diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/user.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/user.coffee
index 7b4cf4fb..589c517b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/user.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/user.coffee
@@ -43,3 +43,24 @@ $(document).on "click", "button[name=user-action]", ->
             btn[0].dataset.action = 'follow'
             btn.attr 'class', 'btn btn-primary btn-block profile--follow-btn'
             btn.html 'Follow'
+
+
+# report user
+$(document).on "click", "a[data-action=report-user]", (ev) ->
+  ev.preventDefault()
+  btn = $(this)
+  target = btn[0].dataset.target
+  if confirm "Are you sure you want to report #{target}?"
+    $.ajax
+      url: '/ajax/report'
+      type: 'POST'
+      data:
+        id: target
+        type: 'user'
+      success: (data, status, jqxhr) ->
+        showNotification data.message, data.success
+      error: (jqxhr, status, error) ->
+        console.log jqxhr, status, error
+        showNotification "An error occurred, a developer should check the console for details", false
+      complete: (jqxhr, status) ->
+        btn.button "reset"
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diff --git a/app/controllers/ajax/report_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ajax/report_controller.rb
index ee03a461..bea0dcc5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ajax/report_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/ajax/report_controller.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ class Ajax::ReportController < ApplicationController
       return
     end
 
-    object = params[:type].strip.capitalize.constantize.find params[:id]
+    object = if params[:type] == 'user'
+               User.find_by_screen_name params[:id]
+             else
+               params[:type].strip.capitalize.constantize.find params[:id]
+             end
+
 
     if object.nil?
       @message = "Could not find #{params[:type]}"
diff --git a/app/views/user/_actions.html.haml b/app/views/user/_actions.html.haml
index 099a1ed6..2ede6102 100644
--- a/app/views/user/_actions.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/user/_actions.html.haml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
               %i.fa.fa-minus-circle
               Block
         %li
-          %a{href: '#', name: 'user-action', data: { action: :report, type: type, target: user.screen_name }}
+          %a{href: '#', data: { action: 'report-user', target: user.screen_name }}
             %i.fa.fa-exclamation-triangle
             Report
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