diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 3412d22d6..547fbe372 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
     @status_message = current_user.posts.where(:id => params[:id]).first
     if @status_message
       current_user.retract(@status_message)
-      render 'destroy'
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.js {render 'destroy'}
+        format.all {redirect_to root_url}
+      end
     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