diff --git a/portal/connect_api.py b/portal/connect_api.py
index 4b73075..cf66f66 100644
--- a/portal/connect_api.py
+++ b/portal/connect_api.py
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ def domain_name_edgecase():
         domain_name = "cms.ci-connect.net"
     elif "af" in domain_name:
         domain_name = "af.uchicago.edu"
+    elif "test" in domain_name:
+        domain_name = "www-test.ci-connect.net"
     elif "uchicago" in domain_name:
         domain_name = "psdconnect.uchicago.edu"
     elif "snowmass21" in domain_name:
diff --git a/portal/static/img/www-test-logo.png b/portal/static/img/www-test-logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a07bda1
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diff --git a/portal/templates/base.html b/portal/templates/base.html
index ab25e5a..faad480 100644
--- a/portal/templates/base.html
+++ b/portal/templates/base.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en">
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-    <meta name="description" content="CI Connect Portal, Effiently connect your science to cycles and data">
+    <meta name="description" content="CI Connect Portal">
     <meta name="author" content="Jeremy Van">
 
     {# Favicons for Connect #}
diff --git a/portal/templates/home.html b/portal/templates/home.html
index a0d8910..8adceb9 100644
--- a/portal/templates/home.html
+++ b/portal/templates/home.html
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ <h5 class="section-description" id="{{collab['name']}}"></h5>
   document.getElementById("home-brand").src="{{url_for('static', filename='img/spt-logo.jpg')}}";
 } else if(String(hostname).includes('af.uchicago')){
   document.getElementById("home-brand").src="{{url_for('static', filename='img/atlas-af-logo.png')}}";
+} else if(String(hostname).includes('test')){
+  document.getElementById("home-brand").src="{{url_for('static', filename='img/www-test-logo.png')}}";
 } else if(String(hostname).includes('snowmass21')){
   document.getElementById("home-brand").src="{{url_for('static', filename='img/snowmass-connect-logo.png')}}";
 } else if(String(hostname).includes('psdconnect') || String(hostname).includes('uchicago')){
diff --git a/portal/templates/profile.html b/portal/templates/profile.html
index f5161ba..81761c1 100644
--- a/portal/templates/profile.html
+++ b/portal/templates/profile.html
@@ -105,8 +105,53 @@ <h1>Profile</h1>
           </div>
 
         </div>
-      </div>
+      </div> <!-- inner row -->
     </div> <!-- row -->
+    {% if profile['totp_secret'] %}
+    <br>
+    <div class="row"> <!-- MFA card begin -->
+      <div class="col-lg-12 mx-auto">
+        <div class="row">
+          <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-6">
+            <div class="card h-100 btn-box-shadow ">
+              <div class="card-header">
+                <b>Multi-Factor Authentication</b> <i class="fas fa-user-secret float-right"></i>
+		<div id="accordionTwo" role="tablist" aria-multiselectable="true">
+		</div>
+		  <div class="card panel panel-info resource-profile" style="margin: 1em;">
+		    <div class="card-header panel-title" role="tab" id="heading">
+		      <h6 class="mb-0">
+			<a class="collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordionTwo" href="#collapseFour" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="collapse">
+			  Setup Information<i class="fa fa-info-circle pull-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+			</a>
+		      </h6>
+		    </div>
+		    <div id="collapseFour" class="collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading">
+		    <!-- TODO: Put information here -->
+		      <div class="card-block panel-body disabled" style="font-size: 14px">
+			<ol>
+			  <li>Download the Google Authenticator application:
+			    <ul>
+			    <li> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator2"> Android </a> </li>
+			    <li> <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-authenticator/id388497605"> iOS </a> </li>
+			    </ul>
+			  </li>
+			  <li> Click the "+" icon in the lower righthand corner, and click "Scan a QR Code" </li>
+			  <li> Scan the following QR code: </li>
+			  <div> <img src="{{ qrcode(authenticator_string) }}"> </div>
+			  <li> Once the QR code has been scanned, the app will start to generate six digit security tokens. You will need to enter this token when logging in </li>
+			</ol>
+		      </div>
+		    </div>
+		  </div>
+		</div><!-- /.accordionTwo-->
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div><!-- MFA card end -->
+    {% endif %}
   </div>
 </section>
 
diff --git a/portal/templates/profile_create.html b/portal/templates/profile_create.html
index 16ddf6a..47273df 100644
--- a/portal/templates/profile_create.html
+++ b/portal/templates/profile_create.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <div class="row">
       <div class="col-lg-6 mx-auto">
         <h2>Create Profile</h2>
-        <h4>Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h4>
+        <small id="globusID" class="text-muted">Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</small>
         <p class="asterik">* = required field</p>
         <hr/>
         <form role="form" action="{{url_for('create_profile')}}" method="POST">
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ <h4>Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h4>
           </div>
 
