diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 6f384b3634f924cf6e1a72c47ccff0f9ed55a87e..137dd8a7eb5f302350f8fb3dc1d01fe5b5dadb40 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     @status_message = current_user.post(:status_message, data)
-    respond_with @status_message
+    render :nothing => true
   end
 
   def destroy