diff --git a/tailbone/templates/people/view.mako b/tailbone/templates/people/view.mako
index 90ce5941..78eaec41 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/people/view.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/people/view.mako
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
   ${parent.extra_javascript()}
   % if not instance.users and request.has_perm('users.create'):
       <script type="text/javascript">
+        ## TODO: should do this differently for Buefy themes
         $(function() {
             $('#make-user').click(function() {
                 if (confirm("Really make a user account for this person?")) {
+                    % if not use_buefy:
                     disable_button(this);
+                    % endif
                     $('form[name="make-user-form"]').submit();
                 }
             });
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@
 
 ${parent.body()}
 
+## TODO: should do this differently for Buefy themes
 % if not instance.users and request.has_perm('users.create'):
     ${h.form(url('people.make_user'), name='make-user-form')}
     ${h.csrf_token(request)}
diff --git a/tailbone/views/people.py b/tailbone/views/people.py
index b2eef140..04cf13c9 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/people.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/people.py
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ class PeopleView(MasterView):
         return HTML.tag('ul', c=items)
 
     def render_users(self, person, field):
+        use_buefy = self.get_use_buefy()
         users = person.users
         items = []
         for user in users:
@@ -212,7 +213,11 @@ class PeopleView(MasterView):
         if items:
             return HTML.tag('ul', c=items)
         elif self.request.has_perm('users.create'):
-            return HTML.tag('button', type='button', id='make-user', c="Make User")
+            if use_buefy:
+                return HTML.tag('button', type='button', class_='button is-primary',
+                                id='make-user', c="Make User")
+            else:
+                return HTML.tag('button', type='button', id='make-user', c="Make User")
         else:
             return ""