diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 27806867159e602cd9f0a043bf5eb121eed3bc3c..51e389bf88abe5c3ca9a719ec633fd2223f960bc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
     else
       respond_to do |format|
         format.js { render :json =>{:errors =>   @status_message.errors.full_messages}, :status => 406 }
-        format.html {redirect_to :back} 
+        format.html {redirect_to :back}
       end
     end
   end
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @status_message = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id params[:id]
-    if @status_messag
+    if @status_message
       @object_aspect_ids = @status_message.aspects.map{|a| a.id}
 
       # mark corresponding notification as read
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110225190919_create_private_messages.rb b/db/migrate/20110225190919_create_private_messages.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d858aa51aab6ac81e92be771196da88725142f48..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/db/migrate/20110225190919_create_private_messages.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-class CreatePrivateMessages < ActiveRecord::Migration
-  def self.up
-    create_table :private_messages do |t|
-      t.integer :author_id, :null => false
-      t.boolean :unread, :null => false, :default => true
-      t.string :guid, :null => false
-      t.text :message, :null => false
-
-      t.timestamps
-    end
-
-    add_index :private_messages, :author_id
-  end
-
-  def self.down
-    drop_table :private_messages
-  end
-end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110225193130_create_private_message_visibilities.rb b/db/migrate/20110225190919_create_private_messages_and_visibilities.rb
similarity index 56%
rename from db/migrate/20110225193130_create_private_message_visibilities.rb
rename to db/migrate/20110225190919_create_private_messages_and_visibilities.rb
index 553e8906c6c275dfa51003e0ad2d6d1633f65daf..f5fce46f3d48592758518ad31a41084b79014f65 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20110225193130_create_private_message_visibilities.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20110225190919_create_private_messages_and_visibilities.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-class CreatePrivateMessageVisibilities < ActiveRecord::Migration
+class CreatePrivateMessagesAndVisibilities < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def self.up
+    create_table :private_messages do |t|
+      t.integer :author_id, :null => false
+      t.string :guid, :null => false
+      t.text :message, :null => false
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+
+
     create_table :private_message_visibilities do |t|
       t.integer :private_message_id
       t.integer :person_id
+      t.boolean :unread, :null => false, :default => true
 
       t.timestamps
     end
@@ -10,9 +20,11 @@ class CreatePrivateMessageVisibilities < ActiveRecord::Migration
     add_index :private_message_visibilities, :person_id
     add_index :private_message_visibilities, :private_message_id
     add_index :private_message_visibilities, [:private_message_id, :person_id], :name => 'pm_visibilities_on_pm_id_and_person_id', :unique => true
+    add_index :private_messages, :author_id
   end
 
   def self.down
+    drop_table :private_messages
     drop_table :private_message_visibilities
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 4ffd5826908af5bdd83c666da3c2c3994b942a64..bc959b9455b02b98c8630a391e206508d8de4e49 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-<<<<<<< HEAD
 ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110228201109) do
-=======
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110225193130) do
->>>>>>> added PrivateMessage and PrivateMessageVisibility models and migrations
 
   create_table "aspect_memberships", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "aspect_id",  :null => false
@@ -390,6 +386,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110225193130) do
   create_table "private_message_visibilities", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "private_message_id"
     t.integer  "person_id"
+    t.boolean  "unread",             :default => true, :null => false
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
   end
@@ -399,10 +396,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110225193130) do
   add_index "private_message_visibilities", ["private_message_id"], :name => "index_private_message_visibilities_on_private_message_id"
 
   create_table "private_messages", :force => true do |t|
-    t.integer  "author_id",                    :null => false
-    t.boolean  "unread",     :default => true, :null => false
-    t.string   "guid",                         :null => false
-    t.text     "message",                      :null => false
+    t.integer  "author_id",  :null => false
+    t.string   "guid",       :null => false
+    t.text     "message",    :null => false
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller_spec.rb
index 007d914b96064283abbc6a6f27697144d9fb3a57..f79429dc293453b180a80a5f122676e5f30ab6ad 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspect_memberships_controller_spec.rb
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ describe AspectMembershipsController do
     request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] = 'http://' + request.host
   end
 
-  describe "#new" do
-    it 'succeeds' do
-      get :new
-      response.should be_success
-    end
-  end
-
   describe '#create' do
     it 'creates an aspect membership' do
       @user.should_receive(:add_contact_to_aspect)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
index 77521f13425366c07749fe496e2b824f62eff6e1..4f3afa575b110811447effec4d61505d1158d4f2 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
     end
 
     it "dispatches the post to the specified services" do
-      s1 = Services::Facebook.new 
+      s1 = Services::Facebook.new
       @user1.services << s1
-      @user1.services << Services::Twitter.new 
+      @user1.services << Services::Twitter.new
       status_message_hash[:services] = ['facebook']
       @user1.should_receive(:dispatch_post).with(anything(), hash_including(:services => [s1]))
       post :create, status_message_hash