diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 6de18a7..7c9c981 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validate :provider, :presence => true
   validate :uid, :presence => true
+  validate :nickname, :presence => true
 
   def self.create_with_omniauth(auth)
     create! do |user|
       user.provider   = auth["provider"]
       user.uid        = auth["uid"]
+      user.nickname   = auth["info"]["nickname"]
       user.name       = auth["info"]["name"]
       user.avatar_url = OauthHelper.get_avatar_url(auth)
     end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20120226184448_add_nickname_column_to_users_table.rb b/db/migrate/20120226184448_add_nickname_column_to_users_table.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c6768e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20120226184448_add_nickname_column_to_users_table.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddNicknameColumnToUsersTable < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :users, :nickname, :string, :null => false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 8dbb0a6..32ad090 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120225124004) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120226184448) do
 
   create_table "asciicasts", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id"
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120225124004) do
     t.string   "avatar_url"
     t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
     t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
+    t.string   "nickname",   :null => false
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["provider", "uid"], :name => "index_users_on_provider_and_uid", :unique => true
diff --git a/spec/factories/users.rb b/spec/factories/users.rb
index feaf367..0739cd2 100644
--- a/spec/factories/users.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/users.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
   factory :user do
     provider "twitter"
     uid "1234"
+    nickname "mrFoo"
     email nil
-    name "foo"
+    name nil
     avatar_url nil
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 5a78037..5ebde8c 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ describe User do
   describe ".create_with_omniauth" do
     let(:uid)      { "123" }
     let(:provider) { "twitter" }
-    let(:name)     { "foo" }
+    let(:nickname) { "foo" }
+    let(:name)     { "Foo Bar" }
 
     let(:auth) do
       {
         "provider" => provider,
         "uid" => uid,
         "info" => {
-          "name" => name }
+          "name" => name,
+          "nickname" => nickname }
       }
     end
 
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ describe User do
       user = User.create_with_omniauth(auth)
       user.provider.should == provider
       user.uid.should == uid
+      user.nickname.should == nickname
       user.name.should == name
       user.avatar_url.should be_nil
     end