diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post.js
index c351ee787..b693d7b2d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post.js
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ app.models.Post = Backbone.Model.extend(_.extend({}, app.models.formatDateMixin,
     var body = this.get("text").trim()
       , newlineIdx = body.indexOf("\n");
     return (newlineIdx > 0 ) ? body.substr(newlineIdx+1, body.length) : "";
-  },
-
-  //returns a promise
-  preloadOrFetch : function(){
-    var action = app.hasPreload("post") ? this.set(app.parsePreload("post")) : this.fetch();
-    return $.when(action);
   }
 }));
 // @license-end
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer.js
index c5a30f1c9..a145139b5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer.js
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ app.pages.SinglePostViewer = app.views.Base.extend({
   },
 
   initialize : function() {
-    this.model = new app.models.Post({ id : gon.post.id });
-    this.model.preloadOrFetch().done(_.bind(this.initViews, this));
-    this.model.interactions.fetch(); //async, yo, might want to throttle this later.
+    this.model = new app.models.Post(gon.post);
+    this.initViews();
+    this.model.comments.fetch(); // async, yo, might want to throttle this later.
   },
 
   initViews : function() {
diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 8b5386d2b..aa1aa3e9a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     presenter = PostPresenter.new(post, current_user)
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html do
-        gon.post = presenter
+        gon.post = presenter.with_initial_interactions
         render locals: {post: presenter}
       end
       format.mobile { render locals: {post: post} }
-      format.json { render json: presenter }
+      format.json { render json: presenter.with_interactions }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/posts_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/posts_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aed5d118a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/posts_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe PostsController, type: :controller do
+  describe "#show" do
+    it "generates the post_json fixture", fixture: true do
+      post = alice.post(:status_message, text: "hello world", public: true)
+      get :show, params: {id: post.id}, format: :json
+      save_fixture(response.body, "post_json")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer_spec.js
index df8f9c43c..c1db51394 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/single-post-viewer_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 describe("app.pages.SinglePostViewer", function(){
   beforeEach(function() {
-    window.gon={};gon.post = {id: 42};
+    window.gon = {};
+    gon.post = $.parseJSON(spec.readFixture("post_json"));
     this.view = new app.pages.SinglePostViewer();
   });