diff --git a/app/jobs/xmpp_exchange_contacts_job.rb b/app/jobs/xmpp_exchange_contacts_job.rb
index 50f6fa2..c082e32 100644
--- a/app/jobs/xmpp_exchange_contacts_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/xmpp_exchange_contacts_job.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 class XmppExchangeContactsJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :default
 
-  def perform(inviter, username, domain)
+  def perform(inviter, invitee)
+    return unless inviter.services_enabled.include?("ejabberd") &&
+                  invitee.services_enabled.include?("ejabberd")
+
     ejabberd = EjabberdApiClient.new
 
     ejabberd.add_rosteritem({
-      "localuser": username, "localhost": domain,
+      "localuser": invitee.cn, "localhost": invitee.ou,
       "user": inviter.cn, "host": inviter.ou,
       "nick": inviter.cn, "group": Setting.ejabberd_buddy_roster, "subs": "both"
     })
     ejabberd.add_rosteritem({
       "localuser": inviter.cn, "localhost": inviter.ou,
-      "user": username, "host": domain,
-      "nick": username, "group": Setting.ejabberd_buddy_roster, "subs": "both"
+      "user": invitee.cn, "host": invitee.ou,
+      "nick": invitee.cn, "group": Setting.ejabberd_buddy_roster, "subs": "both"
     })
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 94c3b14..937bc9c 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     enable_service %w[ discourse ejabberd gitea mediawiki ]
 
     #TODO enable in development when we have easy setup of ejabberd etc.
-    return if Rails.env.development?
+    return if Rails.env.development? || !Setting.ejabberd_enabled?
 
-    if inviter.present?
-      exchange_xmpp_contact_with_inviter if Setting.ejabberd_enabled?
-    end
+    XmppExchangeContactsJob.perform_later(inviter, self) if inviter.present?
+    XmppSetDefaultBookmarksJob.perform_later(self)
   end
 
   def send_devise_notification(notification, *args)
@@ -134,12 +133,6 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     ldap.delete_attribute(dn,:service)
   end
 
-  def exchange_xmpp_contact_with_inviter
-    return unless inviter.services_enabled.include?("ejabberd") &&
-                  services_enabled.include?("ejabberd")
-    XmppExchangeContactsJob.perform_later(inviter, self.cn, self.ou)
-  end
-
   private
 
     def ldap
diff --git a/spec/jobs/xmpp_exchange_contacts_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/xmpp_exchange_contacts_job_spec.rb
index f7732dc..013a80d 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/xmpp_exchange_contacts_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/xmpp_exchange_contacts_job_spec.rb
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 require 'webmock/rspec'
 
 RSpec.describe XmppExchangeContactsJob, type: :job do
-  let(:user) { create :user, cn: "willherschel", ou: "kosmos.org" }
+  let(:user)  { create :user, cn: "willherschel", ou: "kosmos.org" }
+  let(:guest) { create :user, cn: "isaacnewton", ou: "kosmos.org",
+                              id: 2, email: "hotapple42@eol.com" }
 
   subject(:job) {
-    described_class.perform_later(user, 'isaacnewton', 'kosmos.org')
+    described_class.perform_later(user, guest)
   }
 
   before do
     stub_request(:post, "http://xmpp.example.com/api/add_rosteritem")
       .to_return(status: 200, body: "", headers: {})
+    allow_any_instance_of(User).to receive(:services_enabled).and_return(["ejabberd"])
   end
 
