diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3039c7a..1ddb5bf 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ gem 'paperclip', :git=> 'https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip', :ref => '523b
 gem 'dotenv-rails'
 gem 'gmaps4rails'
 gem 'font-awesome-rails'
+gem 'paranoia', :github => 'rubysherpas/paranoia', :branch => 'rails4'
 
 # Use Capistrano for deployment
 # gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1db875e..10b434e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+GIT
+  remote: git://github.com/rubysherpas/paranoia.git
+  revision: bd3383729c790bf09e488f84221eaaea27c6597e
+  branch: rails4
+  specs:
+    paranoia (2.2.0.alpha)
+      activerecord (>= 4.0, < 5.1)
+
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip
   revision: 523bd46c768226893f23889079a7aa9c73b57d68
@@ -13,51 +21,51 @@ GIT
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (5.0.0.rc1)
-      actionpack (= 5.0.0.rc1)
+    actioncable (5.0.0)
+      actionpack (= 5.0.0)
       nio4r (~> 1.2)
       websocket-driver (~> 0.6.1)
-    actionmailer (5.0.0.rc1)
-      actionpack (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      actionview (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      activejob (= 5.0.0.rc1)
+    actionmailer (5.0.0)
+      actionpack (= 5.0.0)
+      actionview (= 5.0.0)
+      activejob (= 5.0.0)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
-    actionpack (5.0.0.rc1)
-      actionview (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      rack (~> 2.x)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
+    actionpack (5.0.0)
+      actionview (= 5.0.0)
+      activesupport (= 5.0.0)
+      rack (~> 2.0)
       rack-test (~> 0.6.3)
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
-    actionview (5.0.0.rc1)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.0.rc1)
+    actionview (5.0.0)
+      activesupport (= 5.0.0)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubis (~> 2.7.0)
-      rails-dom-testing (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
+      rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
-    activejob (5.0.0.rc1)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.0.rc1)
+    activejob (5.0.0)
+      activesupport (= 5.0.0)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (5.0.0.rc1)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-    activerecord (5.0.0.rc1)
-      activemodel (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.0.rc1)
+    activemodel (5.0.0)
+      activesupport (= 5.0.0)
+    activerecord (5.0.0)
+      activemodel (= 5.0.0)
+      activesupport (= 5.0.0)
       arel (~> 7.0)
-    activesupport (5.0.0.rc1)
+    activesupport (5.0.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (~> 0.7)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
     addressable (2.4.0)
     arel (7.0.0)
-    aws-sdk (2.3.14)
-      aws-sdk-resources (= 2.3.14)
-    aws-sdk-core (2.3.14)
+    aws-sdk (2.3.19)
+      aws-sdk-resources (= 2.3.19)
+    aws-sdk-core (2.3.19)
       jmespath (~> 1.0)
-    aws-sdk-resources (2.3.14)
-      aws-sdk-core (= 2.3.14)
+    aws-sdk-resources (2.3.19)
+      aws-sdk-core (= 2.3.19)
     bcrypt (3.1.11)
     builder (3.2.2)
     byebug (9.0.5)
@@ -76,7 +84,7 @@ GEM
     coffee-script-source (1.10.0)
     concurrent-ruby (1.0.2)
     debug_inspector (0.0.2)
-    devise (4.1.1)
+    devise (4.2.0)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
       orm_adapter (~> 0.1)
       railties (>= 4.1.0, < 5.1)
@@ -108,8 +116,7 @@ GEM
       rails-dom-testing (>= 1, < 3)
       railties (>= 4.2.0)
       thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
-    json (1.8.3)
-    json_pure (1.8.3)
+    json_pure (2.0.1)
     launchy (2.4.3)
       addressable (~> 2.3)
     letter_opener (1.4.1)
@@ -141,32 +148,28 @@ GEM
       method_source (~> 0.8.1)
       slop (~> 3.4)
     puma (3.4.0)
-    rack (2.0.0.rc1)
-      json
+    rack (2.0.1)
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
-    rails (5.0.0.rc1)
-      actioncable (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      actionmailer (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      actionpack (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      actionview (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      activejob (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      activemodel (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      activerecord (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.0.rc1)
+    rails (5.0.0)
+      actioncable (= 5.0.0)
+      actionmailer (= 5.0.0)
+      actionpack (= 5.0.0)
+      actionview (= 5.0.0)
+      activejob (= 5.0.0)
+      activemodel (= 5.0.0)
+      activerecord (= 5.0.0)
+      activesupport (= 5.0.0)
       bundler (>= 1.3.0, < 2.0)
-      railties (= 5.0.0.rc1)
+      railties (= 5.0.0)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0.0)
     rails-controller-testing (0.1.1)
       actionpack (~> 5.x)
       actionview (~> 5.x)
       activesupport (~> 5.x)
-    rails-deprecated_sanitizer (1.0.3)
-      activesupport (>= 4.2.0.alpha)
-    rails-dom-testing (1.0.7)
-      activesupport (>= 4.2.0.beta, < 5.0)
+    rails-dom-testing (2.0.1)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2.0, < 6.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.6.0)
-      rails-deprecated_sanitizer (>= 1.0.1)
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.0.3)
