diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
index b7002efad..f1b6d2c3f 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     -unless @landing_page
       %ul#aspect_nav
         %li{:class => ('selected' if @aspect == :all)}
-          = link_to t('_home'), root_path, :class => 'home_selector'
+          = link_to t('_home'), aspects_path, :class => 'home_selector'
 
         - for aspect in @all_aspects
           %li{:data=>{:guid=>aspect.id}, :class => ("selected" if @object_aspect_ids.include?(aspect.id))}
diff --git a/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js b/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
index 83de67d5e..0b4f5dbd0 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     return baseURL;
   }
 
-  $("a.home_selector").live("click", function(e){
-    performAspectUpdate("home");
-  });
-
   function performAspectUpdate(home){
       // update the open aspects in the user
       updateURL = "/users/" + $('div.avatar').children('img').attr("data-owner_id");
@@ -118,7 +114,6 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         }
       }
 
-//alert(updateURL);
       $.ajax({
         url : updateURL,
         type: "PUT",
@@ -126,6 +121,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
   }
 
+  if($("a.home_selector").parent().hasClass("selected")){
+    performAspectUpdate("home");
+  }
 
   function performAjax(newURL) {
     var post = $("#publisher textarea").val(),
@@ -176,7 +174,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         // reinit listeners on stream
         photozone.html(photos_html);
         Stream.initialize();
-        
+
         // fade contents back in
         if(requests == 0){
           $("#aspect_stream_container").fadeTo(100, 1);