diff --git a/core/client/controllers/settings/users/user.js b/core/client/controllers/settings/users/user.js
index e451234717..6821aab54c 100644
--- a/core/client/controllers/settings/users/user.js
+++ b/core/client/controllers/settings/users/user.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import SlugGenerator from 'ghost/models/slug-generator';
-import boundOneWay from 'ghost/utils/bound-one-way';
 
 var SettingsUserController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
 
+    _lastSlug: null,
+
+    updateLastSlug: Ember.observer(function () {
+        this.set('_lastSlug', this.get('user.slug'));
+    }),
+
     user: Ember.computed.alias('model'),
 
     email: Ember.computed.readOnly('user.email'),
@@ -55,8 +60,6 @@ var SettingsUserController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
         });
     }),
 
-    slugValue: boundOneWay('user.slug'),
-
     actions: {
         changeRole: function (newRole) {
             this.set('model.role', newRole);
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ var SettingsUserController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
         },
 
         updateSlug: function (newSlug) {
-            var slug = this.get('user.slug'),
+            var slug = this.get('_lastSlug'),
                 self = this;
 
             newSlug = newSlug || slug;
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ var SettingsUserController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
                     }
                 }
 
-                self.set('user.slug', serverSlug);
+                self.set('_lastSlug', serverSlug);
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/client/templates/settings/users/user.hbs b/core/client/templates/settings/users/user.hbs
index 45432448a3..a317f74585 100644
--- a/core/client/templates/settings/users/user.hbs
+++ b/core/client/templates/settings/users/user.hbs
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
             <div class="form-group">
                 <label for="user-slug">Slug</label>
                 {{!-- {{input value=user.slug id="user-slug" placeholder="Slug" autocorrect="off"}} --}}
-                {{gh-blur-input class="user-name" id="user-slug" value=slugValue name="user" action="updateSlug" placeholder="Slug" selectOnClick="true" autocorrect="off"}}
-                <p>{{gh-blog-url}}/author/{{slugValue}}</p>
+                {{gh-blur-input class="user-name" id="user-slug" value=user.slug name="user" action="updateSlug" placeholder="Slug" selectOnClick="true" autocorrect="off"}}
+                <p>{{gh-blog-url}}/author/{{user.slug}}</p>
             </div>
 
             <div class="form-group">