       loofah (~> 2.0)
     rails_12factor (0.0.3)
@@ -174,9 +177,9 @@ GEM
       rails_stdout_logging
     rails_serve_static_assets (0.0.5)
     rails_stdout_logging (0.0.5)
-    railties (5.0.0.rc1)
-      actionpack (= 5.0.0.rc1)
-      activesupport (= 5.0.0.rc1)
+    railties (5.0.0)
+      actionpack (= 5.0.0)
+      activesupport (= 5.0.0)
       method_source
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
@@ -186,50 +189,50 @@ GEM
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
     responders (2.2.0)
       railties (>= 4.2.0, < 5.1)
-    rollbar (2.11.5)
+    rollbar (2.12.0)
       multi_json
-    rspec-core (3.5.0.beta4)
-      rspec-support (= 3.5.0.beta4)
-    rspec-expectations (3.5.0.beta4)
+    rspec-core (3.5.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.5.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.5.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (= 3.5.0.beta4)
-    rspec-mocks (3.5.0.beta4)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.5.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.5.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (= 3.5.0.beta4)
-    rspec-rails (3.5.0.beta4)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.5.0)
+    rspec-rails (3.5.0)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       railties (>= 3.0)
-      rspec-core (= 3.5.0.beta4)
-      rspec-expectations (= 3.5.0.beta4)
-      rspec-mocks (= 3.5.0.beta4)
-      rspec-support (= 3.5.0.beta4)
-    rspec-support (3.5.0.beta4)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.5.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.5.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.5.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.5.0)
+    rspec-support (3.5.0)
     sass (3.4.22)
-    sass-rails (5.0.4)
-      railties (>= 4.0.0, < 5.0)
+    sass-rails (5.0.5)
+      railties (>= 4.0.0, < 6)
       sass (~> 3.1)
       sprockets (>= 2.8, < 4.0)
       sprockets-rails (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
       tilt (>= 1.1, < 3)
     slop (3.6.0)
-    spring (1.7.1)
+    spring (1.7.2)
     spring-watcher-listen (2.0.0)
       listen (>= 2.7, < 4.0)
       spring (~> 1.2)
-    sprockets (3.6.1)
+    sprockets (3.6.3)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       rack (> 1, < 3)
-    sprockets-rails (3.0.4)
+    sprockets-rails (3.1.1)
       actionpack (>= 4.0)
       activesupport (>= 4.0)
       sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
     thor (0.19.1)
     thread_safe (0.3.5)
     tilt (2.0.5)
-    turbolinks (5.0.0.beta2)
-      turbolinks-source
-    turbolinks-source (5.0.0.beta5)
+    turbolinks (5.0.0)
+      turbolinks-source (~> 5)
+    turbolinks-source (5.0.0)
     tzinfo (1.2.2)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
     uglifier (3.0.0)
@@ -262,6 +265,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   letter_opener
   listen (~> 3.0.5)
   paperclip!
+  paranoia!
   pg (~> 0.18)
   pry
   puma (~> 3.0)
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 7f7bf5b..62bbc01 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class User < ApplicationRecord
+  acts_as_paranoid
   # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
   # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
   devise :invitable, :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160701195916_add_deleted_at_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/20160701195916_add_deleted_at_to_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c20c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160701195916_add_deleted_at_to_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class AddDeletedAtToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :users, :deleted_at, :datetime
+    add_index :users, :deleted_at
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 1f52c89..0f4fe1a 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1,27 +1,54 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe User, type: :model do
-
-  it "can be valid" do
-    user = User.new(
+  let(:user) do
+    User.new(
       email:                 "spacejam@gmail.com",
       name:                  "Michael Jordan",
       role:                  "admin",
       password:              "password",
       password_confirmation: "password"
     )
+  end
+
+  it "can be valid" do
     expect(user).to be_valid
   end
 
   it "can be an admin" do
-    user = User.new(
-      email:                 "spacejam@gmail.com",
-      name:                  "Michael Jordan",
-      role:                  "admin",
-      password:              "password",
-      password_confirmation: "password"
-    )
     expect(user.is_admin?).to be(true)
   end
 
+  describe "#destroy" do
+    let(:a_user) do
+      User.new(
+        email:                 "test@gmail.com",
+        name:                  "Michael Jordan",
+        role:                  "researcher",
+        password:              "password",
+        password_confirmation: "password"
+      )
+    end
+
+    before do
+      a_user.save
+    end
+
+    it "can be destroyed" do
+      a_user.destroy
+      expect(a_user.paranoia_destroyed?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "can be restored" do
+      a_user.restore
+      expect(a_user.paranoia_destroyed?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "can be REALLY destroyed" do
+      a_user.really_destroy!
+      expect(a_user.destroyed?).to eq(true)
+
+    end
+
+  end
 end