diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index c3f45c09543c7a1475f433fc887350ba8c3fbbd7..840ce0bc3a76d9fda5f49fe2a2e1251bb8390a83 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -46,15 +46,16 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
   def refresh_search
     @aspect = :search
     @people =  Person.where(:diaspora_handle => search_query.downcase)
-    @people = @people.paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 15)
-    @hashes = hashes_for_people(@people, @aspects)
     @answer_html = ""
+    unless @people.empty?
+      @people = @people.paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 15)
+      @hashes = hashes_for_people(@people, @aspects)
 
-    self.formats = self.formats + [:html]
-    @hashes.each do |hash|
-      @answer_html += render_to_string :partial => 'people/person', :locals => hash
+      self.formats = self.formats + [:html]
+      @hashes.each do |hash|
+        @answer_html += render_to_string :partial => 'people/person', :locals => hash
+      end
     end
-
     render :json => { :search_count => @people.count, :search_html => @answer_html }.to_json
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/people/index.html.haml b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
index 67e31715bb6a13995a4f50a5fe0e34214f74373f..f01484c653df72f2090afdc7f7c02527a12cddde 100644
--- a/app/views/people/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 .span-15.append-1
   #people_stream.stream
     - if @hashes.empty?
-      %p#not_found{:class => @background_query.nil? ? "" : "hidden" }
-        =t('.no_one_found')
-      %p#searching{:class => @background_query.nil? ? "hidden" : "" }
-        =t('.searching')
-      - if ! @background_query.nil?
+      - if @background_query.present?
+        %p
+          =t('.searching')
         :javascript
           $(document).ready(function() { setTimeout("runDelayedSearch('#{@background_query}')", 10000); });
+      - else
+        %p
+          =t('.no_one_found')
     - else
       - for hash in @hashes
         = render :partial => 'people/person', :locals => hash
diff --git a/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml b/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
index f0cba19132db793f76e49d8333f814ccccffeb2e..a04f3e18636376a26051df2647489fb3b65ad45b 100644
--- a/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ en:
     my_stream: "Stream"
 
     videos:
-        watch: "Watch this video on <%= provider %>"
-        unknown: "Unknown video type"
+      watch: "Watch this video on <%= provider %>"
+      unknown: "Unknown video type"
     search_for: "Search for <%= name %>"
     publisher:
       at_least_one_aspect: "You must publish to at least one aspect"
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ en:
       looking_good: "OMG, you look awesome!"
     tags:
       wasnt_that_interesting: "OK, I suppose #<%= tagName %> wasn't all that interesting..."
+    people:
+      not_found: "and no one was found..."
 
     stream:
       hide: "Hide"
diff --git a/public/javascripts/pages/contacts-index.js b/public/javascripts/pages/contacts-index.js
index 2c55b14942a50d9758aa32363168aedf25943876..d75ac9b662ff593ed5c314925c457d43655a3291 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/pages/contacts-index.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/pages/contacts-index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ function handleSearchRefresh(data) {
   if ( data.search_count > 0 ) {
     $("#people_stream.stream").html( data.search_html );
   } else {
-    $("p#not_found").removeClass( 'hidden' );
-    $("p#searching").addClass( 'hidden' );
+    $("#people_stream.stream").html( "<p>" + Diaspora.I18n.t("people.not_found") + "</p>" );
   }
 }
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diff --git a/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/people.spec.rb b/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/people.spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..70ee513d3f0651960f5d37aa7cdcc4e25eb785f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/people.spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe PeopleController do
+  describe '#index' do
+    before do
+      sign_in :user, bob
+    end
+
+    it "generates a jasmine fixture", :fixture => true do
+      get :index
+      save_fixture(html_for("body"), "empty_people_search")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
index 6a3da53b83dbfc647ed30a3a0f3c98ac7e711c90..a03b8e86a90c1c4d0cb8f0a41fcf233d1b36b8fc 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ describe PeopleController do
       end
       it 'returns with a found name' do
         get :refresh_search, :q => @korth.diaspora_handle
-        puts JSON.parse( response.body ).inspect
         JSON.parse( response.body )["search_count"].should == 1
       end
     end