diff --git a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
index bea9aea94..43aa91b70 100644
--- a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ module SocketsHelper
       post = object.post
       action_hash[:comment_id] = object.id
       action_hash[:my_post?] = (post.person.owner_id == uid)
-      action_hash[:notification] = notification(object)
-      action_hash[:post_guid] = post.id
+      action_hash[:post_guid] = post.guid
 
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 9900896f5..650071746 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
       params[:image_url_small] = photo.url(:thumb_small)
     end
     if self.person.profile.update_attributes(params)
-      push_to_people profile, contact_people
+      push_to_people profile, self.contacts.includes(:person).map{|c| c.person}
       true
     else
       false
diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
index b7e8f385f..399cbc812 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe AspectsController do
     end
     it "assigns contacts to only non-pending" do
       @user.contacts.count.should == 1
-      @user.send_contact_request_to(make_user.person, @aspect)
+      @user.send_contact_request_to(Factory(:user).person, @aspect)
       @user.contacts.count.should == 2
 
       get :show, 'id' => @aspect.id.to_s
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe AspectsController do
     end
     it "assigns contacts to only non-pending" do
       @user.contacts.count.should == 1
-      @user.send_contact_request_to(make_user.person, @aspect)
+      @user.send_contact_request_to(Factory(:user).person, @aspect)
       @user.contacts.count.should == 2
 
       get :manage
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index dc087c475..3b32a134b 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Factory.define :user do |u|
     user.person = Factory.build(:person, :profile => Factory.create(:profile),
                                 :owner_id => user.id,
                                 :serialized_public_key => user.encryption_key.public_key.export,
-                                :diaspora_handle => "#{user.username}@#{APP_CONFIG[:pod_url].gsub(/(https?:|www\.)\/\//, '').chop!}")
+                                :diaspora_handle => "#{user.username}@#{AppConfig[:pod_url].gsub(/(https?:|www\.)\/\//, '').chop!}")
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/notification_spec.rb b/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
index a45d25d56..c83097e6c 100644
--- a/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ describe Notification do
     end
 
     it 'sockets to the recipient' do
-      request = Request.instantiate(:from => @user.person, :to => @user2.person, :into => @aspect)
+      request = Request.diaspora_initialize(:from => @user.person, :to => @user2.person, :into => @aspect)
       opts = {:target_id => request.id,
-              :kind => request.notification_type(@user, @person),
+              :target_type => request.notification_type(@user, @person),
               :person_id => @person.id,
               :user_id => @user.id}
 
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 8a81c44ce..a41f80786 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ describe User do
     it "only pushes to non-pending contacts" do
       connect_users(user, aspect, user2, aspect2)
       user.contacts.count.should == 1
-      user.send_contact_request_to(make_user.person, aspect)
+      user.send_contact_request_to(Factory(:user).person, aspect)
       user.contacts.count.should == 2
 
       user.should_receive(:push_to_person).once
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ describe User do
   context 'aspects' do
     it 'should delete an empty aspect' do
       user.drop_aspect(aspect)
-      user.aspects.include?(aspect).should == false
+      user.aspects(true).include?(aspect).should == false
     end
 
     it 'should not delete an aspect with contacts' do