diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Affiliate.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Affiliate.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2e4ce6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Affiliate.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package WebGUI::Affiliate;
+
+=head1 LEGAL
+                                                                                                                                                             
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2003 Plain Black LLC.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+  (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+  this software.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+                                                                                                                                                             
+=cut
+
+
+
+use WebGUI::Session;
+use WebGUI::SQL;
+use WebGUI::User;
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub grabReferral {
+	if ($session{user}{userId} != 1 && $session{user}{referringAffiliate} > 0) {
+		return "";
+	} elsif ($session{user}{userId} != 1 && $session{user}{referringAffiliate} == 0) {
+		my $u = WebGUI::User->new($session{user}{userId});
+		$u->referringAffiliate($session{scratch}{referringAffiliate});
+		WebGUI::Session::deleteScratch("referringAffiliate");
+	} elsif ($session{form}{affiliateId} ne "") {
+		WebGUI::Session::setScratch("referringAffiliate",$session{form}{affiliateId});
+	}
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
index 01d853149..82c3fe1cd 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ sub profileField {
 
 =head2 referringAffiliate ( [ value ] )
 
-Returns the unique identifier of the affiliate the referred this user to the site. 
+Returns the unique identifier of the affiliate that referred this user to the site. 
 
 =over