diff --git a/src/objects/managers/object.py b/src/objects/managers/object.py
index a188cb4aa8..29263a4e3b 100644
--- a/src/objects/managers/object.py
+++ b/src/objects/managers/object.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class ObjectManager(models.Manager):
 
         # Rooms have a NULL location.
         if not new_object.is_room():
-            new_object.move_to(odat['location'])
+            new_object.move_to(odat['location'], force_look=False)
         
         return new_object
 
@@ -298,8 +298,6 @@ class ObjectManager(models.Manager):
         """
         Handles the creation of new users.
         """
-        session = command.session
-        server = command.server
         start_room = int(ConfigValue.objects.get_configvalue('player_dbnum_start'))
         start_room_obj = self.get_object_from_dbref(start_room)
 
@@ -318,7 +316,7 @@ class ObjectManager(models.Manager):
         # It stinks to have to do this but it's the only trivial way now.
         user.save()
         # Update the session to use the newly created User object's ID.
-        session.uid = user.id
+        command.session.uid = user.id
         
         # We can't use the user model to change the id because of the way keys
         # are handled, so we actually need to fall back to raw SQL. Boo hiss.
@@ -338,9 +336,9 @@ class ObjectManager(models.Manager):
         user_object = self.create_object(odat)
 
         # Activate the player's session and set them loose.
-        session.login(user)
-        print 'Registration: %s' % (session,)
-        session.msg("Welcome to %s, %s.\n\r" % (
+        command.session.login(user)
+        print 'Registration: %s' % (command.session, user_object.get_name())
+        user_object.emit_to("Welcome to %s, %s.\n\r" % (
             ConfigValue.objects.get_configvalue('site_name'), 
-            session.get_pobject().get_name(show_dbref=False)))
-        session.add_default_channels()
\ No newline at end of file
+            user_object.get_name(show_dbref=False)))
+        command.session.add_default_channels()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/objects/models.py b/src/objects/models.py
index 9bd50b86d9..95008f75a5 100755
--- a/src/objects/models.py
+++ b/src/objects/models.py
@@ -861,8 +861,9 @@ class Object(models.Model):
             self.get_location().emit_to_contents(arrival_message, exclude=self)
             if self.location.is_player():
                 self.location.emit_to("%s is now in your inventory." % (self.get_name()))
-        
-        self.execute_cmd('look')
+                
+        if force_look:
+            self.execute_cmd('look')
         
     def dbref_match(self, oname):
         """