diff --git a/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
index 80dbefcc6b0d13b3c9ed6404d4ccd1bbf76e801a..c3288560af9da12fe6d41333a9b062f0a119a756 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class AdminsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :authenticate_user!
-  before_filter :redirect_unless_admin 
-  
+  before_filter :redirect_unless_admin
+
   def user_search
     user = params[:user] || {}
     user = user.delete_if {|key, value| value.blank? }
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ class AdminsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def admin_inviter
-    Invitation.create_invitee(:service => 'email', :identifier => params[:identifier])
+    opts = {:service => 'email', :identifier => params[:identifier]}
+    existing_user = Invitation.find_existing_user('email', params[:identifier])
+    opts.merge!(:existing_user => existing_user) if existing_user
+    Invitation.create_invitee(opts)
     flash[:notice] = "invitation sent to #{params[:identifier]}"
     redirect_to '/admins/user_search'
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
index 1ae61d5b609b6c533c1a72c2e2788f0690f8c773..7b8d89d8a8d91d1b8b274fd918d138bd015d6e79 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe AdminsController do
   render_views
   before do
-    @user = Factory :user 
+    @user = Factory :user
     sign_in :user, @user
   end
 
@@ -54,11 +54,18 @@ describe AdminsController do
     end
 
     describe '#admin_inviter' do
-      it 'invites a user' do
+      it 'invites a new user' do
         Invitation.should_receive(:create_invitee).with(:service => 'email', :identifier => 'bob@moms.com')
         get :admin_inviter, :identifier => 'bob@moms.com'
         response.should be_redirect
       end
+      it 'passes an existing user to create_invitee' do
+        Factory.create(:user, :email => 'bob@moms.com')
+        bob = User.where(:email => 'bob@moms.com').first
+        Invitation.should_receive(:find_existing_user).with('email', 'bob@moms.com').and_return(bob)
+        Invitation.should_receive(:create_invitee).with(:service => 'email', :identifier => 'bob@moms.com', :existing_user => bob)
+        get :admin_inviter, :identifier => 'bob@moms.com'
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 78975a400c626dfe38dc4f145f4572ef0459d8a8..aa6cece2081c7481e8123c2d5e81c5298086bb77 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'config', 'environment') unless defined?(Rails)
 require 'helper_methods'
 require 'rspec/rails'
-puts require 'rspec'
 require 'webmock/rspec'
 require 'factory_girl'