diff --git a/djangoldp_profile/models.py b/djangoldp_profile/models.py
index 9019d9e985c48fd304b36322a5c56516e63ae900..1956dd4a597bb746791967defc3da8b1b266cbd1 100644
--- a/djangoldp_profile/models.py
+++ b/djangoldp_profile/models.py
@@ -64,12 +64,7 @@ class Profile(Model):
     website = models.URLField(blank=True)
     address = models.ForeignKey(Address, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="profile", blank=True, null=True)
     skills = models.ManyToManyField(Skill, blank=True)
-
-    def jabberID(self):
-        try:
-            return self.user.chatProfile.jabberID
-        except:
-            return None
+    jabberID = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
 
     def name(self):
         try:
@@ -125,7 +120,10 @@ class Profile(Model):
 @receiver(post_save, sender=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
 def create_user_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
     if created:
-        Profile.objects.create(user=instance, slug=instance.username)
+        profile = Profile.objects.create(user=instance, slug=instance.username)
+        if not Model.is_external(instance) and settings.JABBER_DEFAULT_HOST:
+            profile.jabberID = '{}@{}'.format(instance.username, settings.JABBER_DEFAULT_HOST)
+            profile.save()
     else:
         try:
             instance.profile.slug = instance.username