diff --git a/angular_app/js/controllers.js b/angular_app/js/controllers.js
index e4271b7..ce0f464 100644
--- a/angular_app/js/controllers.js
+++ b/angular_app/js/controllers.js
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ eventManControllers.controller('PersonDetailsCtrl', ['$scope', '$routeParams', '
     function ($scope, $routeParams, Person) {
         if ($routeParams.id) {
             $scope.person = Person.get($routeParams);
-            /* Action.get({person_id: $routeParams.id}, function(data) {
-                $scope.actions = angular.fromJson(data).actions;
-            }); */
         }
         // store a new Person or update an existing one
         $scope.save = function() {
diff --git a/angular_app/js/services.js b/angular_app/js/services.js
index b6ff1be..e9b4c7b 100644
--- a/angular_app/js/services.js
+++ b/angular_app/js/services.js
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
 /* Services that are used to interact with the backend. */
 var eventManServices = angular.module('eventManServices', ['ngResource']);
 
-/*
-eventManServices.factory('Action', ['$resource',
-    function($resource) {
-        return $resource('actions');
-    }]
-);
-*/
 
 eventManServices.factory('Event', ['$resource',
     function($resource) {
diff --git a/backend.py b/backend.py
index 5eb4867..651f79f 100644
--- a/backend.py
+++ b/backend.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class EventManDB(object):
         ret = db[collection].update(data, {'$set': data}, upsert=True)
         return ret['updatedExisting']
 
-    def update(self, collection, _id_or_query, data, operator='$set'):
+    def update(self, collection, _id_or_query, data, operator='$set', create=True):
         """Update an existing document.
 
         :param collection: update a document in this collection
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class EventManDB(object):
         if '_id' in data:
             del data['_id']
         res = db[collection].find_and_modify(query=_id_or_query,
-                update={operator: data}, full_response=True, new=True,upsert=True)
+                update={operator: data}, full_response=True, new=True, upsert=create)
         lastErrorObject = res.get('lastErrorObject') or {}
         return lastErrorObject.get('updatedExisting', False), res.get('value') or {}
 
diff --git a/eventman_server.py b/eventman_server.py
index 078f9b1..3b8f3e7 100755
--- a/eventman_server.py
+++ b/eventman_server.py
@@ -97,44 +97,12 @@ class PersonsHandler(CollectionHandler):
     """Handle requests for Persons."""
     collection = 'persons'
     object_id = 'person_id'
-    connect_to = 'events'
-    connect_id = 'event_id'
-
-    def _handle_actions(self, id_, action=None, **kwds):
-        print id_, kwds
-        self.request.arguments
-        query = {self.object_id: self.db.toID(id_)}
-        if action:
-            query['action'] = action
-        actions = self.db.query('actions', query)
-        
-        return {self.connect_to: results}
-
-    def handle_registered(self, id_, **kwds):
-        return self._handle_actions(id_, 'registered', **kwds)
 
 
 class EventsHandler(CollectionHandler):
     """Handle requests for Events."""
     collection = 'events'
     object_id = 'event_id'
-    connect_to = 'persons'
-    connect_id = 'person_id'
-
-
-class ActionsHandler(CollectionHandler):
-    """Handle requests for Actions."""
-    collection = 'actions'
-    object_id = 'action_id'
-
-    def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        params = self.request.arguments or {}
-        if 'event_id' in params:
-            params['event_id'] = self.db.toID(params['event_id'][0])
-        if 'person_id' in params:
-            params['person_id'] = self.db.toID(params['person_id'][0])
-        data = self.db.query(self.collection, params)
-        self.write({'actions': data})
 
 
 class EbCSVImportPersonsHandler(BaseHandler):
@@ -220,7 +188,6 @@ def run():
     application = tornado.web.Application([
             (r"/persons/?(?P<id_>\w+)?/?(?P<resource>\w+)?", PersonsHandler, init_params),
             (r"/events/?(?P<id_>\w+)?", EventsHandler, init_params),
-            (r"/actions/?.*", ActionsHandler, init_params),
             (r"/(?:index.html)?", RootHandler, init_params),
             (r"/ebcsvpersons", EbCSVImportPersonsHandler, init_params),
             (r'/(.*)', tornado.web.StaticFileHandler, {"path": "angular_app"})