
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ var User = Model.extend(storageMixin, {
       }
     },
     name: 'string',
-    email: 'string',
+    email: {
+      type: 'any',
+      default: undefined,
+      required: false,
+      allowNull: true
+    },
     createdAt: 'date',
     lastUsed: 'date',
     avatarUrl: 'string',