diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index a26d0bbfb7..34ca3600d6 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ app.use(express.methodOverride());
 app.use(express.session({ secret: '0000' }));
 app.use(passport.initialize());
 app.use(passport.session());
+app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+  res.locals.user = req.user;
+  next();
+});
 app.use(flash());
 app.use(less({ src: __dirname + '/public', compress: true }));
 app.use(app.router);
diff --git a/controllers/api.js b/controllers/api.js
index e0ff850484..054c2ac109 100644
--- a/controllers/api.js
+++ b/controllers/api.js
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ var Twit = require('twit');
  */
 exports.getApi = function(req, res) {
   res.render('api', {
-    title: 'API Browser',
-    user: req.user
+    title: 'API Browser'
   });
 };
 
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ exports.getFoursquare = function(req, res) {
     if (err) return next(err);
     res.render('api/foursquare', {
       title: 'Foursquare API',
-      user: req.user,
       trendingVenues: results.trendingVenues,
       venueDetail: results.venueDetail,
       userCheckins: results.userCheckins
@@ -78,8 +76,7 @@ exports.getTumblr = function(req, res) {
     res.render('api/tumblr', {
       title: 'Tumblr API',
       blog: data.blog,
-      photoset: data.posts[0].photos,
-      user: req.user
+      photoset: data.posts[0].photos
     });
   });
 };
@@ -108,8 +105,7 @@ exports.getFacebook = function(req, res, next) {
     res.render('api/facebook', {
       title: 'Facebook API',
       me: results.getMe,
-      friends: results.getMyFriends,
-      user: req.user
+      friends: results.getMyFriends
     });
   });
 };
@@ -128,8 +124,7 @@ exports.getScraping = function(req, res, next) {
     });
     res.render('api/scraping', {
       title: 'Web Scraping',
-      links: links,
-      user: req.user
+      links: links
     });
   });
 };
@@ -145,8 +140,7 @@ exports.getGithub = function(req, res) {
   repo.show(function(err, repo) {
     res.render('api/github', {
       title: 'GitHub API',
-      repo: repo,
-      user: req.user
+      repo: repo
     });
   });
 
@@ -158,8 +152,7 @@ exports.getGithub = function(req, res) {
  */
 exports.getAviary = function(req, res) {
   res.render('api/aviary', {
-    title: 'Aviary API',
-    user: req.user
+    title: 'Aviary API'
   });
 };
 
@@ -174,8 +167,7 @@ exports.getNewYorkTimes = function(req, res) {
     var bestsellers = JSON.parse(body);
     res.render('api/nyt', {
       title: 'New York Times API',
-      books: bestsellers.results,
-      user: req.user
+      books: bestsellers.results
     });
   });
 };
@@ -231,8 +223,7 @@ exports.getLastfm = function(req, res) {
     };
     res.render('api/lastfm', {
       title: 'Last.fm API',
-      artist: artist,
-      user: req.user
+      artist: artist
     });
   });
 };
@@ -252,7 +243,6 @@ exports.getTwitter = function(req, res) {
   T.get('search/tweets', { q: 'hackathon since:2013-01-01', geocode: '40.71448,-74.00598,5mi', count: 50 }, function(err, reply) {
     res.render('api/twitter', {
       title: 'Twitter API',
-      user: req.user,
       tweets: reply.statuses
     });
   });
diff --git a/controllers/contact.js b/controllers/contact.js
index 3a5115b768..c9ca405569 100644
--- a/controllers/contact.js
+++ b/controllers/contact.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ var sendgrid  = require('sendgrid')(secrets.sendgrid.user, secrets.sendgrid.pass
 exports.getContact = function(req, res) {
   res.render('contact', {
     title: 'Contact',
-    user: req.user,
     success: req.flash('success'),
     error: req.flash('error')
   });
diff --git a/controllers/home.js b/controllers/home.js
index 70f21890b4..1f1f77e2f7 100644
--- a/controllers/home.js
+++ b/controllers/home.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 exports.index = function(req, res) {
   res.render('index', {
-    user: req.user,
     title: 'Home'
   });
 };
diff --git a/controllers/user.js b/controllers/user.js
index e49d563d55..a3f112d902 100644
--- a/controllers/user.js
+++ b/controllers/user.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ var User = require('../models/User');
 exports.getAccount = function(req, res) {
   res.render('account', {
     title: 'Account Management',
-    user: req.user,
     success: req.flash('success'),
     error: req.flash('error')
   });
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ exports.getLogin = function(req, res) {
   if (req.user) return res.redirect('back');
   res.render('login', {
     title: 'Login',
-    user: req.user,
     messages: req.flash('messages')
   });
 };
@@ -119,7 +117,6 @@ exports.getSignup = function(req, res) {
   if (req.user) return res.redirect('back');
   res.render('signup', {
     title: 'Create Account',
-    user: req.user,
     messages: req.flash('messages')
   });
 };