diff --git a/public/language/en-US/error.json b/public/language/en-US/error.json
index f12e15c..5b36809 100644
--- a/public/language/en-US/error.json
+++ b/public/language/en-US/error.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "invalid-path": "Invalid path",
     "folder-exists": "Folder exists",
     "invalid-pagination-value": "Invalid pagination value, must be at least %1 and at most %2",
-    "username-taken": "Username taken",
+    "username-taken": "The username is already taken. Try octocat_ci3715.",
     "email-taken": "Email address is already taken.",
     "email-nochange": "The email entered is the same as the email already on file.",
     "email-invited": "Email was already invited",
diff --git a/public/language/es/error.json b/public/language/es/error.json
index c9a2e45..5f5d0fa 100644
--- a/public/language/es/error.json
+++ b/public/language/es/error.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "invalid-path": "Invalid path",
     "folder-exists": "Folder exists",
     "invalid-pagination-value": "Número de página inválido, debe estar entre %1 y %2",
-    "username-taken": "Nombre de usuario ocupado",
+    "username-taken": "Nombre de usuario ya en uso. Pruebe utilizando octocat_ci3715.",
     "email-taken": "Email address is already taken.",
     "email-nochange": "The email entered is the same as the email already on file.",
     "email-invited": "Email was already invited",
diff --git a/public/src/client/register.js b/public/src/client/register.js
index d8144d2..790af2c 100644
--- a/public/src/client/register.js
+++ b/public/src/client/register.js
@@ -114,6 +114,21 @@ define('forum/register', [
 		$('#username').trigger('focus');
 	};
 
+	function checkUsernameNotTaken(username, callback){
+		
+		const username_notify = $('#username-notify');
+		username_notify.text('');
+		const usernameInput = $('#username');
+		const userslug = slugify(username);
+		
+		Promise.allSettled([
+			api.head(`/users/bySlug/${userslug}`, {}),
+			api.head(`/groups/${username}`, {}),
+		]).then((results) => {
+			return (results.every(obj => obj.status === 'rejected')) 
+		});
+	}
+
 	function validateUsername(username, callback) {
 		callback = callback || function () {};
 
@@ -128,18 +143,33 @@ define('forum/register', [
 		} else if (!utils.isUserNameValid(username) || !userslug) {
 			showError(usernameInput, username_notify, '[[error:invalid-username]]');
 		} else {
-			Promise.allSettled([
-				api.head(`/users/bySlug/${userslug}`, {}),
-				api.head(`/groups/${username}`, {}),
-			]).then((results) => {
-				if (results.every(obj => obj.status === 'rejected')) {
+
+				if (checkUsernameNotTaken(username, callback)) {
 					showSuccess(usernameInput, username_notify, successIcon);
 				} else {
-					showError(usernameInput, username_notify, '[[error:username-taken]]');
+					
+					let usernameSuffix = 0;
+					let exampleUsername = username.concat(usernameSuffix.toString(),'_ci3715');
+
+					//placeholder para el codigo que revisaria que el nuevo username generado
+					// no este ya tomado tambien, y pueda calcularse otro si ese es el caso
+					//(ahorita esto genera un loop infinito, y yo no c hacer llamadas al backend por ahora)
+					/*
+					while(!checkUsernameNotTaken(exampleUsername, callback)){
+						exampleUsername = username.concat(usernameSuffix.toString(),'_ci3715');
+						usernameSuffix ++;
+					}
+						*/
+
+					//showError(usernameInput, username_notify, '[[error:username-taken]]');
+					// aqui hay que agregar un link con los error.json en los idiomas correspondientes que use lo que se calculo
+					//para los mensajes de error
+					showError(usernameInput, username_notify, `${username}?, really?!, why not ${exampleUsername} instead?`);
 				}
 
 				callback();
-			});
+			
+
 		}
 	}