diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23fdadbbc..c1acccabb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ doc/
 .project
 .DS_Store
 .idea
+*.iml
diff --git a/app/views/jam_ruby/users/_user.html.erb b/app/views/jam_ruby/users/_user.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25a8cbb95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/jam_ruby/users/_user.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<li>
+  <%= gravatar_for user, size: 52 %>
+  <%= link_to user.name, user %>
+  <% if current_user.admin? && !current_user?(user) %>
+    | <%= link_to "delete", user, method: :delete,
+                                  data: { confirm: "You sure?" } %>
+  <% end %>
+</li>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index deabca282..d2d80d14c 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -64,5 +64,8 @@ module SampleApp
 
     # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets
     config.assets.version = '1.0'
+
+    # Runs the websocket gateway within the web app
+    config.run_websocket_gateway = true
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/websocket_gateway.rb b/config/initializers/websocket_gateway.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74553e483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/websocket_gateway.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+# if we are instructed to start the websocket gateway, do so
+if Rails.application.config.run_websocket_gateway
+  puts "starting websocket gateway..."
+
+  puts "not really..."
+end