diff --git a/schema.xml b/schema.xml
index d224dee..1f95810 100644
--- a/schema.xml
+++ b/schema.xml
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
    <field name="linkedin" type="textgen" indexed="false" stored="true"/>
    <field name="twitter" type="textgen" indexed="false" stored="true"/>
    <field name="irc" type="textgen" indexed="true" stored="true"/>
-   <field name="picture" type="text" indexed="false" stored="true"/>
+   <field name="picture" type="text" indexed="true" stored="true"/>
    <field name="email2" type="textgen" indexed="true" stored="true"/>
    <field name="phone2" type="textgen" indexed="true" stored="true"/>
    <field name="permissions" type="string" indexed="false" stored="true"/>
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/models/Person.java b/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/models/Person.java
index 3a02d51..3bbbd65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/models/Person.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/models/Person.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ public class Person {
 	
 	public Person() {}
 	
+	
+	//VARIABLES NEED TO BE EXACT STRING MATCHES OF SOLR SCHEMA.XML
 	private TreeSet<String> credentials;
 	private HashMap<String,TreeSet<String>> permissions;
 	
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ public Person() {}
 	private String twitter;
 	private String facebook;
 	private String linkedin;
-	private String IRC;
+	private String irc;
 	
 	public String getFirstName() {
 		return firstName;
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ public TreeSet<String> getCredentials(){
 	public String getBio(){
 		return bio;
 	}
-	public String getPic(){
+	public String getPicture(){
 		return picture;
 	}
 	public String getLinkedin() {
@@ -104,8 +106,8 @@ public TreeSet<String> getInterests() {
 	public TreeSet<String> getSkills() {
 		return skills;
 	}
-	public String getIRC() {
-		return IRC;
+	public String getIrc() {
+		return irc;
 	}
 	
 	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ public void setCredentials (TreeSet<String> credentials){
 	public void setBio(String bio){
 		this.bio = bio;
 	}
-	public void setPic(String picture){
+	public void setPicture(String picture){
 		this.picture = picture;
 	}
 	public void setSkills(TreeSet<String> skills) {
@@ -171,8 +173,8 @@ public void setFacebook(String facebook) {
 	public void setLinkedin(String linkedin) {
 		this.linkedin = linkedin;
 	}
-	public void setIRC(String iRC) {
-		IRC = iRC;
+	public void setIrc(String IRC) {
+		this.irc = IRC;
 	}
 	
 	public String toString() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/solr/SecureLoader.java b/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/solr/SecureLoader.java
index 074cf05..a2c0faf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/solr/SecureLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/solr/SecureLoader.java
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ public Person loadPerson(SolrDocument profile) {
         		String fieldname = (String)fields.item(c).getAttributes().item(1).getNodeValue();
         		
         		if(fieldname.equals("user_credential") || fieldname.equals("skills") || fieldname.equals("interests")) {
+        			
+        			//System.out.println(fieldname);
         			if(approved)
         				person.setCredentials(Credentials((String)profile.getFieldValue(fieldname)));
         			else
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/solr/SolrSession.java b/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/solr/SolrSession.java
index a4fd2ba..64d9ae3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/solr/SolrSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/opendirectory/solr/SolrSession.java
@@ -101,15 +101,16 @@ private void addPerson(Person person) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
 			person.setPermissions(Person.getDefaultPermissions());
 			person.setCredentials(cred_default);
 			
-			person.setBio("");
-			person.setEmail2("");
-			person.setPhone2("");
-			person.setTwitter("");
-			person.setFacebook("");
-			person.setLinkedin("");
-			person.setIRC("");
+			person.setBio(" ");
+			person.setEmail2(" ");
+			person.setPhone2(" ");
+			person.setTwitter(" ");
+			person.setFacebook(" ");
+			person.setLinkedin(" ");
+			person.setIrc(" ");
 			person.setSkills(null);
 			person.setInterests(null);
+			person.setPicture(" ");
 		}	
 		
 		String permissions = Permissions(person.getPermissions());
@@ -141,13 +142,13 @@ private void addPerson(Person person) throws SolrServerException, IOException {
 		
 		//additional contact info
 		solr_person.addField("bio", person.getBio(), 1.0f);
-		solr_person.addField("picture", person.getPic(), 1.0f);
+		solr_person.addField("picture", person.getPicture(), 1.0f);
 		solr_person.addField("email2", person.getEmail2(), 1.0f);
 		solr_person.addField("phone2", person.getPhone2(), 1.0f);
 		solr_person.addField("twitter", person.getTwitter(), 1.0f);
 		solr_person.addField("facebook", person.getFacebook(), 1.0f);
 		solr_person.addField("linkedin", person.getLinkedin(), 1.0f);
-		solr_person.addField("irc", person.getIRC(), 1.0f);
+		solr_person.addField("irc", person.getIrc(), 1.0f);
 		solr_person.addField("skills", skills, 1.0f);
 		solr_person.addField("interests", interests,1.0f);