diff --git a/include/dir_fns.php b/include/dir_fns.php
index 683ed9e5b..2ed9b0280 100644
--- a/include/dir_fns.php
+++ b/include/dir_fns.php
@@ -1,6 +1,57 @@
 <?php
 
+require_once('include/permissions.php');
+
 function find_upstream_directory($dirmode) {
 	return '';
 }
 
+function syncdirs($uid) {
+
+	$p = q("select channel.channel_hash, profile.* from profile left join channel on channel_id = uid where uid = %d and is_default = 1",
+		intval($uid)
+	);
+
+	$profile = array();
+
+	if($p) {
+		$hash = $p[0]['channel_hash'];
+
+		$profile['description'] = $p[0]['pdesc'];
+		$profile['birthday']    = $p[0]['dob'];
+		$profile['gender']      = $p[0]['gender'];
+		$profile['marital']     = $p[0]['marital'];
+		$profile['sexual']      = $p[0]['sexual'];
+		$profile['locale']      = $p[0]['locality'];
+		$profile['region']      = $p[0]['region'];
+		$profile['postcode']    = $p[0]['postal_code'];
+		$profile['country']     = $p[0]['country_name'];
+		if($p[0]['keywords']) {
+			$tags = array();
+			$k = explode(' ',$p[0]['keywords']);
+			if($k)
+				foreach($k as $kk)
+					if(trim($kk))
+						$tags[] = trim($kk);
+			if($tags)
+				$profile['keywords'] = $tags;
+		}
+
+		if(perm_is_allowed($uid,'','view_profile')) {
+			import_directory_profile($hash,$profile);
+
+		}
+		else {
+			// they may have made it private
+			$r = q("delete from xprof where xprof_hash = '%s' limit 1",
+				dbesc($hash)
+			);
+			$r = q("delete from xtag where xtag_hash = '%s'",
+				dbesc($hash)
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// TODO send refresh zots to downstream directory servers
+}
+	
diff --git a/include/directory.php b/include/directory.php
index 105686ca7..d1862cb57 100644
--- a/include/directory.php
+++ b/include/directory.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function directory_run($argv, $argc){
 		$dirmode = DIRECTORY_MODE_NORMAL;
 
 	if(($dirmode == DIRECTORY_MODE_PRIMARY) || ($dirmode == DIRECTORY_MODE_STANDALONE)) {
-		// syncdirs();
+		syncdirs($argv[1]);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/zot.php b/include/zot.php
index f4568fc2f..4d3817a4f 100644
--- a/include/zot.php
+++ b/include/zot.php
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ function import_directory_profile($hash,$profile) {
 			dbesc($arr['xprof_country'])
 		);
 	}
+
 	return;
 }