diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af9a56f..cb812ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ the API documentation.
 
 **User Object**
 * User Feed - Untappd::User.feed(username, options={})
-* User Info - Untappd::User.info(username)
+* User Info - Untappd::User.info(username, options={})
 * User Badges - Untappd::User.badges(username, options={})
 * User Friends - Untappd::User.friends(username, options={})
 * User Wish List - Untappd::User.wish_list(username, options={})
diff --git a/lib/untappd/user.rb b/lib/untappd/user.rb
index 4e7649b..09b6aa2 100644
--- a/lib/untappd/user.rb
+++ b/lib/untappd/user.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ def self.feed(username, options={})
       response_to_mash get("/user/checkins/#{username}", :query => options)
     end
 
-    def self.info(username)
-      response_to_mash get("/user/info/#{username}", :query => auth_options)
+    # options:
+    # * compact (string, optional) - You can pass "true" here to only show the user
+    # infomation, and remove the "checkins", "media", "recent_brews", etc attributes
+    def self.info(username, options={})
+      options.merge!(auth_options)
+      response_to_mash get("/user/info/#{username}", :query => options)
     end
 
     # options:
diff --git a/spec/user_spec.rb b/spec/user_spec.rb
index 943db53..88a601c 100644
--- a/spec/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/user_spec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
     info.user.user_name.should == "cmar"
   end
 
+  it "get info with compact", :vcr do
+    info = Untappd::User.info("cmar", :compact => true)
+    info.user.user_name.should == "cmar"
+    #according to docs recent_brews, media, and checkins should be removed
+    #when compact=true
+    info.user.recent_brews.should be_nil
+    info.user.media.should be_nil
+    info.user.checkins.should be_nil
+  end
+
   it "get badges", :vcr do
     badges = Untappd::User.badges("cmar")
     badges.items.first.badge_name.should == "American Craft Beer Week (2013)"
diff --git a/spec/vcr/User/get_info_with_compact.yml b/spec/vcr/User/get_info_with_compact.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f143c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/vcr/User/get_info_with_compact.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+http_interactions:
+- request:
+    method: get
+    uri: https://api.untappd.com/v4/user/info/cmar?compact=true&client_id=<UNTAPPD_CLIENT_ID>&client_secret=<UNTAPPD_CLIENT_SECRET>
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ''
+    headers: {}
+  response:
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+    headers:
+      date:
+      - Sat, 11 Apr 2015 16:08:35 GMT
+      server:
+      - Apache
+      x-powered-by:
+      - PHP/5.5.9-1ubuntu4.5
+      x-ratelimit-limit:
+      - '100'
+      x-ratelimit-remaining:
+      - '97'
+      x-auth-type:
+      - key
+      x-api-version:
+      - '4'
+      x-http-protocol:
+      - '80'
+      access-control-allow-origin:
+      - ! '*'
+      access-control-allow-headers:
+      - X-Untappd-App, X-Untappd-App-Version, Content-Type
+      content-length:
+      - '1199'
+      connection:
+      - close
+      content-type:
+      - application/json
+    body:
+      encoding: US-ASCII
+      string: ! '{"meta":{"code":200,"response_time":{"time":0.021,"measure":"seconds"},"init_time":{"time":0.004,"measure":"seconds"}},"notifications":[],"response":{"user":{"uid":10824,"id":10824,"user_name":"cmar","first_name":"cmar","last_name":"","user_avatar":"https:\/\/gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf989ae1f7ddd979f38b00ec033a0e7d?size=100&d=https%3A%2F%2Fd1c8v1qci5en44.cloudfront.net%2Fsite%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault_avatar_v2.jpg%3Fv%3D1","user_avatar_hd":"https:\/\/gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf989ae1f7ddd979f38b00ec033a0e7d?size=125&d=https%3A%2F%2Fd1c8v1qci5en44.cloudfront.net%2Fsite%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fdefault_avatar_v2.jpg%3Fv%3D1","user_cover_photo":"https:\/\/untappd.s3.amazonaws.com\/site\/assets\/v3\/images\/cover_default.jpg","user_cover_photo_offset":0,"is_private":0,"location":"Leesburg,
+        VA","url":"","bio":"","is_supporter":0,"relationship":null,"untappd_url":"http:\/\/untappd.com\/user\/cmar","account_type":"user","stats":{"total_badges":10,"total_friends":2,"total_checkins":19,"total_beers":18,"total_created_beers":1,"total_followings":1,"total_photos":3},"contact":{"twitter":"cmar","foursquare":990366,"facebook":500011785},"date_joined":"Thu,
+        23 Dec 2010 17:22:26 +0000","settings":[]}}}'
+    http_version: '1.1'
+  recorded_at: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 16:08:57 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 2.3.0