diff --git a/blockstack/blockstackd.py b/blockstack/blockstackd.py
index 403e939ae..f762fc245 100644
--- a/blockstack/blockstackd.py
+++ b/blockstack/blockstackd.py
@@ -1856,6 +1856,8 @@ class BlockstackStoragePusher( threading.Thread ):
         blockchain_id = str(entry['fqu'])
         fq_data_id = None
         data_txt = None
+        profile = False
+
         try:
             # mutable data?
             payload = json.loads(entry['profile'])
@@ -1874,6 +1876,7 @@ class BlockstackStoragePusher( threading.Thread ):
             # profile 
             fq_data_id = blockchain_id
             data_txt = str(entry['profile'])
+            profile = True
 
         except Exception as e:
             log.exception(e)
@@ -1882,7 +1885,7 @@ class BlockstackStoragePusher( threading.Thread ):
             queue_removeall( entries, path=self.queue_path )
             return False
         
-        success = store_mutable_data_to_storage( blockchain_id, fq_data_id, data_txt, required=storage_drivers, skip=['blockstack_server'])
+        success = store_mutable_data_to_storage( blockchain_id, fq_data_id, data_txt, profile=profile, required=storage_drivers, skip=['blockstack_server'])
         if not success:
             log.error("Failed to store data for {} ({} bytes)".format(blockchain_id, len(data_txt)))
             queue_removeall( entries, path=self.queue_path )
diff --git a/blockstack/lib/storage/crawl.py b/blockstack/lib/storage/crawl.py
index 1d9f02e2f..77622a830 100644
--- a/blockstack/lib/storage/crawl.py
+++ b/blockstack/lib/storage/crawl.py
@@ -268,16 +268,21 @@ def store_zonefile_to_storage( zonefile_dict, required=None, skip=None, cache=Fa
     return store_zonefile_data_to_storage( zonefile_data, required=required, skip=skip, cache=cache, zonefile_dir=zonefile_dir, name=name )
 
 
-def store_mutable_data_to_storage( blockchain_id, data_id, data_txt, required=None, skip=None ):
+def store_mutable_data_to_storage( blockchain_id, data_id, data_txt, profile=False, required=None, skip=None ):
     """
     Store the given mutable datum to storage providers.
     Used by the storage gateway logic.
     Return True on successful replication to all required drivers
     Return False on error
     """
-   
-    nocollide_data_id = '{}-{}'.format(blockchain_id, data_id)
-    res = blockstack_client.storage.put_mutable_data(nocollide_data_id, None, None, data_text=data_txt, required=required, skip=skip, blockchain_id=blockchain_id)
+    nocollide_data_id = None
+    if profile:
+        nocollide_data_id = blockchain_id
+
+    else:
+        nocollide_data_id = '{}-{}'.format(blockchain_id, data_id)
+
+    res = blockstack_client.storage.put_mutable_data(nocollide_data_id, data_txt, None, sign=False, required=required, skip=skip, blockchain_id=blockchain_id)
     return res
 
 
diff --git a/blockstack_client/storage.py b/blockstack_client/storage.py
index 5ab9f4bc5..a3e15f636 100644
--- a/blockstack_client/storage.py
+++ b/blockstack_client/storage.py
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ def put_immutable_data(data_text, txid, data_hash=None, required=None, skip=None
     return None if successes == 0 and required_successes == len(required) else data_hash
 
 
-def put_mutable_data(fq_data_id, data_text_or_json, data_privkey=None, data_pubkey=None, data_signature=None, profile=False, blockchain_id=None, required=None, skip=None, required_exclusive=False):
+def put_mutable_data(fq_data_id, data_text_or_json, sign=True, data_privkey=None, data_pubkey=None, data_signature=None, profile=False, blockchain_id=None, required=None, skip=None, required_exclusive=False):
     """
     Given the unserialized data, store it into our mutable data stores.
     Do so in a best-effort way.  This method fails if all storage providers fail,
@@ -933,11 +933,15 @@ def put_mutable_data(fq_data_id, data_text_or_json, data_privkey=None, data_pubk
 
         data_pubkey = get_pubkey_hex( data_privkey )
 
-    else:
+    elif sign:
         assert data_pubkey is not None
         assert data_signature is not None
 
-    serialized_data = serialize_mutable_data(data_text_or_json, data_privkey=data_privkey, data_pubkey=data_pubkey, data_signature=data_signature, profile=profile)
+    serialized_data = None
+    if sign:
+        serialized_data = serialize_mutable_data(data_text_or_json, data_privkey=data_privkey, data_pubkey=data_pubkey, data_signature=data_signature, profile=profile)
+    else:
+        serialized_data = data_text_or_json
     
     successes = 0
     required_successes = 0