diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index cdab2d23..47764010 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"WalletConfig": {
-		"LbryClaimAddress": "none"
+		"LbryClaimAddress": "none",
+		"DefaultChannel": "none"
 	},
 	"AnalyticsConfig":{
 		"GoogleId": "none"
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@
 		"Password": "none"
 	},
 	"Logging": {
-		"LogLevel": "none"
+		"LogLevel": "none",
+		"SlackErrorChannel": "none",
+		"SlackInfoChannel": "none"
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/development.json b/config/development.json
index 839e5f35..4beca9ff 100644
--- a/config/development.json
+++ b/config/development.json
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 {
 	"WalletConfig": {
-		"LbryClaimAddress": "none"
+		"DefaultChannel": "@speechDev"
 	},
 	"AnalyticsConfig":{
 		"GoogleId": "UA-100747990-1"
 	},
-	"Database": {
-		"MySqlConnectionUri": "none"
-	},
 	"Logging": {
 		"LogLevel": "silly",
 		"SlackErrorChannel": "#staging_speech-errors",
diff --git a/config/production.json b/config/production.json
index caa0b328..a5bc5074 100644
--- a/config/production.json
+++ b/config/production.json
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 {
 	"WalletConfig": {
-		"LbryClaimAddress": "none"
+		"DefaultChannel": "@speech"
 	},
 	"AnalyticsConfig":{
 		"GoogleId": "UA-60403362-3"
 	},
-	"Database": {
-		"MySqlConnectionUri": "none"
-	},
 	"Logging": {
 		"LogLevel": "verbose",
 		"SlackErrorChannel": "#speech-errors",
diff --git a/helpers/lbryApi.js b/helpers/lbryApi.js
index e1b2bad2..2b9c1fba 100644
--- a/helpers/lbryApi.js
+++ b/helpers/lbryApi.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ module.exports = {
         });
     });
   },
-  createChannel (name) {
+  createChannel (name, claimAddress) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       axios
         .post('http://localhost:5279/lbryapi', {
diff --git a/helpers/publishHelpers.js b/helpers/publishHelpers.js
index 7d801130..44890fce 100644
--- a/helpers/publishHelpers.js
+++ b/helpers/publishHelpers.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = {
       throw new Error('The claim name you provided is not allowed.  Only the following characters are allowed: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and "-"');
     }
     // validate license
-    if ((license.indexOf('Public Domain') === -1) && (license.indexOf('Creative Commons') === -1) && (license.indecOf('CC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International') === -1)) {
+    if ((license.indexOf('Public Domain') === -1) && (license.indexOf('Creative Commons') === -1)) {
       throw new Error('Only posts with a "Public Domain" license,  or one of the Creative Commons licenses are eligible for publishing through spee.ch');
     }
     switch (nsfw) {
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ module.exports = {
   createPublishParams (name, filePath, title, description, license, nsfw, channel) {
     logger.debug(`Creating Publish Parameters for "${name}"`);
     const claimAddress = config.get('WalletConfig.LbryClaimAddress');
+    const defaultChannel = config.get('WalletConfig.DefaultChannel');
     // filter nsfw and ensure it is a boolean
     if (nsfw === false) {
       nsfw = false;
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ module.exports = {
     if (title === '' || title === null) {
       title = name;
     }
-    if (description === '' || description === null) {
+    if (description === ' ' || description === null) {
       description = `${name} published via spee.ch`;
     }
     // create the publish params
@@ -88,10 +89,15 @@ module.exports = {
         license,
         nsfw,
       },
-      channel_name : channel,
       claim_address: claimAddress,
-      // change_address: changeAddress,
     };
+    // add channel if applicable
+    if (channel !== 'none'){
+      publishParams['channel_name'] = channel;
+    } else {
+      publishParams['channel_name'] = defaultChannel;
+    }
+
     logger.debug('publishParams:', publishParams);
     return publishParams;
   },
diff --git a/migrations/Add-Address-To-User.js b/migrations/Add-Address-To-User.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b8f88d6f..00000000
--- a/migrations/Add-Address-To-User.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-      // logic for transforming into the new state
-    return queryInterface.addColumn(
-      'User',
-      'Address',
-      {
-        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
-        allowNull: true,
-      }
-    );
-  },
-  down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-    // logic for reverting the changes
-    return queryInterface.removeColumn(
-      'User',
-      'Address'
-    );
-  },
-};
diff --git a/migrations/Add-FileId-To-Claim.js b/migrations/Add-FileId-To-Claim2.js
similarity index 100%
rename from migrations/Add-FileId-To-Claim.js
rename to migrations/Add-FileId-To-Claim2.js
diff --git a/migrations/Add-UserId-To-Certificate.js b/migrations/Add-UserId-To-Certificate.js
index 49217435..9005dee6 100644
--- a/migrations/Add-UserId-To-Certificate.js
+++ b/migrations/Add-UserId-To-Certificate.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
       // logic for transforming into the new state
-    queryInterface.addColumn(
+    return queryInterface.addColumn(
       'Certificate',
       'UserId',
       {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
     // logic for reverting the changes
-    queryInterface.removeColumn(
