diff --git a/ui/js/app.js b/ui/js/app.js
index 2677c0b91..d7ca70f5d 100644
--- a/ui/js/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/app.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import {Line} from 'rc-progress';
 
 import lbry from './lbry.js';
+import RegisterPage from './page/register.js';
 import SettingsPage from './page/settings.js';
 import HelpPage from './page/help.js';
 import WatchPage from './page/watch.js';
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
     message: 'Error message',
     data: 'Error data',
   },
+  _fullScreenPages: ['register', 'watch'],
 
   _upgradeDownloadItem: null,
   _isMounted: false,
@@ -258,6 +260,8 @@ var App = React.createClass({
   {
     switch(this.state.viewingPage)
     {
+      case 'register':
+        return <RegisterPage />;
       case 'settings':
         return <SettingsPage />;
       case 'help':
@@ -301,7 +305,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
         searchQuery = this.state.viewingPage == 'discover' && this.state.pageArgs ? this.state.pageArgs : '';
 
     return (
-      this.state.viewingPage == 'watch' ?
+      this._fullScreenPages.includes(this.state.viewingPage) ?
         mainContent :
         <div id="window" className={ this.state.drawerOpen ? 'drawer-open' : 'drawer-closed' }>
           <Drawer onCloseDrawer={this.closeDrawer} viewingPage={this.state.viewingPage} />
diff --git a/ui/js/lbryio.js b/ui/js/lbryio.js
index 7271462a0..0becbf487 100644
--- a/ui/js/lbryio.js
+++ b/ui/js/lbryio.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const querystring = require('querystring');
 
 const lbryio = {};
 
-const CONNECTION_STRING = 'https://api.lbry.io/';
+const CONNECTION_STRING = 'https://apidev.lbry.tech/';
 
 const mocks = {
   'reward_type.get': (name) => {
@@ -72,18 +72,20 @@ lbryio.call = function(resource, action, params, method='get') {
           }));
         }
       } else {
-        resolve(response.result);
+        resolve(response.data);
       }
     });
 
     console.log('about to call xhr.open');
-    xhr.open(method, CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action, true);
 
-    if (method == 'post') {
+    if (method == 'get') {
+      xhr.open('get', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action + '?' + querystring.stringify(params), true);
+      xhr.send();
+    } else if (method == 'post') {
+      xhr.open('post', CONNECTION_STRING + resource + '/' + action, true);
       xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
+      xhr.send(querystring.stringify(params));
     }
-
-    xhr.send(querystring.stringify(params));
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/ui/js/main.js b/ui/js/main.js
index 5d397bb26..9e10b1b41 100644
--- a/ui/js/main.js
+++ b/ui/js/main.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import lbry from './lbry.js';
+import lbryio from './lbryio.js';
 import lighthouse from './lighthouse.js';
 import App from './app.js';
 import SplashScreen from './component/splash.js';
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ window.addEventListener('contextmenu', (event) => {
   event.preventDefault();
 });
 
-var init = function() {
+let init = function() {
   window.lbry = lbry;
   window.lighthouse = lighthouse;
 
@@ -27,8 +28,10 @@ var init = function() {
     ReactDOM.render(
       (
         <SplashScreen message="Connecting" onLoadDone={function() {
-          // Redirect to the claim code page if needed. Find somewhere better for this logic
-          if (!localStorage.getItem('claimCodeDone') && ['', '?', 'discover'].contains(window.location.search)) {
+          // There are a couple of conditions where we want to preempt loading the app and send the user to a
+          // different page. TODO: Find a better place for this logic.
+
+          if (!localStorage.getItem('claimCodeDone') && ['', '?', 'discover'].includes(window.location.search)) {
             lbry.getBalance((balance) => {
               if (balance <= 0) {
                 window.location.href = '?claim';
@@ -40,9 +43,30 @@ var init = function() {
             ReactDOM.render(<App/>, canvas);
           }
         }}/>
-      ),
-      canvas);
+      ), canvas);
   }
 };
 
-init();
+if (localStorage.getItem('accessToken') || window.location.search == '?register') {
+  // User is already registered, or on the registration page
+  init();
+} else {
+  // Send 
+  lbry.status().then(({installation_id}) => {
+    installation_id += parseInt(Date.now(), 10); // temp
+    installation_id += "X".repeat(96 - installation_id.length); // temp
+    lbryio.call('user_install', 'exists', {app_id: installation_id}).then((userExists) => {
+      if (userExists) {
+        /* TODO: somehow user exists with the same installation ID, but we don't have the token recorded. What do we do here? */
+      } else {
+        lbryio.call('user', 'new', {
+          language: 'en',
+          app_id: installation_id,
+        }, 'post').then(({ID}) => {
+          localStorage.setItem('accessToken', ID);
+          window.location = '?register';
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}