diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 66cf17a..a0efa81 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -42,10 +42,17 @@ router.get('/logout',
 // register new user with local strategy
 router.post('/register', (req, res) => {
   Student.register(new Student({ username: req.body.username }),
-    req.body.password, (regErr, account) => {
+    req.body.password, (regErr, newAccount) => {
       if (regErr) {
         console.error(regErr);
       }
+      // hotfix. Redux demands these fields be filled,
+      // but they have no default values
+      const account = Object.assign(newAccount, {
+        name: 'Test User',
+        entryYear: '2001',
+        major: 'Mechanical Engineering',
+      });
       account.save((saveErr) => {
         if (saveErr) {
           console.error(saveErr);