diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsManager.coffee
index 9165678070..003a59de2d 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Analytics/AnalyticsManager.coffee
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ makeRequest = (opts, callback)->
 
 module.exports =
 
-	idendifyUser: (user_id, old_user_id, callback)->
+	idendifyUser: (user_id, old_user_id, callback = (error)->)->
 		opts =
 			body:
 				old_user_id:old_user_id
 			json:true
 			method:"POST"
 			timeout:1000
-			url: "/user/#{user_id}/idendify"	
+			url: "/user/#{user_id}/identify"
+		makeRequest opts, callback
 
 	recordEvent: (user_id, event, segmentation = {}, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		if user_id+"" == settings.smokeTest?.userId+""
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
index 485b046a85..b78afef5fb 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.coffee
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ module.exports = AuthenticationController =
 					LoginRateLimiter.recordSuccessfulLogin(email)
 					AuthenticationController._recordSuccessfulLogin(user._id)
 					Analytics.recordEvent(user._id, "user-logged-in", {ip:req.ip})
+					Analytics.idendifyUser(user._id, req.sessionID)
 					logger.log email: email, user_id: user._id.toString(), "successful log in"
 					req.session.justLoggedIn = true
 					# capture the request ip for use when creating the session
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Authentication/AuthenticationControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Authentication/AuthenticationControllerTests.coffee
index 94e930c7b1..6230696d99 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Authentication/AuthenticationControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Authentication/AuthenticationControllerTests.coffee
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ describe "AuthenticationController", ->
 				@cb = sinon.stub()
 				@LoginRateLimiter.processLoginRequest.callsArgWith(1, null, true)
 				@AuthenticationManager.authenticate = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @user)
+				@req.sessionID = Math.random()
+				@AnalyticsManager.idendifyUser = sinon.stub()
 				@AuthenticationController.doPassportLogin(@req, @req.body.email, @req.body.password, @cb)
 
 			it "should attempt to authorise the user", ->
@@ -261,6 +263,9 @@ describe "AuthenticationController", ->
 					.calledWith(email: @email.toLowerCase(), @password)
 					.should.equal true
 
+			it "should call idendifyUser", ->
+				@AnalyticsManager.idendifyUser.calledWith(@user._id, @req.sessionID).should.equal true
+
 			it "should setup the user data in the background", ->
 				@UserHandler.setupLoginData.calledWith(@user).should.equal true