diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index 0b32c5cdd5d8ed9e0365f3e508fbce82a0314435..def9ea151cb4fef16dbc2ea54432b09706f00945 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
     @aspects = current_user.aspects
     @aspects = @aspects.where(:id => params[:a_ids]) if params[:a_ids]
 
-    # redirect to aspects creation
-    if @aspects.blank?
-      redirect_to new_aspect_path
-      return
-    end
-
     @aspect_ids = @aspects.map { |a| a.id }
     @posts = current_user.visible_posts(:by_members_of => @aspect_ids,
                                         :type => ['StatusMessage','Reshare', 'ActivityStreams::Photo'],
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml b/app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml
index 83af077cb411db16b8f4f6d72abc163155990829..1d359f362326ac85ca0a202ea9f8a50f70cc358b 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #selected_aspect_contacts.section
   .title.no_icon
     %h5
-      - if all_aspects_selected? || @aspect_ids.size > 1
+      - if all_aspects_selected? || !@aspect || @aspect_ids.size > 1
         = "#{t('_contacts')}"
       - else
         = @aspect.name
       = "(#{count})"
 
+
   .content
     - if people.size > 0
       - for person in people
diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
index a833e737a6df06d71aeb278babfa1731ea560c52..2edd48b906ac215e094222d3aef0760791d2e0ea 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -152,18 +152,6 @@ describe AspectsController do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with no aspects' do
-      before do
-        alice.aspects.each { |aspect| aspect.destroy }
-        alice.reload
-      end
-
-      it 'redirects to the new aspect page' do
-        get :index
-        response.should redirect_to new_aspect_path
-      end
-    end
-
     context 'with posts in multiple aspects' do
       before do
         @posts = []