diff --git a/lib/app/index.js b/lib/app/index.js
index 23da907f3a..5f5cd0e3d6 100644
--- a/lib/app/index.js
+++ b/lib/app/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.3.3
-var Scoring, content, derby, get, getHabits, ready, view, _ref;
+var content, derby, get, getHabits, ready, schema, scoring, view, _ref;
 
 derby = require('derby');
 
@@ -11,65 +11,11 @@ derby.use(require('../../ui'));
 
 content = require('./content');
 
-Scoring = require('./scoring');
+scoring = require('./scoring');
 
-view.fn('taskClasses', function(type, completed, value) {
-  var classes;
-  classes = type;
-  if (completed) {
-    classes += " completed";
-  }
-  switch (false) {
-    case !(value < -8):
-      classes += ' color-worst';
-      break;
-    case !(value >= -8 && value < -5):
-      classes += ' color-worse';
-      break;
-    case !(value >= -5 && value < -1):
-      classes += ' color-bad';
-      break;
-    case !(value >= -1 && value < 1):
-      classes += ' color-neutral';
-      break;
-    case !(value >= 1 && value < 5):
-      classes += ' color-good';
-      break;
-    case !(value >= 5 && value < 10):
-      classes += ' color-better';
-      break;
-    case !(value >= 10):
-      classes += ' color-best';
-  }
-  return classes;
-});
+schema = require('./schema');
 
-view.fn("percent", function(x, y) {
-  if (x === 0) {
-    x = 1;
-  }
-  return Math.round(x / y * 100);
-});
-
-view.fn("round", function(num) {
-  return Math.round(num);
-});
-
-view.fn("gold", function(num) {
-  if (num) {
-    return num.toFixed(1).split('.')[0];
-  } else {
-    return "0";
-  }
-});
-
-view.fn("silver", function(num) {
-  if (num) {
-    return num.toFixed(1).split('.')[1];
-  } else {
-    return "0";
-  }
-});
+require('./viewHelpers')(view);
 
