diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 3afefd3c2ec729adb6ee63655be038b1d8ad3f38..cce1e77720cc7239481ca18a2040063c358e39fa 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -128,6 +128,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   end
 
   def max_time
-    params[:max_time] ? Time.at(params[:max_time].to_i) : Time.now
+    params[:max_time] ? Time.at(params[:max_time].to_i) : Time.now + 1
   end
 end
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js b/public/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
index 2315b8c3d46e565ca8409b16536a3d195c9322df..989d2ce9af2b36035ebd34c225557520abee8a0c 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
       "photos" : serializedForm["photos[]"],
       "services" : serializedForm["services[]"]
     }, {
+      url : "/status_messages",
       success : function() {
         app.stream.collection.add(statusMessage.toJSON());
       }