diff --git a/public/app/index.html b/public/app/index.html
index 026ac40..db6e86b 100755
--- a/public/app/index.html
+++ b/public/app/index.html
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Sprinkle's Q&A Blockchain Site</title>
 
+    <script src="https://dapps.stanford.edu/web3/web3-1.0.0-beta.34.min.js"></script>
+
+
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/normalize.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/font-awesome.min.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css">
+
     <style>
       .modal {
           display: none; /* Hidden by default */
diff --git a/public/app/js/main-view.js b/public/app/js/main-view.js
index 119ac60..80576db 100755
--- a/public/app/js/main-view.js
+++ b/public/app/js/main-view.js
@@ -7,7 +7,28 @@
     //SearchView.render($body.find('#search'));
   };
 
-  window.MainView = MainView;
+
+  if (typeof web3 == 'undefined') throw 'No web3 detected. Is Metamask/Mist being used?'; 
+
+  web3 = new Web3(web3.currentProvider); 
+  console.log("Using web3 version: " + Web3.version); 
+
+  var contract; 
+  var userAccount; 
+
+  //var contractDataPromise = $.getJSON('CardinalToken.json'); 
+  var networkIdPromise = web3.eth.net.getId(); 
+  var accountsPromise = web3.eth.getAccounts(); 
+
+  Promise.all([networkIdPromise, accountsPromise])
+        .then(function initApp(results){
+    var accounts = results[1]; 
+    var userAccount = accounts[0]; 
+  	MainView.user_id = userAccount; 
+  	console.log("accounts: " + accounts)
+  })
+
+  window.MainView = MainView; 
 })();
 
 function openModal() { 
@@ -17,4 +38,5 @@ function openModal() {
 
 function closeModal() { 
 	$("#add_container").css("display", "none");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
diff --git a/public/app/js/newsfeed-view.js b/public/app/js/newsfeed-view.js
index 44a3a04..f876220 100755
--- a/public/app/js/newsfeed-view.js
+++ b/public/app/js/newsfeed-view.js
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ function submitQuestion() {
   var q_details = $("textarea").val()
   var q_bounty = $('#bounty_amount').val()
 
+  if (MainView.user_id == null) { 
+    return
+  } else {
+    console.log("Ethereum: " + MainView.user_id)
+  }
+
   $("#question_title").val(""); 
   $("textarea").val("")
   $('#bounty_amount').val(null)
diff --git a/public/app/js/question-view.js b/public/app/js/question-view.js
index 3a22cbe..6e93485 100644
--- a/public/app/js/question-view.js
+++ b/public/app/js/question-view.js
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ function upvoteClicked(element) {
 function submitAnswer() {
   console.log('omg')
   var box_text = document.getElementById("answer_input").value
-  console.log("answer_submission " + box_text)
+
+
   answer_data = {
     question_id: QuestionView.question_id,
-    user_id: "chachang", 
+    user_id: MainView.user_id, 
     text: box_text
   }
   PostModel.addAnswer(answer_data)