diff --git a/client/src/components/UserUpdate.js b/client/src/components/UserUpdate.js
index dcc43b4f1..5e5dda9d6 100644
--- a/client/src/components/UserUpdate.js
+++ b/client/src/components/UserUpdate.js
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ console.log("component will  UNmount");
     	    if (this.defaultValuesSet === false)
     	    {
             let user = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("loggedInUser"));
+            console.log("user", user);
   	        this.defaultValuesSet= true;
   	        this.refs.firstName.value = user.alias;
             console.log("setting defaults");
diff --git a/server/schema/schema.js b/server/schema/schema.js
index 75a35857c..05faf6b05 100644
--- a/server/schema/schema.js
+++ b/server/schema/schema.js
@@ -360,6 +360,20 @@ try {
 
           */
 
+          /* The user can sign up with many different possible social accounts. Currently this module only supports Github only. */
+
+          let authArray = authId.split("|");
+          let socialAccountProvider = authArray[0];
+
+          if(socialAccountProvider !== 'github') {
+
+            if (global.ERROR_LOG === true) { console.log("[ERROR] " + MODULE_NAME + " -> authenticate -> onValidated -> onUserFound -> Social Account Provider not Supoorted. "); }
+            if (global.ERROR_LOG === true) { console.log("[ERROR] " + MODULE_NAME + " -> authenticate -> onValidated -> onUserFound -> socialAccountProvider = " + socialAccountProvider); }
+
+            callBackFunction(global.DEFAULT_FAIL_RESPONSE, { error: err });
+            return;
+          }
+
            let newUser = new User({
              alias: alias,
              authId: authId,