diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index b9199fcf7b58fc9dee9ba0f4678e805d328d4946..a520a579f6ab28db92b875237d9c5e8dbc5eeae9 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class User
 
   ######### Friend Requesting
   def send_friend_request_to(friend_url)
-    unless Person.where(:url => friend_url).first
+    unless self.friends.where(:url => friend_url).first
       p = Request.instantiate(:to => friend_url, :from => self.person)
       if p.save
         p.push_to_url friend_url
diff --git a/db/seeds/tom.rb b/db/seeds/tom.rb
index d180c3a7d9d05e01ed09c31781bd6e7f65a8c4eb..17b9375ca9cf4a41b30ff1ca92a00d3ef16b4cba 100644
--- a/db/seeds/tom.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/tom.rb
@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@ user = User.create( :email => "tom@tom.joindiaspora.com",
                   )
 user.person.save
 
+user2 = User.create( :email => "korth@tom.joindiaspora.com",
+                    :password => "evankorth",
+                    :person => Person.new( :email => "korth@tom.joindiaspora.com",
+                                          :url => "http://tom.joindiaspora.com/", 
+                                          :profile => Profile.new( :first_name => "Evan",
+                                                                  :last_name => "Korth")))
+user2.person.save