diff --git a/src/app/profile/core.nim b/src/app/profile/core.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64768a7953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/profile/core.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import NimQml
+import json
+import "../../status/core" as status
+import ../signals/types
+import profileView
+
+type ProfileController* = ref object of SignalSubscriber
+  view*: ProfileView
+  variant*: QVariant
+
+proc newController*(): ProfileController =
+  result = ProfileController()
+  result.view = newProfileView()
+  result.variant = newQVariant(result.view)
+
+proc delete*(self: ProfileController) =
+  delete self.view
+  delete self.variant
+
+proc init*(self: ProfileController, accounts: string) =
+    var chatAccount = parseJSON(accounts)[1]
+
+    self.view.username = chatAccount["name"].str
diff --git a/src/app/profile/profileView.nim b/src/app/profile/profileView.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea9cdfb16a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/profile/profileView.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import NimQml
+
+QtObject:
+  type ProfileView* = ref object of QObject
+    username*: string
+
+  proc setup(self: ProfileView) =
+    self.QObject.setup
+
+  proc newProfileView*(): ProfileView =
+    new(result)
+    result.username = ""
+    result.setup
+
+  proc delete*(self: ProfileView) =
+    self.QObject.delete
+
+  proc username*(self: ProfileView): string {.slot.} =
+    result = self.username
+
+  proc receivedUsername*(self: ProfileView, username: string) {.signal.}
+
+  proc setUsername*(self: ProfileView, username: string) {.slot.} =
+    self.username = username
+    self.receivedUsername(username)
+
+  QtProperty[string] username:
+    read = username
+    write = setUsername
+    notify = receivedUsername
diff --git a/src/nim_status_client.nim b/src/nim_status_client.nim
index 445d2ca3ed..dff03d5008 100644
--- a/src/nim_status_client.nim
+++ b/src/nim_status_client.nim
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import NimQml
 import app/chat/core as chat
 import app/wallet/core as wallet
 import app/node/core as node
+import app/profile/core as profile
 import app/signals/core as signals
 import state
 import strformat
 import strutils
+import json
 import status/core as status
 import status/chat as status_chat
 import status/test as status_test
@@ -33,7 +35,11 @@ proc mainProc() =
   var appState = state.newAppState()
   echo appState.title
 
-  status_test.setupNewAccount()
+  var accounts = status_test.setupNewAccount()
+  echo "---------"
+  echo parseJSON(accounts)[0]
+  echo parseJSON(accounts)[1]
+  echo "---------"
 
   status_chat.startMessenger()
 
@@ -49,6 +55,10 @@ proc mainProc() =
   node.init()
   engine.setRootContextProperty("nodeModel", node.variant)
 
+  var profile = profile.newController()
+  profile.init(accounts)
+  engine.setRootContextProperty("profileModel", profile.variant)
+
   signalController.init()
   signalController.addSubscriber(SignalType.Wallet, wallet)
   signalController.addSubscriber(SignalType.Wallet, node)
diff --git a/src/status/test.nim b/src/status/test.nim
index 812a67804b..7a8acda94c 100644
--- a/src/status/test.nim
+++ b/src/status/test.nim
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ proc queryAccounts*(): string =
   echo response
   result = parseJson(response)["result"][0].getStr()
 
-proc setupNewAccount*() =
+proc setupNewAccount*(): string =
   # Deleting directories
   recreateDir(datadir)
   recreateDir(keystoredir)
@@ -291,12 +291,13 @@ proc setupNewAccount*() =
     }
   ]
 
-  result = $libstatus.saveAccountAndLogin($accountData, password, $settingsJSON,
+  var savedResult = $libstatus.saveAccountAndLogin($accountData, password, $settingsJSON,
       $configJSON, $subaccountData)
-  let saveResult = result.parseJson
+  let parsedSavedResult = savedResult.parseJson
 
-  if saveResult["error"].getStr == "":
+  if parsedSavedResult["error"].getStr == "":
     echo "Account saved succesfully"
+  $subaccountData
 
 proc addPeer*(peer: string): string =
   return $libstatus.addPeer(peer)
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/LeftTab.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/LeftTab.qml
index 87f307134b..be060996d0 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/LeftTab.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/LeftTab.qml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ColumnLayout {
 
                 Text {
                     id: profileName
-                    text: qsTr("Happy Extraneous Dancer")
+                    text: profileModel.username
                     anchors.top: profileImg.bottom
                     anchors.topMargin: 10
                     anchors.horizontalCenterOffset: 0