diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index dd284481f7e6cd1d31e60fe0a0dd9630060a1888..0f5b0b782b473955c44ee1409f76cafa78f51f5b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :json, :only => :show
 
   def create
-
     if params[:status_message][:aspect_ids] == "all"
-      params[:status_message][:aspect_ids] = current_user.aspects.collect{|x| x.id}
+      params[:status_message][:aspect_ids] = current_user.aspects.collect { |x| x.id }
     end
 
     photos = Photo.where(:id => [*params[:photos]], :diaspora_handle => current_user.person.diaspora_handle)
@@ -19,29 +18,25 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
     public_flag = params[:status_message][:public]
     public_flag.to_s.match(/(true)/) ? public_flag = true : public_flag = false
     params[:status_message][:public] = public_flag
-    @status_message = current_user.build_post(:status_message, params[:status_message])
 
+    @status_message = current_user.build_post(:status_message, params[:status_message])
 
-    if !photos.empty? || @status_message.save
-      pp photos
-      pp @status_message
-      raise 'MongoMapper failed to catch a failed save' unless @status_message.id
-
-      @status_message.photos += photos unless photos.nil?
+    if @status_message.save
       current_user.add_to_streams(@status_message, params[:status_message][:aspect_ids])
       current_user.dispatch_post(@status_message,
                                  :to => params[:status_message][:aspect_ids],
                                  :url => post_url(@status_message))
-
-      for photo in photos
-        photo.public = public_flag
-        photo.save
-        current_user.add_to_streams(photo, params[:status_message][:aspect_ids])
-        current_user.dispatch_post(photo, :to => params[:status_message][:aspect_ids])
+      if !photos.empty?
+        @status_message.photos += photos
+        for photo in photos
+          photo.public = public_flag
+          photo.save
+          current_user.add_to_streams(photo, params[:status_message][:aspect_ids])
+          current_user.dispatch_post(photo, :to => params[:status_message][:aspect_ids])
+        end
       end
-
       respond_to do |format|
-        format.js{ render :json => { :post_id => @status_message.id,
+        format.js { render :json => {:post_id => @status_message.id,
                                      :html => render_to_string(
                                        :partial => 'shared/stream_element',
                                        :locals => {
@@ -51,21 +46,21 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
                                          :comments => [],
                                          :aspects => current_user.aspects,
                                          :current_user => current_user
-                                        }
+                                       }
                                      )
-                                    },
-                                     :status => 201 }
-        format.html{ respond_with @status_message }
+        },
+                           :status => 201 }
+        format.html { respond_with @status_message }
       end
     else
       respond_to do |format|
-        format.js{ render :status => 406 }
+        format.js { render :status => 406 }
       end
     end
   end
 
   def destroy
-    @status_message = current_user.posts.where(:id =>  params[:id]).first
+    @status_message = current_user.posts.where(:id => params[:id]).first
     if @status_message
       @status_message.destroy
       render :nothing => true, :status => 200
@@ -81,9 +76,10 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
     person_hash = Person.from_post_comment_hash comments_hash
     @comment_hashes = comments_hash[@status_message.id].map do |comment|
       {:comment => comment,
-        :person => person_hash[comment.person_id]
+       :person => person_hash[comment.person_id]
       }
     end
     respond_with @status_message
   end
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/status_message_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/status_message_controller_spec.rb
index 9224417737ab1daaf7545cde29f05ba057e9162d..89d349fa95983171c91b1aed650d998de4e1c910 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/status_message_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/status_message_controller_spec.rb
@@ -21,31 +21,17 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
   end
 
   describe '#show' do
-    before do
-      @video_id = "ABYnqp-bxvg"
-      @url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{@video_id}&a=GxdCwVVULXdvEBKmx_f5ywvZ0zZHHHDU&list=ML&playnext=1"
-    end
-    it 'renders posts with youtube urls' do
-      message = user1.build_post :status_message, :message => @url, :to => aspect1.id
-      message[:youtube_titles]= {@video_id => "title"}
+    it 'succeeds' do
+      message = user1.build_post :status_message, :message => "ohai", :to => aspect1.id
       message.save!
       user1.add_to_streams(message, aspect1.id)
       user1.dispatch_post message, :to => aspect1.id
 
-      get :show, :id => message.id
-      response.body.should match /Youtube: title/
-    end
-    it 'renders posts with comments with youtube urls' do
-      message = user1.post :status_message, :message => "Respond to this with a video!", :to => aspect1.id
-      @comment = user1.comment "none", :on => message
-      @comment.text = @url
-      @comment[:youtube_titles][@video_id] = "title"
-      @comment.save!
-
-      get :show, :id => message.id
-      response.body.should match /Youtube: title/
+      get :show, "id" => message.id.to_s
+      response.should be_success
     end
   end
+  
   describe '#create' do
     let(:status_message_hash) {
       { :status_message => {
@@ -90,6 +76,7 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
       post :create, hash
     end
   end
+
   describe '#destroy' do
     let!(:message) {user1.post(:status_message, :message => "hey", :to => aspect1.id)}
     let!(:message2) {user2.post(:status_message, :message => "hey", :to => aspect2.id)}
diff --git a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
index 4ffcfd96a0aff9debcb20d867dd0d7c19b0fe106..0f1eb22c599664c4bcbbeea6be993f595974cee1 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ describe ApplicationHelper do
           video_id = "0x__dDWdf23"
           url = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" + video_id + "&a=GxdCwVVULXdvEBKmx_f5ywvZ0zZHHHDU&list=ML&playnext=1"
           res = markdownify(url)
+          res.should =~ /Youtube:/
           res.should =~ /data-host="youtube.com"/
           res.should =~ /data-video-id="#{video_id}"/
         end
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ describe ApplicationHelper do
           video_id = "ABYnqp-bxvg"
           url = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" + video_id + "&a=GxdCwVVULXdvEBKmx_f5ywvZ0zZHHHDU&list=ML&playnext=1"
           res = markdownify(url)
+          res.should =~ /Youtube:/
           res.should =~ /data-host="youtube.com"/
           res.should =~ /data-video-id="#{video_id}"/
         end