diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
index f533c60a99..e5a98631d3 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
@@ -737,7 +737,15 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     onRegistered: function(credentials) {
         this.onLoggedIn(credentials);
         // do post-registration stuff
-        this.showScreen("post_registration");
+        // This now goes straight to user settings
+        // We use _setPage since if we wait for
+        // showScreen to do the dispatch loop,
+        // the showScreen dispatch will race with the
+        // sdk sync finishing and we'll probably see
+        // the page type still unset when the MatrixClient
+        // is started and show the Room Directory instead.
+        //this.showScreen("view_user_settings");
+        this._setPage(this.PageTypes.UserSettings);
     },
 
     onFinishPostRegistration: function() {