diff --git a/app/controllers/shoutmsgs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/shoutmsgs_controller.rb
index 041116c..395328a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/shoutmsgs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/shoutmsgs_controller.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class ShoutmsgsController < ApplicationController
 
   def create
     @shoutmsg = Shoutmsg.new params[:shoutmsg]
+    puts @shoutmsg
     @shoutmsg.user = cuser
     raise AccessError unless @shoutmsg.can_create? cuser
 
diff --git a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5912530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# == Schema Information
+#
+# Table name: issues
+#
+#  id          :integer          not null, primary key
+#  title       :string(255)
+#  status      :integer
+#  assigned_id :integer
+#  category_id :integer
+#  text        :text
+#  author_id   :integer
+#  created_at  :datetime
+#  updated_at  :datetime
+#  solution    :text
+#  text_parsed :text
+#
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'User' do
+	describe 'Permissions' do
+		let!(:user) { create :user }
+		let!(:admin) { create :user, :admin }
+		let(:issue) { Issue.new }
+
+		describe 'can_show?' do
+			it 'returns true for author' do
+				issue.author = user
+				expect(issue.can_show? user).to be_true
+			end
+			it 'returns true for admin' do
+				expect(issue.can_show? admin).to be_true
+			end
+			it 'returns false if neither admin nor author' do
+				expect(issue.can_show? user).to be_false
+			end
+		end
+		describe 'can_create? is weird and broken' do
+			it "returns true if no params" do
+				expect(issue.can_create? user).to be_true
+			end
+			it 'returns false if no params' do
+				expect(issue.can_create? user, {foo: "bar"}).to be_false
+			end
+		end
+		describe 'can_update?' do
+			it 'returns true for admin' do
+				expect(issue.can_update? admin).to be_true
+			end
+			it 'returns false for non-admin' do
+				expect(issue.can_update? user).to be_false
+			end
+		end
+		describe 'can_destroy?' do
+			it 'returns true for admin' do
+				expect(issue.can_destroy? admin).to be_true
+			end
+			it 'returns false for non-admin' do
+				expect(issue.can_destroy? user).to be_false
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end 
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