diff --git a/app/controllers/AccountController.php b/app/controllers/AccountController.php
index 6419bc2e55..5cbcfcad97 100644
--- a/app/controllers/AccountController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/AccountController.php
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 //use Firefly\Storage\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface as ARI;
 
-class AccountController extends \BaseController {
+class AccountController extends \BaseController
+{
 
 //    public function __construct(ARI $accounts) {
 //        $this->accounts = $accounts;
@@ -19,18 +20,15 @@ class AccountController extends \BaseController {
 //	}
 //
 //
-//	/**
-//	 * Show the form for creating a new resource.
-//	 *
-//	 * @return Response
-//	 */
-//	public function create()
-//	{
-//		if($this->accounts->count() == 0) {
-//            return View::make('accounts.create-first-time');
-//        }
-//        return View::make('accounts');
-//	}
+    /**
+     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
+     *
+     * @return Response
+     */
+    public function create()
+    {
+        return View::make('accounts.create');
+    }
 //
 //
 //	/**
diff --git a/app/controllers/HomeController.php b/app/controllers/HomeController.php
index a45a2627de..1e46d3ddde 100644
--- a/app/controllers/HomeController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/HomeController.php
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ class HomeController extends BaseController {
         $count = $this->accounts->count();
 		return View::make('index')->with('count',$count);
 	}
-}
+}
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diff --git a/app/controllers/MigrationController.php b/app/controllers/MigrationController.php
index 7e40a9b7b1..8e205e94ca 100644
--- a/app/controllers/MigrationController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/MigrationController.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class MigrationController extends BaseController
             if (!$this->migration->validFile()) {
                 return View::make('error')->with('message', 'Invalid JSON content.');
             }
+            $this->migration->migrate();
+            return 'busy!';
         }
 
         // then, start migrating!
diff --git a/app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Migration/MigrationHelper.php b/app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Migration/MigrationHelper.php
index 06941dfcec..a01effa954 100644
--- a/app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Migration/MigrationHelper.php
+++ b/app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Migration/MigrationHelper.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class MigrationHelper implements MigrationHelperInterface
 {
     protected $path;
     protected $JSON;
+    protected $map = [];
 
     public function loadFile($path)
     {
@@ -22,20 +23,49 @@ class MigrationHelper implements MigrationHelperInterface
     public function validFile()
     {
         // file does not exist:
-        if(!file_exists($this->path)) {
+        if (!file_exists($this->path)) {
             return false;
         }
 
         // load the content:
         $content = file_get_contents($this->path);
-        if($content === false) {
+        if ($content === false) {
             return false;
         }
 
         // parse the content
         $this->JSON = json_decode($content);
-        if(is_null($this->JSON)) {
+        if (is_null($this->JSON)) {
             return false;
         }
     }
+
+    public function migrate()
+    {
+
+        // create the accounts:
+        $this->_createAccounts();
+    }
+
+    protected function _createAccounts()
+    {
+
+        $accounts = App::make('Firefly\Storage\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface');
+
+        foreach ($this->JSON->accounts as $entry) {
+            // create account:
+            if ($entry->openingbalance == 0) {
+                $account = $accounts->store(['name' => $entry->name]);
+            } else {
+                $account = $accounts->storeWithInitialBalance(
+                    ['name' => $entry->name],
+                    new Carbon($entry->openingbalancedate),
+                    floatval($entry->openingbalance)
+                );
+            }
+            if ($account) {
+                $this->map['accounts'][$entry->id] = $account->id;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Migration/MigrationHelperInterface.php b/app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Migration/MigrationHelperInterface.php
index 867a6da119..5a45cf40f6 100644
--- a/app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Migration/MigrationHelperInterface.php
+++ b/app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Migration/MigrationHelperInterface.php
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ interface MigrationHelperInterface
 
     public function validFile();
 