           <div class="form-group">
-            <label for="unix_name">Unix Username <span class="asterik">*</span></label>
-            <p class="text-muted">Please use POSIX unix convention <i class="fas fa-question-circle" data-container="body" data-toggle="popover" data-trigger="hover" data-placement="right" data-content="Usernames must start with a lowercase letter. All other characters may be lowercase letters, numbers, or hyphens."></i></p>
+            <label for="unix_name">UNIX Username <span class="asterik">*</span></label>
             <input
               type="text"
               class="form-control"
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ <h4>Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h4>
               maxlength="32"
               pattern="^[a-z][-a-z0-9]*$"
             >
+            <small id="unixHelp" class="form-text text-muted">Usernames must start with a lowercase letter. All other characters may be lowercase letters, numbers, or hyphens.</small>
           </div>
 
           <div class="form-group">
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ <h4>Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h4>
           </div>
 
           <div class="form-group">
-            <label for="email">Email <span class="asterik">*</span> (please use institutional email)</label>
+            <label for="email">Email <span class="asterik">*</span></label>
             <input
               type="email"
               id="email"
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ <h4>Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h4>
               required="required"
               tabindex="5"
             >
+            <small id="emailHelp" class="form-text text-muted"> Please use an institutional email address </small>
           </div>
 
           <div class="form-group">
diff --git a/portal/templates/profile_edit.html b/portal/templates/profile_edit.html
index a27fa78..d8b6a6b 100644
--- a/portal/templates/profile_edit.html
+++ b/portal/templates/profile_edit.html
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
     <div class="row">
       <div class="col-lg-6 mx-auto">
         <h2>Edit Profile</h2>
-        <h6>Unix Username: {{session['unix_name']}}</h6>
-        <h6>User Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h6>
+        <small id="unixName" class="text-muted">UNIX Username: {{session['unix_name']}}</small>
+        <br/><small id="globusID" class="text-muted">Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</small>
         <p class="asterik">* = required field</p>
         <hr/>
         <form role="form" action="{{url_for('edit_profile', unix_name=unix_name)}}" method="POST">
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ <h6>User Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h6>
           </div>
 
           <div class="form-group">
-            <label for="email">Email <span class="asterik">*</span> (please use institutional email)</label>
+            <label for="email">Email <span class="asterik">*</span></label>
             <input
               type="email"
               id="email"
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ <h6>User Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h6>
               required="required"
               tabindex="4"
             >
+            <small id="emailHelp" class="form-text text-muted">   Please use an institutional email address </small>
           </div>
 
           <div class="form-group">
@@ -91,6 +92,16 @@ <h6>User Globus ID: {{session['primary_identity']}}</h6>
             >
           </div>
 
+	  <div class="form-check">
+	    <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="totpsecret" name="totpsecret">
+	    <label class="form-check-label" for="totpsecret">Set up Multi-Factor Authentication</label>
+            {% if profile['totp_secret'] %}
+            <small id="mfaHelp" class="form-text text-muted">This will <b>delete</b> your current MFA secret and generate a new one </small>
+            {% else %}
+            <small id="mfaHelp" class="form-text text-muted">Enabling MFA will add an additional layer of security for SSH connections </small>
+            {% endif %}
+	  </div></br>
+
           <div class="form-group">
             <label for="sshpubstring">SSH Public Key</label>
             <textarea
@@ -178,7 +189,6 @@ <h6 class="mb-0">
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
-
         </div><!-- /.accordion-->
       </div><!-- /.col-md-6 -->
     </div> <!-- row -->
diff --git a/portal/templates/scripts.html b/portal/templates/scripts.html
index bb6ec67..ae0fe43 100644
--- a/portal/templates/scripts.html
+++ b/portal/templates/scripts.html
@@ -228,7 +228,16 @@
       // Set the href property
       var href = 'https://gracc.opensciencegrid.org/dashboard/db/osg-connect-summary-uchicago-ci?orgId=1';
       addDropdownItem(title, href);
-
+    } else if(String(hostname).includes('test')) {
+      connect_brand.src="{{url_for('static', filename='img/www-test-logo.png')}}";
+      nav_overview.href="https://www-test.ci-connect.net/";
+      nav_emailto.href="mailto:support@ci-connect.uchicago.edu";
+      document.getElementById("login-node-nav").style.display = "inline";
+      // Set the title
+      var title = "CI Connect Test Branch"
+      // Set the href property
+      var href = 'https://gracc.opensciencegrid.org/dashboard/db/osg-connect-summary-uchicago-ci?orgId=1';
+      addDropdownItem(title, href);
     } else {
       // Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics
       window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
diff --git a/portal/views.py b/portal/views.py
index 4e2a3d0..03dc916 100644
--- a/portal/views.py
+++ b/portal/views.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from flask import flash, redirect, render_template, request, session, url_for, jsonify
+from flask_qrcode import QRcode
 import requests
 import json
 
 try:
     # Python 2
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlencode, parse_qs
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlencode, parse_qs, quote
 except ImportError:
     # Python 3
     from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qs
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@
     get_user_group_status,
 )
 
