diff --git a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue
index 4247c60..85589e7 100644
--- a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue
+++ b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
 <template>
-  <div>
-    <h1>My Account</h1>
+  <div v-if="user">
+    <h1>Account</h1>
 
-    <div class="profile-container">
-      <div class="user-data-fields" v-if="user">
-        <p class="subtitle">AVATAR</p>
-        <Button text="Change Avatar" :callback="changeAvatar" style="margin-right: 0.8dvw;"></Button>
-        <Button text="Remove Avatar" :callback="removeAvatar" variant="neutral"></Button>
-        
-        <label for="profile-display-name-input" class="subtitle">DISPLAY NAME</label>
-        <input id="profile-display-name-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.display_name" placeholder="Enter display name" />
-        <label for="profile-username-input" class="subtitle">USERNAME</label>
-        <input id="profile-username-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.username" placeholder="Enter username" />
-        <label for="profile-pronouns-input" class="subtitle">PRONOUNS</label>
-        <input id="profile-pronouns-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.pronouns" placeholder="Enter pronouns" />
-        <label for="profile-about-me-input" class="subtitle">ABOUT ME</label>
-        <input id="profile-about-me-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.about" placeholder="About me" />
-
-        <br>
-        <Button style="margin-top: 1dvh" text="Save Changes" :callback="saveChanges"></Button>
-      </div>
-
-      <UserPopup v-if="user" :user="user" class="profile-popup"></UserPopup>
-    </div>
-
-    <h2 style="margin-top: 8duservh">Password (and eventually authenticator)</h2>
-    <Button text="Reset Password (tbd)" :callback=resetPassword></Button>
+    <p class="subtitle">E-MAIL</p>
+    <input id="profile-about-me-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.email" placeholder="john@example.org" />
+    <br>
+    <Button text="Submit" :callback=changeEmail style="margin-top: .4em"></Button>
     
-    <h2>Account Deletion</h2>
+    <p class="subtitle">PASSWORD</p>
+    <Button text="Reset Password" :callback=resetPassword></Button>
+    
+    <p class="subtitle">ACCOUNT DELETION</p>
     <Button text="Delete Account (tbd)" :callback=deleteAccount variant="scary"></Button>
 
   </div>
@@ -44,22 +27,13 @@ if (!user) {
   alert("could not fetch user info, aborting :(")
 }
 
-let newPfpFile: File;
-
-const saveChanges = async () => {
+async function changeEmail() {
   if (!user) return;
-  
+
+
   const formData = new FormData()
-  
-  if (newPfpFile) {
-    formData.append("avatar", newPfpFile)
-  }
-  
   const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify({
-    display_name: user.display_name,
-    username: user.username,
-    pronouns: user.pronouns,
-    about: user.about,
+    email: user.email,
   }));
   formData.append('json', new Blob([bytes], { type: 'application/json' }));
   
@@ -78,58 +52,29 @@ const saveChanges = async () => {
 };
 
 
-const removeAvatar = async () => {
-  alert("TBD")
-  // await fetchWithApi(`/auth/reset-password`);
-}
-
-const changeAvatar = async () => {
-  if (!user) return;
-
-  const input = document.createElement('input');
-  input.type = 'file';
-  input.accept = 'image/*';
-
-  input.addEventListener("change", (e: Event) => {
-    if (input.files?.length && input.files.length > 0) {
-      const file = input.files[0];
-      if (!file) return;
-
-      newPfpFile = file
-      
-      const reader = new FileReader();
-      reader.addEventListener("onload", () => {
-        if (reader.result && typeof reader.result === 'string') {
-          user.avatar = reader.result;
-        }
-      });
-      reader.readAsDataURL(file);
+async function resetPassword () {
+  await fetchWithApi("/auth/reset-password", {
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+    query: {
+      identifier: user?.username
     }
-  })
-
-  input.click()
+  });
 }
 
-const resetPassword = async () => {
-  alert("TBD")
-  // await fetchWithApi(`/auth/reset-password`);
-}
-
-const deleteAccount = async () => {
+async function deleteAccount() {
   alert("TBD")
 }
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.profile-container {
-  display: flex;
-}
-
 .subtitle {
   display: block;
   font-size: 0.8em;
   font-weight: 800;
-  margin: 1.5dvh 0 0.5dvh 0.25dvw;
+  margin: 4dvh 0 0.5dvh 0.25dvw;
 }
 
