diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/User.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/User.pm
index c6bc3768..64296dd2 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/User.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/User.pm
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ sub persona_login :Path('/persona-login') Args(0) {
             { username => $email
             , password => "!"
             , emailaddress => $email,
+            , type => "persona"
             });
         $user = $c->find_user({ username => $email }) or die;
     }
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ sub register :Local Args(0) {
             , fullname => $fullName
             , password => "!"
             , emailaddress => "",
+            , type => "hydra"
             });
         setPassword($user, $password);
     });
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ sub edit_POST {
     }
 
     if (($c->stash->{params}->{submit} // "") eq "reset-password") {
-        error($c, "This user's password cannot be reset.") if $user->password eq "!";
+        error($c, "This user's password cannot be reset.") if $user->type ne "hydra";
         $c->stash->{json} = {};
         error($c, "No email address is set for this user.")
             unless $user->emailaddress;
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ sub edit_POST {
             });
 
         my $password = $c->stash->{params}->{password} // "";
-        if ($user->password ne "!" && $password ne "") {
+        if ($user->type eq "hydra" && $password ne "") {
             error($c, "You must specify a password of at least 6 characters.")
                 unless isValidPassword($password);
             error($c, "The passwords you specified did not match.")
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Users.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Users.pm
index 245f44ee..a16370d3 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Users.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Users.pm
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ __PACKAGE__->table("Users");
   default_value: 0
   is_nullable: 0
 
+=head2 type
+
+  data_type: 'text'
+  default_value: 'hydra'
+  is_nullable: 0
+
 =cut
 
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
@@ -74,6 +80,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0 },
   "emailonerror",
   { data_type => "integer", default_value => 0, is_nullable => 0 },
+  "type",
+  { data_type => "text", default_value => "hydra", is_nullable => 0 },
 );
 
 =head1 PRIMARY KEY
@@ -176,8 +184,8 @@ Composing rels: L</projectmembers> -> project
 __PACKAGE__->many_to_many("projects", "projectmembers", "project");
 
 
-# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07033 @ 2013-10-14 15:46:29
-# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:Hv9Ukqud0d3uIUot0ErKeg
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07033 @ 2013-11-05 10:22:03
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:Gd8KwFcnVShZ/WihvwfgQw
 
 my %hint = (
     columns => [
diff --git a/src/root/layout.tt b/src/root/layout.tt
index cc1f4ebf..70236b17 100644
--- a/src/root/layout.tt
+++ b/src/root/layout.tt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <small>
           <em><a href="http://nixos.org/hydra" target="_blank">Hydra</a> [% HTML.escape(version) %] (using [% HTML.escape(nixVersion) %]).</em>
           [% IF c.user_exists %]
-          You are signed in as <tt>[% HTML.escape(c.user.username) %]</tt>.
+          You are signed in as <tt>[% HTML.escape(c.user.username) %]</tt>[% IF c.user.type == 'persona' %] via Persona[% END %].
           [% END %]
         </small>
       </footer>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       }
     </script>
 
-    [% IF c.user_exists && c.user.password != '!' %]
+    [% IF c.user_exists && c.user.type == 'hydra' %]
       <script>
         $("#persona-signout").click(doLogout);
       </script>
diff --git a/src/root/topbar.tt b/src/root/topbar.tt
index 097fd0c6..a5f7c3c1 100644
--- a/src/root/topbar.tt
+++ b/src/root/topbar.tt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
       </li>
       <li class="divider"></li>
       <li>
-        <a href="[% c.uri_for('/login') %]">Sign in with a Hydra user name</a>
+        <a href="[% c.uri_for('/login') %]">Sign in with a Hydra account</a>
       </li>
     [% END %]
   [% END %]
diff --git a/src/root/user.tt b/src/root/user.tt
index 781500aa..614c79c5 100644
--- a/src/root/user.tt
+++ b/src/root/user.tt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    [% IF !create && user.password != '!' %]
+    [% IF !create && user.type == 'hydra' %]
     <div class="control-group">
       <label class="control-label">Password</label>
       <div class="controls">
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <i class="icon-ok icon-white"></i>
         [%IF create %]Create[% ELSE %]Apply changes[% END %]
       </button>
-      [% IF !create && c.check_user_roles('admin') && user.password != '!' %]
+      [% IF !create && c.check_user_roles('admin') && user.type == 'hydra' %]
         <button id="reset-password" type="submit" class="btn btn-warning" name="submit" value="reset-password">
           <i class="icon-trash icon-white"></i>
           Reset password
diff --git a/src/sql/hydra.sql b/src/sql/hydra.sql
index 8e5f3093..a91013c8 100644
--- a/src/sql/hydra.sql
+++ b/src/sql/hydra.sql
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ create table Users (
     fullName      text,
     emailAddress  text not null,
     password      text not null, -- sha256 hash
-    emailOnError  integer not null default 0
+    emailOnError  integer not null default 0,
+    type          text not null default 'hydra' -- either "hydra" or "persona"
 );
 
 
diff --git a/src/sql/upgrade-25.sql b/src/sql/upgrade-25.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d191d4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sql/upgrade-25.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alter table Users add column type text not null default 'hydra';