diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b76996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9.11.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ups/profiles/dao.js b/src/ups/profiles/dao.js
index f9391e2..ae3e8ab 100644
--- a/src/ups/profiles/dao.js
+++ b/src/ups/profiles/dao.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const loki = require('../../config/loki');
 /**
  * Creates a new user profile
  * @param {object} profileObj JSON object containing all data for a profile captured from the frontend
- * @returns {Promise} A Promise that carries the result of the write operation for the New Profile or null if there are no more available slots to add profiles
+ * @returns {Boolean} Boolean result of whether the 
  */
 async function createNewProfile(profileObj) {
     //get tagfer-id from loki
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ async function createNewProfile(profileObj) {
     const tagferId = primarySession.tagferId;
 
     //persist profile data to firebase
+    var updateObj = {}
+    var updated = false;
     await database.ref(`/profiles/${tagferId}`).once('value').then(function(snapshot) {
-        var updateObj = {}
         var profiles = snapshot.val();
-        var updated = false;
         if (profiles) {
             //check the profile slots available
             if(!profiles.profile2) {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function createNewProfile(profileObj) {
             } else if (!profiles.profile3) {
                 profiles.profile3 = profileObj
                 updated = true
-            } else if (!profiles4) {
+            } else if (!profiles.profile4) {
                 profiles.profile4 = profileObj
                 updated = true
             }
@@ -43,8 +43,16 @@ async function createNewProfile(profileObj) {
         }
     })
 
-    return updated ? database.ref().update(updates) : null;
-
+    if (updated) {
+        await database.ref().update(updateObj).then( () => {
+            return {result:true};
+        }).catch( (error) => {
+            return {result:false, error};
+        });
+    } else {
+        return {result:false};
+    }
+    
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/src/ups/profiles/handlers.js b/src/ups/profiles/handlers.js
index e7cd336..6086cd0 100644
--- a/src/ups/profiles/handlers.js
+++ b/src/ups/profiles/handlers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const dao = require('./dao');
 const utils = require('../utils/utils');
 const errors =  require('../../config/errors');
+const http = require('../../config/http');
 
 // Handlers
 /**
@@ -9,15 +10,21 @@ const errors =  require('../../config/errors');
  * @param {Object} req 
  * @param {Object} res {result: Boolean} | {error: String}
  */
-function createUserProfile(req, res) {
-    const { profileObj } = req.body;
-    var promise = dao.createNewProfile(profileObj);
-  
-    if (promise) {
-        promise.then((result) => res.json({ result }) ).catch(error => res.json(error));
-    } else {
-        res.json(errors.MAX_NUMBER_OF_PROFILES_REACHED);
-    }
+async function createUserProfile(req, res) {
+    const profileObj = req.body;
+    var createRes = dao.createNewProfile(profileObj).then( (createRes) => {
+        if (createRes.result) {
+            res.json({ status: http.CREATED })
+        } else {
+            if (createRes.error) {
+                res.json({status: http.BAD_REQUEST, error: createRes.error})
+            } else {
+                res.json({status: http.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, error: errors.MAX_NUMBER_OF_PROFILES_REACHED});
+            }
+        }
+    }).catch( (error) => {
+        res.json({status: http.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, error: "Promise error unknown"})
+    });
 }
 
 module.exports = {