diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Models/User.swift b/nirvana-ios/Models/User.swift
index be2dbf6..ffca1e8 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Models/User.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Models/User.swift
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import Foundation
 import Firebase
+import FirebaseFirestore
 import FirebaseFirestoreSwift
 
 struct User: Identifiable, Codable {
diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Repositories/FirestoreService.swift b/nirvana-ios/Repositories/FirestoreService.swift
index 2e4823b..abca4ca 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Repositories/FirestoreService.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Repositories/FirestoreService.swift
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class FirestoreService {
     
     func createUser(user: User, completion: @escaping((_ state: ServiceState) -> ()))  {
         do {
-            let _ = try db.collection(Collection.users.rawValue).addDocument(from: user)
+            let _ = try db.collection(Collection.users.rawValue).document(user.id!).setData(from: user)
             
             completion(ServiceState.success("user created"))
         } catch {
diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Views/AddBasicInfo/AddBasicInfoView.swift b/nirvana-ios/Views/AddBasicInfo/AddBasicInfoView.swift
index aaf60e1..d4bf5fd 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Views/AddBasicInfo/AddBasicInfoView.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Views/AddBasicInfo/AddBasicInfoView.swift
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct AddBasicInfoView: View {
                 Button {
                     var updatedUser = self.authSessionStore.user
                     updatedUser?.avatar = Avatars.avatarSystemNames[self.selectedAvatarIndex]
-                    updatedUser?.nickname = self.nickname                    
+                    updatedUser?.nickname = self.nickname
                     
                     print("attempting to save information \(updatedUser)")
                     
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct AddBasicInfoView: View {
                         self.addInfoViewModel.updateUser(currUser: updatedUser!) {
                             self.navigationStack.push(InnerCircleView())
                         }
-                    }                    
+                    }
                 } label: {
                     Text("Save")
                         .fontWeight(.heavy)
diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationViewModel.swift b/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationViewModel.swift
index ec06bf2..35d738b 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationViewModel.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationViewModel.swift
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ final class PhoneVerificationViewModel : ObservableObject  {
         self.firestoreService.getUser(userId: userId) {[weak self] resultingUser in
             print("user that was received from get: \(resultingUser?.id)")
                         
-            if resultingUser == nil {// if empty, create user - 1 result set cost..prolly higher cost
-                print("creating new user with id: \(userId)")
+            if resultingUser == nil {// if empty, create user
                 let newUser = User(id: userId, phoneNumber: phoneNumber)
-                print("verify the id stayed the same: \(newUser.id)")
+                
+                print("creating new user with this object: \(newUser)")
+                
                 self?.firestoreService.createUser(user: newUser) { res in
+                    print(res)
                     completion(res)
                 }
             } else { // if not, change last logged in value