diff --git a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
index a3a815f69133d92504f46af691f8d4c3d0556b53..1d4faa310864d71aedaf059ba3916de9f4d86664 100644
--- a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
 
       params[:user_file] = file
 
-      data = clean_hash(params)
-
-      @photo = current_user.post(:photo, data)
+      @photo = current_user.post(:photo, params)
 
       respond_to do |format|
         format.json{render(:layout => false , :json => {"success" => true, "data" => @photo}.to_json )}
@@ -94,9 +92,7 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
   def update
     @photo = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id params[:id]
 
-    data = clean_hash(params)
-
-    if current_user.update_post( @photo, data[:photo] )
+    if current_user.update_post( @photo, params[:photo] )
       flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'photos.update.notice'
       respond_with @photo
     else
@@ -104,21 +100,4 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
       render :action => :edit
     end
   end
-
-  private
-  def clean_hash(params)
-    if params[:photo]
-      return {
-        :photo => {
-          :caption   => params[:photo][:caption],
-        }
-      }
-    else
-      return{
-        :album_id  => params[:album_id],
-        :user_file => params[:user_file]
-      }
-    end
-  end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
index 90bc9c183ea6fe43a01e0f9967fd8398bdc43822..0afd2ad9e1147f6958cfa46fa484f052db11e504 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe PhotosController do
- render_views
+  render_views
   before do
     @user = Factory.create(:user)
     @aspect = @user.aspect(:name => "lame-os")
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe PhotosController do
     it "doesn't overwrite random attributes" do
       new_user = Factory.create :user
       params = { :caption => "now with lasers!", :person_id => new_user.id}
-      put('update', :id => @photo.id, :photo => params)
+      put :update, :id => @photo.id, :photo => params
       @photo.reload.person_id.should == @user.person.id
     end
   end