diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index d83690e..3d57e55 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   # Prevent CSRF attacks by raising an exception.
   # For APIs, you may want to use :null_session instead.
   protect_from_forgery with: :exception
+
+  helper_method :current_user
+
+  protected
+
+  def current_user
+    @current_user ||= User.last
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/user.rake b/lib/tasks/user.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c10052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/user.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace :user do
+  desc 'Create a temp user for development reasons'
+  task :generate_user => :environment do |t|
+
+    u = User.new
+    u.username = 'baas_dev'
+    u.email = 'baas_dev@example.com'
+    u.user_type = :admin
+    u.save
+  end
+end