diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/User/SpecialState.pm b/lib/WebGUI/User/SpecialState.pm
index 21dbdbf..82b3673 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/User/SpecialState.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/User/SpecialState.pm
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ sub addSpecialState {
     my $self    = shift;
     my $state   = shift || croak 'state is required';
     my $id      = shift;
+    my $db      = $self->session->db;
+
+    $db->write( 'delete from users_specialState where userId=? and specialState=?', [
+        $self->getId,
+        $state,
+    ] );
+
+    $db->write( 'insert into users_specialState (userId, specialState) values (?,?)', [
+        $self->getId,
+        $state,
+    ] );
 
     return;
 }
@@ -40,7 +51,13 @@ sub removeSpecialState {
     my $self    = shift;
     my $state   = shift || croak 'state is required';
     my $id      = shift;
+    my $db      = $self->session->db;
 
+    $db->write( 'delete from users_specialState where userId=? and specialState=?', [
+        $self->getId,
+        $state,
+    ] );
+    
     return;
 }
 
diff --git a/sbin/install_newsletter.pl b/sbin/install_newsletter.pl
index cf9ec95..5a75065 100644
--- a/sbin/install_newsletter.pl
+++ b/sbin/install_newsletter.pl
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ addPluginsToConfigFile( $session );
 addTemplateColumnToNewsletterCollection( $session );
 addRecentColumnToNewsletterCollection( $session );
 renamespaceTemplates( $session );
+addSpecialStateTable( $session );
 
 finish($session);
 
@@ -255,6 +256,23 @@ sub renamespaceTemplates {
     print "Done.\n";
 }
 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub addSpecialStateTable {
+    my $session = shift;
+
+    print "\tAdding special state table...";
+
+    $session->db->write( <<EOSQL );
+        create table if not exists users_specialState (
+            userId          char(22) binary not null,
+            specialState    char(30) not null,
+            primary key     ( userId, specialState )
+        )
+EOSQL
+
+    print "Done.\n";
+}
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub start {
     my $webguiRoot  = shift;