diff --git a/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
index 37231b0dd28d9b161caa2c7c2e7148874a9bd851..1b7e858f8a015926503b44a4c26fd55914634312 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ class AdminsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def add_invites
-    u = User.find(params[:user_id])
+    user = User.find(params[:user_id])
 
-    if u
-      notice = "Great Job!"
-      u.update_attributes(:invites => (u.invites += 10))
+    if user.increment(:invites, 10).save
+      flash[:notice] = "Great Job!"
     else
-      notice = "there was a problem adding invites"
+      flash[:alert] = "there was a problem adding invites"
     end
 
-    redirect_to :back, :notice => notice, :user => {:id => u.id}
+    redirect_to user_search_path(:user => { :id => user.id })
   end
 
   def admin_inviter
@@ -27,6 +26,6 @@ class AdminsController < ApplicationController
     opts.merge!(:existing_user => existing_user) if existing_user
     Invitation.create_invitee(opts)
     flash[:notice] = "invitation sent to #{params[:identifier]}"
-    redirect_to '/admins/user_search'
+    redirect_to user_search_path
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
index 57721ace2e57a0af46f9c7b67b6200c513c9b4aa..48348e0da9b9448e322e3a244c5bba5f43814e7f 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,41 @@ describe AdminsController do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#add_invites' do
+    context 'admin not signed in' do
+      it 'is behind redirect_unless_admin' do
+        get :add_invites
+        response.should redirect_to root_url
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'admin signed in' do
+      before do
+        AppConfig[:admins] = [@user.username]
+      end
+
+      it "redirects to :back with user id" do
+        get :add_invites, :user_id => @user.id
+        response.should redirect_to user_search_path(:user => { :id => @user.id })
+      end
+
+      it "increases user's invite by 10" do
+        expect {
+          get :add_invites, :user_id => @user.id
+        }.to change { @user.reload.invites }.by(10)
+        flash.notice.should include('Great Job')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#admin_inviter' do
+    context 'admin not signed in' do
+      it 'is behind redirect_unless_admin' do
+        get :admin_inviter
+        response.should redirect_to root_url
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'admin signed in' do
       before do
         AppConfig[:admins] = [@user.username]
@@ -69,7 +103,8 @@ describe AdminsController do
       it 'invites a new user' do
         Invitation.should_receive(:create_invitee).with(:service => 'email', :identifier => 'bob@moms.com')
         get :admin_inviter, :identifier => 'bob@moms.com'
-        response.should be_redirect
+        response.should redirect_to user_search_path
+        flash.notice.should include("invitation sent")
       end
 
       it 'passes an existing user to create_invitee' do