+# enable QR code support
+QRcode(app)
+
 # Use these four lines on container
 import sys
 import subprocess
@@ -143,6 +147,12 @@ def home():
             "img": "img/snowmass-connect-logo.png",
             "description": get_about_markdown("snowmass21.ci-connect.net"),
         },
+        {
+            "name": "Test",
+            "href": "https://www-test.ci-connect.net",
+            "img": "img/www-test-logo.png",
+            "description": get_about_markdown("www-test.ci-connect.net"),
+        },
     ]
 
     return render_template(
@@ -154,9 +164,13 @@ def home():
 
 
 def get_about_markdown(domain_name):
-    with open(brand_dir + "/" + domain_name + "/about/about.md", "r") as file:
-        about = file.read()
-    return about
+    try:
+        with open(brand_dir + "/" + domain_name + "/about/about.md", "r") as file:
+            about = file.read()
+        return about
+    except EnvironmentError as e:
+        print("Could not open markdown directories")
+        return "Empty or missing about.md - did you create the portal markdowns?"
 
 
 @app.route("/groups/new", methods=["GET", "POST"])
@@ -750,8 +764,9 @@ def create_profile():
         institution = request.form["institution"]
         public_key = request.form["sshpubstring"]
         globus_id = session["primary_identity"]
-        superuser = False
+        superuser = False  #  is this safe? TODO flagging this one
         service_account = False
+        create_totp_secret = True
 
         # Schema and query for adding users to CI Connect DB
         if public_key:
@@ -767,6 +782,7 @@ def create_profile():
                     "unix_name": unix_name,
                     "superuser": superuser,
                     "service_account": service_account,
+                    "create_totp_secret": create_totp_secret,
                 },
             }
         else:
@@ -781,6 +797,7 @@ def create_profile():
                     "unix_name": unix_name,
                     "superuser": superuser,
                     "service_account": service_account,
+                    "create_totp_secret": create_totp_secret,
                 },
             }
         r = requests.post(
@@ -861,6 +878,10 @@ def edit_profile(unix_name):
         public_key = request.form["sshpubstring"]
         globus_id = session["primary_identity"]
         x509dn = request.form["x509dn"]
+        if request.form.get("totpsecret") is not None:
+            create_totp_secret = True
+        else:
+            create_totp_secret = False
         access_token = get_user_access_token(session)
         query = {"token": access_token, "globus_id": identity_id}
         # Schema and query for adding users to CI Connect DB
@@ -874,6 +895,7 @@ def edit_profile(unix_name):
                     "institution": institution,
                     "public_key": public_key,
                     "X.509_DN": x509dn,
+                    "create_totp_secret": create_totp_secret,
                 },
             }
         else:
@@ -885,6 +907,7 @@ def edit_profile(unix_name):
                     "phone": phone,
                     "institution": institution,
                     "X.509_DN": x509dn,
+                    "totp_secret": create_totp_secret,
                 },
             }
         # PUT request to update user information
@@ -925,8 +948,23 @@ def profile():
             profile = None
 
         if profile:
-            print("Found profile: {}".format(profile))
-            profile = profile["metadata"]
+            profile = profile[
+                "metadata"
+            ]  # let's fix this, sometime. it's kinda unsavory.
+            # The auth string should never get used if the totp_secret key doesn't exist anyhow.
+            try:
+                issuer = quote(session["url_host"]["display_name"])
+                authenticator_string = (
+                    "otpauth://totp/"
+                    + unix_name
+                    + "?secret="
+                    + profile["totp_secret"]
+                    + "&issuer="
+                    + issuer
+                )
+            except KeyError as e:
+                print("Couldn't find a totp_secret in the profile for ", unix_name)
+                authenticator_string = None
             unix_name = profile["unix_name"]
             group_name = session["url_host"]["unix_name"]
             user_status = get_user_group_status(unix_name, group_name, session)
@@ -963,6 +1001,7 @@ def profile():
             user_status=user_status,
             group_memberships=group_memberships,
             group_unix_name_description=group_unix_name_description,
+            authenticator_string=authenticator_string,
         )
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 25459d1..7ca8e24 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Flask==1.0.2
 Flask-Markdown
 Flask-Misaka
 flask_wtf
+flask-qrcode
 pygal==2.1.1
 globus-sdk==1.7.1
-pyyaml
\ No newline at end of file
+pyyaml