diff --git a/Puppetfile b/Puppetfile
index b282b85..b21037f 100644
--- a/Puppetfile
+++ b/Puppetfile
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ forge "http://forge.puppetlabs.com"
 #mod "puppetlabs/inifile",     '1.5.0'
 #mod "puppetlabs/stdlib",      '4.11.0'
 #mod "puppetlabs/concat",      '2.1.0'
-
+mod 'puppetlabs/accounts', '1.0.0'
+mod 'puppetlabs/stdlib',   '4.12.0'
 # Modules from Git
 # Examples: https://github.com/puppetlabs/r10k/blob/master/doc/puppetfile.mkd#examples
 #mod 'apache',
diff --git a/site/profile/manifests/base.pp b/site/profile/manifests/base.pp
index ae85e65..2ef57cc 100644
--- a/site/profile/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/site/profile/manifests/base.pp
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 class profile::base {
 
-  #the base profile should include component modules that will be on all nodes
 
+  accounts::user { 'monitoring':
+    ensure     => present,
+    uid        => '450',
+    gid        => '450',
+    managehome => false,
+    locked     => true,
+  }
 }
diff --git a/site/role/manifests/master.pp b/site/role/manifests/master.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b277f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/role/manifests/master.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class role::master {
+  # Here we include all of the profiles taht make up a Puppet Master
+  # for now it's just the base (the SOE) but we will probably add more later
+  include profile::base
+}