diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/graphql/ValidateUsername.graphql b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/graphql/ValidateUsername.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79938a855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/graphql/ValidateUsername.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+query ValidateUsername($username: String!) {
+  validateUsername(username: $username)
+}
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/auth/LoginViewModel.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/auth/LoginViewModel.kt
index 62391b05d..158ab91c1 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/auth/LoginViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/auth/LoginViewModel.kt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class LoginViewModel @Inject constructor(
     .distinctUntilChanged()
     .asLiveData()
 
-  val registrationStateLiveData = MutableLiveData(RegistrationState.PendingUser) // TODO: set back to social login
+  val registrationStateLiveData = MutableLiveData(RegistrationState.SocialLogin)
 
   fun getAuthCookieString(): String? = runBlocking {
     datastoreRepo.getString(DatastoreKeys.omnivoreAuthCookieString)
@@ -180,6 +180,3 @@ class LoginViewModel @Inject constructor(
     }
   }
 }
-
-
-// TODO: set registrationState to pending if user has pending token