diff --git a/models/profile.js b/models/profile.js
index 2140dfc..48cc176 100644
--- a/models/profile.js
+++ b/models/profile.js
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
-const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const Images = require('../modules/images');
 const Logger = require('../modules/logger');
+const Mailer = require('../modules/mailer');
 const Messages = require('../models/message');
 const Mongoose = require('mongoose');	 
 
+function outputMessagesAsText (messages, asHtml = false) {
+  var output = '';
+  for (let i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
+    if (asHtml) {
+      output += (!message.isUser ? '<p><b>Question: ' : '<b>Response</b><br>') + message.text + (!message.isUser ? '</b>' : '') + '</p>';
+    } else {
+      output += (!message.isUser ? 'Question: ' : 'Response\r\r') + message.text + '\r\r\r\r';
+    }
+  }
+  return output;
+}
+
 const ProfileSchema = new Mongoose.Schema({
 	"order" : { type: Number, default: 0 },
 	"details": {
@@ -333,9 +345,7 @@ module.exports = {
 						}
 					}
 				});
-			
 			}
-
 		});
 
 		promise.then((result) => {
@@ -483,28 +493,46 @@ module.exports = {
 	},
 	
 	processSubmission: (e, profile) => {
-    var ProfileEvents = new EventEmitter();
-	  var temp = JSON.parse(profile.profile);
-	  var insert = {
-	    details: temp.details,
-	    messages: temp.messages,
-	    submitted: true,
-	    approved: false
-	  };
+	  var profileModel = {};
+	  profileModel.details = profile.details;
+    profileModel.details.pic = { detail: profile.image };
+	  profileModel.messages = profile.messages;
+	  profileModel.submitted = true;
+	  profileModel.approved = false;
 
-    insert.details.pic = { detail: profile.image };
+    const promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      var profileInstance = new ProfileModel(profileData);
+    
+      profileInstance.save((err, result) => {
+        if (err) {
+          reject({ success: false, message: 'Failed to save user submission.', err: err });
+        }
+        
+        if (result) {
+          let approveProfileLink = 'https://api.fitz.guru/urnings/profiles/approve/' + encodeURIComponent(result._id);
+    
+          // setup email data with unicode symbols
+          let mail = {
+            from: '"Urnings|looking App" <system@appsby.fitz.guru>',
+            to: 'mike@fitz.guru',
+            subject: 'New Profile Submission',
+            text: 'New Profile Submission\r\r\r\rName: ' + result.details.name + '(' + result.details.email + ')\r\rLocation: ' + result.details.location + '\r\rAbout: ' + result.details.about + '\r\rImage: ' + result.details.pic.detail + '\r\rMessages:\r' + outputMessagesAsText(result.messages) + '\r\r\r\rTo approve this profile: ' + approveProfileLink + '\r\r',
+            html: '<h2>New Profile Submission<h2><p><b>Name:</b> ' + result.details.name + '(<a href="mailto:' + result.details.email + '">' + result.details.email + '</a>)<br><b>Location:</b> ' + result.details.location + '<p><p>About:<br>' + result.details.about + '</p><p><b>Image:</b><br><img src="' + result.details.pic.detail + '"></p><div>Messages:<br>' + outputMessagesAsText(result.messages, true) + '</div><p>To approve this profile: <a href="' + approveProfileLink + '">click here</a>.</p>',
+          };
 
-    ProfileEvents.once('create', (err, result) => {
-      if (err) {
-        e.emit('processSubmission', err, null);
-      }
-
-      if (result) {
-        e.emit('processSubmission', null, result);
-      }
+          Mailer.send(mail, (err, result) => {        
+            resolve({ success: true, mailer: { err: err, result: result } });
+          });
+        }
+      });
     });
-
-    module.exports.create(ProfileEvents, insert);
+    
+		promise.then((result) => {
+			e.emit('processSubmission', null, result);
+		})
+		.catch((err) => {
+			e.emit('processSubmission', err, null);
+		});
 	},
 	
 	update: (e, profileId, profile) => {
diff --git a/modules/mailer.js b/modules/mailer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e81eb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mailer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const Mailer = require('nodemailer');
+
+function sendMail (options, callback) {
+  // create reusable transporter object using the default SMTP transport
+  let transporter = Mailer.createTransport({
+      host: 'mail.fitz.guru',
+      port: 587,
+      secure: false, // secure:true for port 465, secure:false for port 587
+      auth: {
+          user: 'support@fitz.guru',
+          pass: 'NotSt@ff3d!'
+      }
+  });
+
+  callback = typeof callback === 'function' ? callback : (error, info) => {
+    if (error) {
+      return console.error(error);
+    }
+
+    console.debug('Message %s sent: %s', info.messageId, info.response);
+  };
+
+  // send mail with defined transport object
+  transporter.sendMail(options, callback);
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  
+  send: (email, callback) => {
+    sendMail(mail, callback);
+  }
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/profiles.js b/routes/profiles.js
index 529486e..cc00a18 100644
--- a/routes/profiles.js
+++ b/routes/profiles.js
@@ -178,20 +178,20 @@ Router.route('/list' + ParamStr)
 
 Router.route('/submission')
   .post((req, res) => {
-      var ProfileEvents = new EventEmitter();
-      var profile = req.body;
+    var ProfileEvents = new EventEmitter();
+    var profile = req.body;
 
-      ProfileEvents.once('processSubmission', (err, result) => {
-        if (err) {
-          res.status(500).json({ message: 'Could not process user profile submission', err: err, profile: profile });
-        }
+    ProfileEvents.once('processSubmission', (err, result) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.status(500).json({ message: 'Could not process user profile submission', err: err, profile: profile });
+      }
 
-        if (result) {
-          res.status(200).json(result);
-        }
-      });
+      if (result) {
+        res.status(200).json(result);
+      }
+    });
 
-      Profiles.processSubmission(ProfileEvents, profile);
+    Profiles.processSubmission(ProfileEvents, profile);
   });
 
 Router.route('/submitted')