diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 39b96cb67..c0599b4c8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 class PostsController < ApplicationController
-  skip_before_filter :set_header_data
   skip_before_filter :count_requests
   skip_before_filter :set_invites
   skip_before_filter :set_locale
diff --git a/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
index 12bca8664..32878bdab 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ describe PostsController do
 
   before do
     @user = alice
-    @controller.stub!(:current_user).and_return(nil)
   end
   describe '#index' do
+    context 'signed in' do
+      before do
+        sign_in :user, @user
+      end
+      it 'works' do
+        get :index
+        response.status.should == 200
+      end
+    end
     it 'shows the most recent public posts' do
       posts = []
       10.times do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index aa6cece20..66275fd2b 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ require 'rspec/rails'
 require 'webmock/rspec'
 require 'factory_girl'
 
-include Devise::TestHelpers
 include WebMock::API
 include HelperMethods
 
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ support_files.each {|f| require f }
 require fixture_builder_file
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.include Devise::TestHelpers, :type => :controller
   config.mock_with :rspec
 
   config.use_transactional_fixtures = true