diff --git a/amanuensis/cli.py b/amanuensis/cli.py
index 0b40807..362acc3 100644
--- a/amanuensis/cli.py
+++ b/amanuensis/cli.py
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ def command_init(args):
 		os.mkdir(os.path.join(cfd, "lexicon"))
 	if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(cfd, "user")):
 		os.mkdir(os.path.join(cfd, "user"))
+	if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(cfd, 'user', 'index.json')):
+		with open(os.path.join(cfd, 'user', 'index.json'), 'w') as f:
+			json.dump({}, f)
 
 @no_argument
 def command_generate_secret(args):
@@ -132,6 +135,9 @@ def command_user_add(args):
 	if not user.valid_username(args.username):
 		config.logger.error("Invalid username: usernames may only contain alphanumeric characters, dashes, and underscores")
 		return -1
+	if user.get_user_by_username(args.username) is not None:
+		config.logger.error("Invalid username: username is already taken")
+		return -1
 	if not args.displayname:
 		args.displayname = args.username
 	if not args.email:
@@ -140,9 +146,10 @@ def command_user_add(args):
 		config.logger.error("Invalid email")
 		return -1
 	# Create user
-	new_user = user.create_user(args.username, args.displayname, args.email)
+	new_user, tmp_pw = user.create_user(args.username, args.displayname, args.email)
 	with config.json_ro(new_user.config) as js:
 		print(json.dumps(js, indent=2))
+	print("Username: {}\nUser ID:  {}\nPassword: {}".format(args.username, new_user.uid, tmp_pw))
 
 @no_argument
 def command_user_list(args):
diff --git a/amanuensis/config/__init__.py b/amanuensis/config/__init__.py
index e48d15c..6f7142f 100644
--- a/amanuensis/config/__init__.py
+++ b/amanuensis/config/__init__.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def new_user(user_json):
 		json.dump(user_json, f, allow_nan=False, indent='\t')
 	# Ensure index exists
 	if not os.path.isdir(prepend('user', 'index.json')):
-		with open_ex(prepend('user', 'index.json'), 'w') as f:
+		with open_ex(os.path.join('user', 'index.json'), 'w') as f:
 			json.dump({}, f)
 	# Update index
 	with json_rw('user', 'index.json') as j:
diff --git a/amanuensis/user.py b/amanuensis/user.py
index 117aa1e..f1935e5 100644
--- a/amanuensis/user.py
+++ b/amanuensis/user.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def valid_email(email):
 def create_user(username, displayname, email):
 	uid = uuid.uuid4().hex
 	now = int(time.time())
+	temp_pw = os.urandom(32).hex()
 	user_json = {
 		'uid': uid,
 		'username': username,
@@ -43,9 +44,12 @@ def create_user(username, displayname, email):
 		'email': email,
 		'password': None,
 		'created': now,
+		'newPasswordRequired': True,
 	}
 	config.new_user(user_json)
-	return User(uid)
+	u = User(uid)
+	u.set_password(temp_pw)
+	return u, temp_pw
 
 def get_user_by_username(username):
 	with config.json_ro('user', 'index.json') as index: