diff --git a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
index c42a0defd5a5aa31dd4a2eb967f02cba4b90bd91..175ed92b00fd28092a65b57ac02ca123234fc595 100644
--- a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ module SocketsHelper
           :person => object,
           :all_aspects => user.aspects,
           :contact => user.contact_for(object),
-          :request => user.request_from(object),
           :current_user => user}
+        @all_aspects = user.aspects
         v = render_to_string(:partial => 'people/person', :locals => person_hash)
 
       elsif object.is_a? Comment
diff --git a/app/views/people/_person.html.haml b/app/views/people/_person.html.haml
index 362c019350e2c39706b953652cfc2e4027feafee..b01b479dff1986ab31ace48bc3829d5ecee99b65 100644
--- a/app/views/people/_person.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/_person.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   .right
     = render :partial => 'people/relationship_action',
              :locals => { :person => person, :contact => contact,
-                          :request => request, :current_user => current_user }
+                          :current_user => current_user }
 
   = person_image_link(person)