 get('/:uidParam?', function(page, model, _arg) {
   var uidParam;
@@ -83,7 +29,7 @@ get('/:uidParam?', function(page, model, _arg) {
     userId = model.get('_userId');
     user = users.get(userId);
     if (user == null) {
-      newUser = require('./schema').userSchema;
+      newUser = schema.userSchema;
       _ref1 = content.defaultTasks;
       for (_i = 0, _len = _ref1.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
         task = _ref1[_i];
@@ -195,7 +141,7 @@ ready(function(model) {
       throw new Error("Direction neither 'up' nor 'down' on checkbox set.");
     };
     task = model.at("_user.tasks." + i);
-    Scoring.score({
+    scoring.score({
       user: model.at('_user'),
       task: task,
       direction: direction()
@@ -336,7 +282,7 @@ ready(function(model) {
     }
     user = model.at('_user');
     task = model.at($(el).parents('li')[0]);
-    return Scoring.score({
+    return scoring.score({
       user: user,
       task: task,
       direction: direction
@@ -371,7 +317,7 @@ ready(function(model) {
           daysPassed: daysPassed,
           n: n
         }, "[debug] Cron (" + today + ", " + n + ")");
-        _results.push(Scoring.tally(model));
+        _results.push(scoring.tally(model));
       }
       return _results;
     }
@@ -381,10 +327,10 @@ ready(function(model) {
     return poormanscron();
   }), 3600000);
   exports.endOfDayTally = function(e, el) {
-    return Scoring.tally(model);
+    return scoring.tally(model);
   };
   exports.updateSchema = function(e, el) {
-    return require('./schema').updateSchema(model);
+    return schema.updateSchema(model);
   };
   exports.shortcuts = function(e) {
     var code, command;
diff --git a/lib/app/viewHelpers.js b/lib/app/viewHelpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b906ecddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/app/viewHelpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.3.3
+
+module.exports = function(view) {
+  view.fn('taskClasses', function(type, completed, value) {
+    var classes;
+    classes = type;
+    if (completed) {
+      classes += " completed";
+    }
+    switch (false) {
+      case !(value < -8):
+        classes += ' color-worst';
+        break;
+      case !(value >= -8 && value < -5):
+        classes += ' color-worse';
+        break;
+      case !(value >= -5 && value < -1):
+        classes += ' color-bad';
+        break;
+      case !(value >= -1 && value < 1):
+        classes += ' color-neutral';
+        break;
+      case !(value >= 1 && value < 5):
+        classes += ' color-good';
+        break;
+      case !(value >= 5 && value < 10):
+        classes += ' color-better';
+        break;
+      case !(value >= 10):
+        classes += ' color-best';
+    }
+    return classes;
+  });
+  view.fn("percent", function(x, y) {
+    if (x === 0) {
+      x = 1;
+    }
+    return Math.round(x / y * 100);
+  });
+  view.fn("round", function(num) {
+    return Math.round(num);
+  });
+  view.fn("gold", function(num) {
+    if (num) {
+      return num.toFixed(1).split('.')[0];
+    } else {
+      return "0";
+    }
+  });
+  return view.fn("silver", function(num) {
+    if (num) {
+      return num.toFixed(1).split('.')[1];
+    } else {
+      return "0";
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/app/index.coffee b/src/app/index.coffee
index c5180a8362..51e1f96fe8 100644
--- a/src/app/index.coffee
+++ b/src/app/index.coffee
@@ -2,45 +2,13 @@ derby = require('derby')
 {get, view, ready} = derby.createApp module
 derby.use require('derby-ui-boot')
 derby.use(require('../../ui'))
+
+# Custom requires
 content = require('./content')
-Scoring = require('./scoring')
-  
-# ========== VIEW HELPERS ==========
+scoring = require('./scoring')
+schema = require('./schema')
+require('./viewHelpers')(view)
 
-view.fn 'taskClasses', (type, completed, value) ->
-  #TODO figure out how to just pass in the task model, so i can access all these properties from one object
-  classes = type
-  classes += " completed" if completed
-    
-  switch
-    when value<-8 then classes += ' color-worst'
-    when value>=-8 and value<-5 then classes += ' color-worse'
-    when value>=-5 and value<-1 then classes += ' color-bad' 
-    when value>=-1 and value<1 then classes += ' color-neutral'
-    when value>=1 and value<5 then classes += ' color-good' 
-    when value>=5 and value<10 then classes += ' color-better' 
-    when value>=10 then classes += ' color-best'
-  return classes
-    
-view.fn "percent", (x, y) ->
-  x=1 if x==0
-  Math.round(x/y*100)
-    
-view.fn "round", (num) ->
-  Math.round num
-  
-view.fn "gold", (num) -> 
-  if num
-    return num.toFixed(1).split('.')[0]
-  else
-    return "0"
-
-view.fn "silver", (num) -> 
-  if num
-    num.toFixed(1).split('.')[1]
-  else
-    return "0" 
-  
 # ========== ROUTES ==========
 
 get '/:uidParam?', (page, model, {uidParam}) ->
@@ -59,7 +27,7 @@ get '/:uidParam?', (page, model, {uidParam}) ->
     
     # Else, select a new userId and initialize user
     unless user?
-      newUser = require('./schema').userSchema
+      newUser = schema.userSchema
       for task in content.defaultTasks
         guid = task.id = require('derby/node_modules/racer').uuid()
         newUser.tasks[guid] = task
@@ -159,7 +127,7 @@ ready (model) ->
       
     # Score the user based on todo task
     task = model.at("_user.tasks.#{i}")
-    Scoring.score({user:model.at('_user'), task:task, direction:direction()})
+    scoring.score({user:model.at('_user'), task:task, direction:direction()})
     