+    public function migrate();
+
 } 
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diff --git a/app/routes.php b/app/routes.php
index ebeba61e2e..b6f5bbc517 100644
--- a/app/routes.php
+++ b/app/routes.php
@@ -1,24 +1,51 @@
 <?php
 
-// basic home views:
-Route::get('/', ['uses' => 'HomeController@index','as' => 'index','before' => 'auth']);
+// protected routes:
+Route::group(['before' => 'auth'], function () {
 
-// login, register, logout:
-Route::get('/login',['uses' => 'UserController@login','as' => 'login','before' => 'guest']);
-Route::get('/register',['uses' => 'UserController@register','as' => 'register','before' => 'guest']);
-Route::get('/verify/{verification}',['uses' => 'UserController@verify','as' => 'verify','before' => 'guest']);
-Route::get('/reset/{reset}',['uses' => 'UserController@reset','as' => 'reset','before' => 'guest']);
-Route::get('/logout',['uses' => 'UserController@logout','as' => 'logout','before' => 'auth']);
-Route::get('/remindme',['uses' => 'UserController@remindme','as' => 'remindme','before' => 'guest']);
-Route::post('/login',['uses' => 'UserController@postLogin','before' => 'csrf|guest']);
-Route::post('/register',['uses' => 'UserController@postRegister','before' => 'csrf|guest']);
-Route::post('/remindme',['uses' => 'UserController@postRemindme','before' => 'csrf|guest']);
+        // home controller
+        Route::get('/', ['uses' => 'HomeController@index', 'as' => 'index']);
 
-// profile (after login / logout)
-Route::get('/profile',['uses' => 'ProfileController@index','as' => 'profile','before' => 'auth']);
-Route::get('/profile/change-password',['uses' => 'ProfileController@changePassword','as' => 'change-password','before' => 'auth']);
-Route::post('/profile/change-password',['uses' => 'ProfileController@postChangePassword','before' => 'csrf|auth']);
+        // user controller
+        Route::get('/logout', ['uses' => 'UserController@logout', 'as' => 'logout']);
 
-// migrate controller:
-Route::get('/migrate',['uses' => 'MigrationController@index','as' => 'migrate','before' => 'auth']);
-Route::post('/migrate',['uses' => 'MigrationController@postIndex','before' => 'csrf|auth']);
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+        //profile controller
+        Route::get('/profile', ['uses' => 'ProfileController@index', 'as' => 'profile']);
+        Route::get('/profile/change-password',['uses' => 'ProfileController@changePassword', 'as' => 'change-password']);
+
+        // migration controller
+        Route::get('/migrate', ['uses' => 'MigrationController@index', 'as' => 'migrate']);
+    }
+);
+
+// protected + csrf routes
+Route::group(['before' => 'csrf|auth'], function () {
+        // profile controller
+        Route::post('/profile/change-password', ['uses' => 'ProfileController@postChangePassword']);
+
+        // migration controller
+        Route::post('/migrate', ['uses' => 'MigrationController@postIndex']);
+
+    }
+);
+
+// guest routes:
+Route::group(['before' => 'csrf|auth'], function () {
+        // user controller
+        Route::get('/login', ['uses' => 'UserController@login', 'as' => 'login']);
+        Route::get('/register', ['uses' => 'UserController@register', 'as' => 'register']);
+        Route::get('/verify/{verification}', ['uses' => 'UserController@verify', 'as' => 'verify']);
+        Route::get('/reset/{reset}', ['uses' => 'UserController@reset', 'as' => 'reset']);
+        Route::get('/remindme', ['uses' => 'UserController@remindme', 'as' => 'remindme']);
+    }
+);
+
+// guest + csrf routes:
+Route::group(['before' => 'csrf|guest'], function () {
+
+        // user controller
+        Route::post('/login', ['uses' => 'UserController@postLogin']);
+        Route::post('/register', ['uses' => 'UserController@postRegister']);
+        Route::post('/remindme', ['uses' => 'UserController@postRemindme']);
+    }
+);
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