 .user-data-fields {
diff --git a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Profile.vue b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Profile.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed7da0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Profile.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <h1>Profile</h1>
+
+    <div class="profile-container">
+      <div class="user-data-fields" v-if="user">
+        <p class="subtitle">AVATAR</p>
+        <Button text="Change Avatar" :callback="changeAvatar" style="margin-right: 0.8dvw;"></Button>
+        <Button text="Remove Avatar" :callback="removeAvatar" variant="neutral"></Button>
+        
+        <label for="profile-display-name-input" class="subtitle">DISPLAY NAME</label>
+        <input id="profile-display-name-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.display_name" placeholder="Enter display name" />
+        <label for="profile-username-input" class="subtitle">USERNAME</label>
+        <input id="profile-username-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.username" placeholder="Enter username" />
+        <label for="profile-pronouns-input" class="subtitle">PRONOUNS</label>
+        <input id="profile-pronouns-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.pronouns" placeholder="Enter pronouns" />
+        <label for="profile-about-me-input" class="subtitle">ABOUT ME</label>
+        <input id="profile-about-me-input" class="profile-data-input" type="text" v-model="user.about" placeholder="About me" />
+
+        <Button style="margin-top: 2dvh" text="Save Changes" :callback="saveChanges"></Button>
+      </div>
+
+      <UserPopup v-if="user" :user="user" class="profile-popup"></UserPopup>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import Button from '~/components/Button.vue';
+import type { UserResponse } from '~/types/interfaces';
+
+const { fetchUser } = useAuth();
+
+const user: UserResponse | undefined = await fetchUser()
+if (!user) {
+  alert("could not fetch user info, aborting :(")
+}
+
+let newPfpFile: File;
+
+async function saveChanges() {
+  if (!user) return;
+  
+  const formData = new FormData()
+  
+  if (newPfpFile) {
+    formData.append("avatar", newPfpFile)
+  }
+  
+  const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify({
+    display_name: user.display_name,
+    username: user.username,
+    pronouns: user.pronouns,
+    about: user.about,
+  }));
+  formData.append('json', new Blob([bytes], { type: 'application/json' }));
+  
+  try {
+    await fetchWithApi('/me', {
+      method: 'PATCH',
+      body: formData
+    })
+
+    alert('success!!')
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (error?.response?.status !== 200) {
+      alert(`error ${error?.response?.status} met whilst trying to update profile info`)
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+
+async function removeAvatar() {
+  alert("TBD")
+  // await fetchWithApi(`/auth/reset-password`);
+}
+
+async function changeAvatar() {
+  if (!user) return;
+
+  const input = document.createElement('input');
+  input.type = 'file';
+  input.accept = 'image/*';
+
+  input.addEventListener("change", (e: Event) => {
+    if (input.files?.length && input.files.length > 0) {
+      const file = input.files[0];
+      if (!file) return;
+
+      newPfpFile = file
+      
+      const reader = new FileReader();
+      reader.addEventListener("onload", () => {
+        if (reader.result && typeof reader.result === 'string') {
+          user.avatar = reader.result;
+        }
+      });
+      reader.readAsDataURL(file);
+    }
+  })
+
+  input.click()
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.profile-container {
+  display: flex;
+}
+
+.subtitle {
+  display: block;
+  font-size: 0.8em;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  margin: 1.5dvh 0 0.5dvh 0.25dvw;
+}
+
+.user-data-fields {
+  min-width: 35dvw;
+  max-width: 35dvw;
+}
+
+.profile-data-input {
+  min-width: 30dvw;
+  margin: 0.07dvh;
+  padding: 0.1dvh 0.7dvw;
+  height: 2.5em;
+  font-size: 1em;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  border: none;
+  color: var(--text-color);
+  background-color: var(--accent-color);
+}
+
+.profile-popup {
+  margin-left: 2dvw;
+}
+</style>
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diff --git a/pages/settings.vue b/pages/settings.vue
index 96944ba..991d046 100644
--- a/pages/settings.vue
+++ b/pages/settings.vue
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ interface Category {
   pages: Page[];
 }
 
+import Profile from '~/components/Settings/UserSettings/Profile.vue';
 import Account from '~/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue';
 import Privacy from '~/components/Settings/UserSettings/Privacy.vue';
 import Devices from '~/components/Settings/UserSettings/Devices.vue';
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ const settingsCategories = {
   userSettings: {
     displayName: "User Settings",
     pages: [
-      { displayName: "My Account", pageData: Account },
+      { displayName: "Profile", pageData: Profile },
+      { displayName: "Account", pageData: Account },
       { displayName: "Privacy", pageData: Privacy },
       { displayName: "Devices", pageData: Devices },
       { displayName: "Connections", pageData: Connections },