diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm
index bc2a48035..84a87d01f 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Session.pm
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ sub _setupSessionVars {
 			WebGUI::SQL->write("update userSession set lastPageView="._time().", lastIP='$session{env}{REMOTE_ADDR}', 
 				expires=".(_time()+$session{setting}{sessionTimeout})." where sessionId='$_[0]'");
 		} else {
-			start(1,$_[0]);
+			$vars{sessionId} = start(1,$_[0]);
                 }
 	}
 	$session{var} = \%vars;
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ sub start {
                 -path=>'/'
                 );
 	refreshSessionVars($sessionId);
+	return $sessionId;
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
index e7f44131e..60aee579f 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ These methods are available from this class:
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub _create {
-	my ($userId);
-	$userId = WebGUI::Id::generate();
+	my $userId = shift || WebGUI::Id::generate();
 	WebGUI::SQL->write("insert into users (userId,dateCreated) values (".quote($userId).",".time().")");
 	WebGUI::Grouping::addUsersToGroups([$userId],[2,7]);
         return $userId;
@@ -218,13 +217,17 @@ sub lastUpdated {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-=head2 new ( userId )
+=head2 new ( userId [, overrideId ] )
 
 Constructor.
 
 =head3 userId 
 
-The userId of the user you're creating an object reference for. If left blank it will default to "1" (Visitor). If specified as "new" then a new user account will be created and assigned the next available userId.
+The userId of the user you're creating an object reference for. If left blank it will default to "1" (Visitor). If specified as "new" then a new user account will be created and assigned the next available userId. 
+
+=head3 overrideId
+
+A unique ID to use instead of the ID that WebGUI will generate for you. It must be absolutely unique and can be up to 22 alpha numeric characters long.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -233,7 +236,8 @@ sub new {
 	tie %user, 'Tie::CPHash';
         $class = shift;
         $userId = shift || 1;
-	$userId = _create() if ($userId eq "new");
+	my $overrideId = shift;
+        $userId = _create($overrideId) if ($userId eq "new");
 	%user = WebGUI::SQL->quickHash("select * from users where userId=".quote($userId));
 	%profile = WebGUI::SQL->buildHash("select userProfileField.fieldName, userProfileData.fieldData 
 		from userProfileField, userProfileData where userProfileField.fieldName=userProfileData.fieldName and 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/WSClient.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/WSClient.pm
index 795867973..b0f2a609a 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/WSClient.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/WSClient.pm
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ sub www_view {
    if ($self->get('preprocessMacros')) {
       $call = WebGUI::Macro::process($self->get("callMethod"));
       $param_str = WebGUI::Macro::process($self->get("params"));
+    } else {
+       $call        = $self->get('callMethod');
+       $param_str   = $self->get('params');
    }
 
    # see if we can shortcircuit this whole process
diff --git a/sbin/userImport.pl b/sbin/userImport.pl
index bc76698e7..2008bf6f0 100644
--- a/sbin/userImport.pl
+++ b/sbin/userImport.pl
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ Special Cases:
 
 	-Blank lines will be ignored.
 
+	-If userId is specified for an import record, that userId
+        be used instead of generating one.
+
 STOP
 	exit;
 }
@@ -222,13 +225,16 @@ while(<FILE>) {
 
 		# process user
 		my ($duplicate) = WebGUI::SQL->quickArray("select count(*) from users where username=".quote($user{username}));
+		my ($duplicateId) = WebGUI::SQL->quickArray("select count(*) from users where userId=".quote($user{userId})) if $user{userId};
   		if ($user{username} eq "") {
     			print "Skipping line $lineNumber.\n" unless ($quiet);
 		} elsif ($duplicate) {
 			print "User $user{username} already exists. Skipping.\n" unless ($quiet);
+		} elsif ($duplicateId) {
+                        print "ID $user{userId} already exists. Skipping.\n" unless ($quiet);
 		} else {
     			print "Adding user $user{username}\n" unless ($quiet);
-			my $u = WebGUI::User->new("new");
+			my $u = WebGUI::User->new("new", $user{userId});
 			$u->username($user{username});
 			$u->authMethod($user{authMethod});
 			$u->status($user{status});