diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/UserType.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/UserType.cs
index b5553c10d2..915943be43 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/UserType.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/UserType.cs
@@ -1,27 +1,55 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.EntityBase;
 using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Mappers;
+using Umbraco.Core.Strings;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents the Type for a Backoffice User
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// Should be internal until a proper user/membership implementation
-    /// is part of the roadmap.
-    /// </remarks>
+    /// </summary>    
     [Serializable]
     [DataContract(IsReference = true)]
     internal class UserType : Entity, IUserType
     {
-        [DataMember]
-        public string Alias { get; set; }
+        private string _alias;
+        private string _name;
+        private IEnumerable<string> _permissions;
+
+        private static readonly PropertyInfo NameSelector = ExpressionHelper.GetPropertyInfo<UserType, string>(x => x.Name);
+        private static readonly PropertyInfo AliasSelector = ExpressionHelper.GetPropertyInfo<UserType, string>(x => x.Alias);
+        private static readonly PropertyInfo PermissionsSelector = ExpressionHelper.GetPropertyInfo<UserType, IEnumerable<string>>(x => x.Permissions);
 
         [DataMember]
-        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public string Alias
+        {
+            get { return _alias; }
+            set
+            {
+                SetPropertyValueAndDetectChanges(o =>
+                {
+                    _alias = value.ToCleanString(CleanStringType.Alias | CleanStringType.UmbracoCase);
+                    return _alias;
+                }, _alias, AliasSelector);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [DataMember]
+        public string Name
+        {
+            get { return _name; }
+            set
+            {
+                SetPropertyValueAndDetectChanges(o =>
+                {
+                    _name = value;
+                    return _name;
+                }, _name, NameSelector);
+            }
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The set of default permissions for the user type
@@ -30,6 +58,17 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
         /// By default each permission is simply a single char but we've made this an enumerable{string} to support a more flexible permissions structure in the future.
         /// </remarks>
         [DataMember]
-        public IEnumerable<string> Permissions { get; set; }
+        public IEnumerable<string> Permissions
+        {
+            get { return _permissions; }
+            set
+            {
+                SetPropertyValueAndDetectChanges(o =>
+                {
+                    _permissions = value;
+                    return _permissions;
+                }, _permissions, PermissionsSelector);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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