     # Then move the todos to/from _todoList/_completedList
     if task.get('type') == 'todo'
@@ -272,7 +240,7 @@ ready (model) ->
     user = model.at('_user')
     task = model.at $(el).parents('li')[0]
     
-    Scoring.score({user:user, task:task, direction:direction}) 
+    scoring.score({user:user, task:task, direction:direction}) 
     
   exports.revive = (e, el) ->
     stats = model.at '_user.stats'
@@ -295,7 +263,7 @@ ready (model) ->
       model.set('_user.lastCron', today) # reset cron
       for n in [1..daysPassed]
         console.log {today: today, lastCron: lastCron, daysPassed: daysPassed, n:n}, "[debug] Cron (#{today}, #{n})"
-        Scoring.tally(model)
+        scoring.tally(model)
   poormanscron() # Run once on refresh
   setInterval (-> # Then run once every hour
     poormanscron()
@@ -304,11 +272,11 @@ ready (model) ->
   # ========== DEBUGGING ==========
   
   exports.endOfDayTally = (e, el) ->
-    Scoring.tally(model)
+    scoring.tally(model)
   
   # Temporary solution to running updates against the schema when the code changes
   exports.updateSchema = (e, el) ->
-    require('./schema').updateSchema(model)
+    schema.updateSchema(model)
     
   # ========== SHORTCUTS ==========
 
diff --git a/src/app/schema.coffee b/src/app/schema.coffee
index 44075a4657..b3053cbdda 100644
--- a/src/app/schema.coffee
+++ b/src/app/schema.coffee
@@ -11,7 +11,19 @@ module.exports.userSchema = userSchema = {
 }  
   
 module.exports.updateSchema = (model) ->
-  # removed old update code, dangerous to run twice. 
-  # I'm placing db-update code in this function while still in dev, then running
-  # once on the server, then removing the code. FIXME figure out something better
-  return
\ No newline at end of file
+  # users = model.get('users')
+  # console.log _.size(users), 'users.size before'
+  # for uid,userObj of users
+    # # remove if they don't have a lastCron (older accounts didn't)
+    # unless userObj.lastCron?
+      # model.del "users.#{uid}"
+#    
+    # # remove if they haven't logged in in 30 days
+    # lastCron = new Date( (new Date(userObj.lastCron)).toDateString() ) # calculate as midnight
+    # today = new Date((new Date).toDateString()) # calculate as midnight
+    # DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60  * 24
+    # daysPassed = Math.floor((today.getTime() - lastCron.getTime()) / DAY)
+    # if daysPassed > 30
+      # model.del "users.#{uid}"
+    
+    # TODO  instead of the above, remove all users who's tasks compare directly to require('./content).defaultTasks
diff --git a/src/app/viewHelpers.coffee b/src/app/viewHelpers.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff5be234db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/viewHelpers.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+module.exports = (view) ->
+  view.fn 'taskClasses', (type, completed, value) ->
+    #TODO figure out how to just pass in the task model, so i can access all these properties from one object
+    classes = type
+    classes += " completed" if completed
+      
+    switch
+      when value<-8 then classes += ' color-worst'
+      when value>=-8 and value<-5 then classes += ' color-worse'
+      when value>=-5 and value<-1 then classes += ' color-bad' 
+      when value>=-1 and value<1 then classes += ' color-neutral'
+      when value>=1 and value<5 then classes += ' color-good' 
+      when value>=5 and value<10 then classes += ' color-better' 
+      when value>=10 then classes += ' color-best'
+    return classes
+      
+  view.fn "percent", (x, y) ->
+    x=1 if x==0
+    Math.round(x/y*100)
+      
+  view.fn "round", (num) ->
+    Math.round num
+    
+  view.fn "gold", (num) -> 
+    if num
+      return num.toFixed(1).split('.')[0]
+    else
+      return "0"
+  
+  view.fn "silver", (num) -> 
+    if num
+      num.toFixed(1).split('.')[1]
+    else
+      return "0"