diff --git a/models/profile.js b/models/profile.js
index 05e0364..57a20c1 100644
--- a/models/profile.js
+++ b/models/profile.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	allSubmitted: (e) => {
 		const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			ProfileModel
-				.find({ submitted: true })
+				.find({ submitted: true, approved: true })
 				.sort({ order: 1 })
 				.populate({
 					path: 'messages',
@@ -315,6 +315,31 @@ module.exports = {
 			e.emit('allChatImagesSent', err, null);
 		});
 	},
+	
+	approveSubmission: (e, profileId) => {
+		const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			ProfileModel.findOneAndUpdate(
+				{ _id: profileId }, 
+				{ $set: { approved: true } },
+				{ new: true }, 
+				(err, result) => {
+					if (err) {
+						reject(err);
+					}
+
+					if (result) {
+						resolve(result);
+					}
+				});
+		});
+
+		promise.then((result) => {
+			e.emit('approveSubmission', null, result);
+		})
+		.catch((err) => {
+			e.emit('approveSubmission', err, null);
+		});
+	},
 
 	create: (e, profiles) => {
 		var count = profiles.length;
diff --git a/routes/profiles.js b/routes/profiles.js
index cc00a18..1a552b8 100644
--- a/routes/profiles.js
+++ b/routes/profiles.js
@@ -102,6 +102,24 @@ function updateMessage (req, res, next) {
   });
 }
 
+Router.route('/approve/:id')
+  .get((req, res) => {
+    var ProfileEvents = new EventEmitter();
+    var id = req.params.id;
+
+    ProfileEvents.once('approveSubmission', (err, result) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.status(500).json({ message: 'Could not approve user profile submission', err: err, profile: profile });
+      }
+
+      if (result) {
+        res.status(200).json(result);
+      }
+    });
+
+    Profiles.approveSubmission(ProfileEvents, id);
+  });
+
 Router.route('/find' + ParamStr)
   .get((req, res) => {
     Token.verifyThen(req.get('authorization'), 'view', (err, decoded) => {