+    return queryInterface.removeColumn(
       'Certificate',
       'UserId'
     );
diff --git a/migrations/Remove-UserId-Add-CertificateId.js b/migrations/Remove-UserId-Add-CertificateId.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 942ac792..00000000
--- a/migrations/Remove-UserId-Add-CertificateId.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-      // logic for transforming into the new state
-    const p1 = queryInterface.addColumn(
-      'User',
-      'CertificateId',
-      {
-        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
-        allowNull: true,
-      }
-    );
-    const p2 = queryInterface.removeColumn(
-      'Certificate',
-      'UserId'
-    );
-    return Promise.all([p1, p2]);
-  },
-  down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-    // logic for reverting the changes
-    const p1 = queryInterface.removeColumn(
-      'User',
-      'CertificateId'
-    );
-    const p2 = queryInterface.addColumn(
-      'Certificate',
-      'UserId',
-      {
-        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
-        allowNull: true,
-      }
-    );
-    return Promise.all([p1, p2]);
-  },
-};
diff --git a/migrations/remove-Email-from-User.js b/migrations/remove-Email-from-User.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d6a39e3..00000000
--- a/migrations/remove-Email-from-User.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  up: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-    // logic for transforming into the new state
-    return queryInterface.removeColumn(
-      'User',
-      'Email'
-    );
-  },
-  down: (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
-    // logic for reverting the changes
-    return queryInterface.addColumn(
-      'User',
-      'Email',
-      {
-        type     : Sequelize.STRING,
-        allowNull: true,
-      }
-    );
-  },
-};
diff --git a/models/user.js b/models/user.js
index da7457d8..9368d89d 100644
--- a/models/user.js
+++ b/models/user.js
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ module.exports = (sequelize, { STRING }) => {
         type     : STRING,
         allowNull: false,
       },
-      address: {
-        type     : STRING,
-        allowNull: false,
-      },
     },
     {
       freezeTableName: true,
diff --git a/passport/local-signup.js b/passport/local-signup.js
index 258c554f..f71332af 100644
--- a/passport/local-signup.js
+++ b/passport/local-signup.js
@@ -19,21 +19,21 @@ module.exports = new PassportLocalStrategy(
     // server-side validaton of inputs (username, password)
 
     // create the channel and retrieve the metadata
-    return lbryApi.createChannel(username)
+    return lbryApi.createChannel(username, address)
       .then(tx => {
         // create user record
         const userData = {
           channelName   : username,
           channelClaimId: tx.claim_id,
           password      : password,
-          address,
+          // address,
         };
         logger.debug('userData >', userData);
         // create certificate record
         const certificateData = {
-          address,
           claimId: tx.claim_id,
           name   : username,
+          // address,
         };
         logger.debug('certificateData >', certificateData);
         // save user and certificate to db
diff --git a/speech.js b/speech.js
index d6df24f0..56d1225a 100644
--- a/speech.js
+++ b/speech.js
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ app.set('view engine', 'handlebars');
 app.use((req, res, next) => {
   if (req.user) {
     res.locals.user = {
-      id         : req.user.id,
-      channelName: req.user.channelName,
+      id            : req.user.id,
+      channelName   : req.user.channelName,
+      channelClaimId: req.user.channelClaimId,
     };
   }
   next();
diff --git a/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars b/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
index b9406f9d..b66fc6f7 100644
--- a/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 	{{/ifConditional}}
 </div>
 <div class="panel">
-	<h2>Description</h2>
-	<p>{{fileInfo.description}}</>
+    <h2>Description</h2>
+    <p>{{fileInfo.description}}</p>
 </div>
 <div class="panel">
 	<h2 class="subheader">Metadata</h2>
diff --git a/views/partials/publishChannel.handlebars b/views/partials/publishChannel.handlebars
index 478cc7f2..ca178afe 100644
--- a/views/partials/publishChannel.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publishChannel.handlebars
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             {{#if user}}
                 <option value="{{user.channelName}}" >{{user.channelName}}</option>
             {{/if}}
-            <option value="@speech" >Anonymous</option>
+            <option value="none" >None</option>
             <option value="login">Login</option>
             <option value="new" >New</option>
         </select>
diff --git a/views/partials/topBar.handlebars b/views/partials/topBar.handlebars
index f9115c09..b89a5ea0 100644
--- a/views/partials/topBar.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/topBar.handlebars
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<a href="/about" class="top-bar-right">help</a>
 
     {{#if user}}
-        <a href="/{{user.channelName}}" class="top-bar-right">{{user.channelName}}</a>
+        <a href="/{{user.channelName}}:{{user.channelClaimId}}" class="top-bar-right">{{user.channelName}}</a>
         <a href="/logout" class="top-bar-right">logout</a>
     {{else}}
         <a href="/login" class="top-bar-right">login</a>