   it "posts add_rosteritem commands to the ejabberd API" do
diff --git a/spec/jobs/xmpp_set_default_bookmarks_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/xmpp_set_default_bookmarks_job_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..299cbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/jobs/xmpp_set_default_bookmarks_job_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+require 'webmock/rspec'
+
+RSpec.describe XmppSetDefaultBookmarksJob, type: :job do
+  let(:user) { create :user, cn: "willherschel", ou: "kosmos.org" }
+
+  before do
+    Setting.xmpp_default_rooms = [
+      "Welcome <welcome@kosmos.chat>",
+      "Kosmos Dev <kosmos-dev@kosmos.chat>"
+    ]
+  end
+
+  subject(:job) {
+    described_class.perform_later(user)
+  }
+
+  before do
+    stub_request(:post, "http://xmpp.example.com/api/private_set")
+      .to_return(status: 200, body: "", headers: {})
+  end
+
+  it "posts a private_set command to the ejabberd API" do
+    perform_enqueued_jobs { job }
+
+    expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, "http://xmpp.example.com/api/private_set")
+      .with { |req| req.body == '{"user":"willherschel","host":"kosmos.org","element":"\u003cstorage xmlns=\'storage:bookmarks\'\u003e\u003cconference jid=\'welcome@kosmos.chat\' name=\'Welcome\' autojoin=\'false\'\u003e\u003cnick\u003ewillherschel\u003c/nick\u003e\u003c/conference\u003e\u003cconference jid=\'kosmos-dev@kosmos.chat\' name=\'Kosmos Dev\' autojoin=\'false\'\u003e\u003cnick\u003ewillherschel\u003c/nick\u003e\u003c/conference\u003e\u003c/storage\u003e"}' }
+  end
+
+  after do
+    clear_enqueued_jobs
+    clear_performed_jobs
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 1dfc1ac..b8f8675 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -101,38 +101,23 @@ RSpec.describe User, type: :model do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#exchange_xmpp_contact_with_inviter" do
-    include ActiveJob::TestHelper
-
-    let(:user) { create :user, cn: "willherschel", ou: "kosmos.org" }
-    let(:guest) { create :user, id: 2, cn: "isaacnewton", ou: "kosmos.org", email: "newt@example.com" }
-
-    before do
-      Invitation.create! user: user, invited_user_id: guest.id, used_at: DateTime.now
-      allow_any_instance_of(User).to receive(:services_enabled).and_return(%w[ ejabberd ])
-    end
-
-    it "enqueues a job to exchange XMPP contacts between inviter and invitee" do
-      guest.send(:exchange_xmpp_contact_with_inviter)
-
-      expect(enqueued_jobs.size).to eq(1)
-      args = enqueued_jobs.first['arguments']
-      expect(args[0]['_aj_globalid']).to match('gid://akkounts/User')
-      expect(args[1]).to eq('isaacnewton')
-      expect(args[2]).to eq('kosmos.org')
-    end
-
-    after do
-      clear_enqueued_jobs
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "#devise_after_confirmation" do
+    include ActiveJob::TestHelper
+    after { clear_enqueued_jobs }
+
     let(:user) { create :user, cn: "willherschel", ou: "kosmos.org" }
 
     it "enables default services" do
       expect(user).to receive(:enable_service).with(%w[ discourse ejabberd gitea mediawiki ])
-      user.send(:devise_after_confirmation)
+      user.send :devise_after_confirmation
+    end
+
+    it "enqueues a job to set default chatroom bookmarks for XMPP" do
+      allow(user).to receive(:enable_service).and_return(true)
+      user.send :devise_after_confirmation
+
+      job = enqueued_jobs.select{|j| j['job_class'] == "XmppSetDefaultBookmarksJob"}.first
+      expect(job['arguments'][0]['_aj_globalid']).to eq('gid://akkounts/User/1')
     end
 
     context "for invited user with ejabberd enabled" do
@@ -140,12 +125,15 @@ RSpec.describe User, type: :model do
 
       before do
         Invitation.create! user: user, invited_user_id: guest.id, used_at: DateTime.now
-        allow_any_instance_of(User).to receive(:enable_service).and_return(true)
+        allow_any_instance_of(User).to receive(:enable_service)
       end
 
-      it "exchanges XMPP contacts with the inviter" do
-        expect(guest).to receive(:exchange_xmpp_contact_with_inviter)
-        guest.send(:devise_after_confirmation)
+      it "enqueues jobs to exchange XMPP contacts between inviter and invitee" do
+        guest.send :devise_after_confirmation
+
+        job = enqueued_jobs.select{|j| j['job_class'] == "XmppExchangeContactsJob"}.first
+        expect(job["arguments"][0]['_aj_globalid']).to eq('gid://akkounts/User/1')
+        expect(job["arguments"][1]['_aj_globalid']).to eq('gid://akkounts/User/2')
       end
     end
   end