diff --git a/app/models/organization.rb b/app/models/organization.rb
index b3c36f7..47a4224 100644
--- a/app/models/organization.rb
+++ b/app/models/organization.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Organization < Profile
     true
   end
 
-  after_create :create_default_set_of_blocks_for_organization
+  hacked_after_create :create_default_set_of_blocks_for_organization
   def create_default_set_of_blocks_for_organization
     # "main" area
     # nothing ..., MainBlock is already there
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 7871291..ae51d4d 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Person < Profile
 
   # FIXME this is *weird*, because this class is not inheriting the callback
   # from Profile !!! 
-  after_create :create_default_set_of_boxes_for_person
+  hacked_after_create :create_default_set_of_boxes_for_person
   def create_default_set_of_boxes_for_person
     3.times do
       self.boxes << Box.new
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ class Person < Profile
 
   # FIXME this is *weird*, because this class is not inheriting the callbacks
   before_create :set_default_environment
-  after_create :insert_default_homepage_and_feed
+  hacked_after_create :insert_default_homepage_and_feed
 
 end
diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index dda843e..8b90477 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   # registar callback for creating boxes after the object is created. 
-  after_create :create_default_set_of_boxes
+  hacked_after_create :create_default_set_of_boxes
   
   # creates the initial set of boxes when the profile is created. Can be
   # overriden for each subclass to create a custom set of boxes for its
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
     false
   end
 
-  after_create :insert_default_homepage_and_feed
+  hacked_after_create :insert_default_homepage_and_feed
   def insert_default_homepage_and_feed
     hp = self.articles.build(:name => _('Home page'), :body => _("<h1>%s's home page</h1> <p>This is a default homepage created for %s. It can be changed though the control panel.</p>") % [ self.name, self.name])
     hp.save!
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 78b37a3..68dbe5e 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ require 'acts_as_filesystem'
 require 'acts_as_searchable'
 require 'acts_as_having_boxes'
 require 'acts_as_having_settings'
+require 'hacked_after_create'
 
 # to the hell, I want all my models loaded before the application run anything
 Dir.glob("#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/models/*.rb").each do |model|
diff --git a/lib/hacked_after_create.rb b/lib/hacked_after_create.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60848f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hacked_after_create.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class << ActiveRecord::Base
+  # it seems that in some enviroments after_create hook is not inherited. This
+  # method calls after_create only if the callback is not already there.
+  def hacked_after_create(sym)
+    current = after_create
+    if !current.include?(sym)
+      current = after_create(sym)
+    end
+    current
+  end
+end
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