diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 84a1f3381..923b73575 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
     @status_message = current_user.my_posts.where(:_id =>  params[:id]).first
     if @status_message
       @status_message.destroy
+      render :nothing => true, :status => 200 
     else
       Rails.logger.info "event=post_destroy status=failure user=#{current_user.diaspora_handle} reason='User does not own post'"
+      render :nothing => true, :status => 404
     end
-
-    respond_with :location => root_url
   end
 
   def show
diff --git a/public/javascripts/stream.js b/public/javascripts/stream.js
index 2879064b9..8d0aa62a7 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/stream.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/stream.js
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ var Stream = {
     $(".new_comment").live('ajax:failure', function(data, html, xhr) {
       alert('failed to post message!');
     });
+
+    $(".delete").live('ajax:success', function(data, html, xhr) {
+      $(this).parents(".message").fadeOut(150);
+    });
+
   },
 
   toggleComments: function(evt) {