diff --git a/courseware/content_parser.py b/courseware/content_parser.py
index c296e30f3d..61e65caf71 100644
--- a/courseware/content_parser.py
+++ b/courseware/content_parser.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
 try: # This lets us do __name__ == ='__main__'
     from django.conf import settings
     from student.models import UserProfile
+    from student.models import UserTestGroup
 except: 
     settings = None 
 
@@ -149,7 +150,11 @@ def course_file(user):
     filename = UserProfile.objects.get(user=user).courseware
     data_template = template_lookup.get_template(filename)
 
-    options = {'dev_content':settings.DEV_CONTENT}
+    # TODO: Rewrite in Django
+    groups = [u.name for u in UserTestGroup.objects.raw("select * from auth_user, student_usertestgroup, student_usertestgroup_users where auth_user.id = student_usertestgroup_users.user_id and student_usertestgroup_users.usertestgroup_id = student_usertestgroup.id and auth_user.id = %s", [user.id])]
+
+    options = {'dev_content':settings.DEV_CONTENT, 
+               'groups' : groups}
 
     tree = etree.XML(data_template.render(**options))
     id_tag(tree)
diff --git a/student/migrations/0003_auto__add_usertestgroup.py b/student/migrations/0003_auto__add_usertestgroup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4765d63578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/student/migrations/0003_auto__add_usertestgroup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        
+        # Adding model 'UserTestGroup'
+        db.create_table('student_usertestgroup', (
+            ('id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
+            ('name', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=32, db_index=True)),
+            ('description', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.TextField')(blank=True)),
+        ))
+        db.send_create_signal('student', ['UserTestGroup'])
+
+        # Adding M2M table for field users on 'UserTestGroup'
+        db.create_table('student_usertestgroup_users', (
+            ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', primary_key=True, auto_created=True)),
+            ('usertestgroup', models.ForeignKey(orm['student.usertestgroup'], null=False)),
+            ('user', models.ForeignKey(orm['auth.user'], null=False))
+        ))
+        db.create_unique('student_usertestgroup_users', ['usertestgroup_id', 'user_id'])
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        
+        # Deleting model 'UserTestGroup'
+        db.delete_table('student_usertestgroup')
+
+        # Removing M2M table for field users on 'UserTestGroup'
+        db.delete_table('student_usertestgroup_users')
+
+
+    models = {
+        'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'about': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'avatar_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'n'", 'max_length': '1'}),
+            'bronze': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'consecutive_days_visit_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'country': ('django_countries.fields.CountryField', [], {'max_length': '2', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'date_of_birth': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'display_tag_filter_strategy': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'email_isvalid': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'email_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'email_tag_filter_strategy': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'gold': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'gravatar': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ignored_tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'interesting_tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_seen': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'location': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'new_response_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'questions_per_page': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '10'}),
+            'real_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reputation': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'seen_response_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'show_country': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'silver': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'w'", 'max_length': '2'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'}),
+            'website': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'student.registration': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Registration', 'db_table': "'auth_registration'"},
+            'activation_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '32', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'unique': 'True'})
+        },
+        'student.userprofile': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'UserProfile', 'db_table': "'auth_userprofile'"},
+            'courseware': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'course.xml'", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'language': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'location': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'meta': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'unique': 'True'})
+        },
+        'student.usertestgroup': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'UserTestGroup'},
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'users': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'db_index': 'True', 'symmetrical': 'False'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['student']
diff --git a/student/models.py b/student/models.py
index 6c614966f9..b9554369bc 100644
--- a/student/models.py
+++ b/student/models.py
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class UserProfile(models.Model):
     meta = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255) # JSON dictionary for future expansion
     courseware = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255, default='course.xml')
 
+class UserTestGroup(models.Model):
+    users = models.ManyToManyField(User, db_index=True)
+    name = models.CharField(blank=False, max_length=32, db_index=True)
+    description = models.TextField(blank=True)
 
 class Registration(models.Model):
     ''' Allows us to wait for e-mail before user is registered. A
diff --git a/util/middleware.py b/util/middleware.py
index fe73e67c7b..342fff1790 100644
--- a/util/middleware.py
+++ b/util/middleware.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.http import HttpResponseServerError
 
 log = logging.getLogger("mitx")
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ class ExceptionLoggingMiddleware(object):
     if not settings.TEMPLATE_DEBUG:
         def process_exception(self, request, exception):
             log.exception(exception)
-            return HttpResponse("Server Error - Please try again later.")
+            return HttpResponseServerError("Server Error - Please try again later.")