diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/bookmarklet.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/bookmarklet.html.haml
index 1c5aa4010..992da8686 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/bookmarklet.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/bookmarklet.html.haml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 :javascript
   app.publisher = new app.views.Publisher({
-    bookmarklet: true
+    standalone: true
   });
 
   var contents = "#{escape_javascript params[:title]} - #{escape_javascript params[:url]}";
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/new.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/new.html.haml
index d2d38ad81..fb87afa89 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/new.html.haml
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 -#   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-= javascript_include_tag  'jquery.textchange.js', "publisher.js"
 
-:javascript
-  $(function() {
-    $("#publisher").bind('ajax:success', function(){ location.reload(); });
-  });
+= javascript_include_tag :home
 
 #new_status_message_pane
   .span-15.last
@@ -16,3 +12,10 @@
 
     = render :partial => 'shared/publisher', :locals => { :aspect => @aspect, :aspect_ids => @aspect_ids, :selected_aspects => @aspects_with_person, :person => @person}
 
+:javascript
+  $(function() {
+    app.publisher = new app.views.Publisher({
+      standalone: true
+    });
+    $("#publisher").bind('ajax:success', function(){ location.reload(); });
+  });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/features/mentions_from_profile_page.feature b/features/mentions_from_profile_page.feature
index a3b86c3d7..be8e5d113 100644
--- a/features/mentions_from_profile_page.feature
+++ b/features/mentions_from_profile_page.feature
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ Feature: mentioning a contact from their profile page
     Scenario: mentioning while posting to all aspects
       Given I am on "alice@alice.alice"'s page
       And I have turned off jQuery effects
-      And I click "Mention" button
-      And I expand the publisher in the modal window
+      And I want to mention her from the profile
       And I append "I am eating a yogurt" to the publisher
       And I press "Share" in the modal window
       And I wait for the ajax to finish
@@ -42,9 +41,7 @@ Feature: mentioning a contact from their profile page
     Scenario: mentioning while posting to just one aspect
       Given I am on "alice@alice.alice"'s page
       And I have turned off jQuery effects
-      And I click "Mention" button
-      And I wait for the ajax to finish
-      And I expand the publisher in the modal window
+      And I want to mention her from the profile
       And I append "I am eating a yogurt" to the publisher
       And I press the aspect dropdown in the modal window
       And I toggle the aspect "NotPostingThingsHere" in the modal window
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
index 67b95e7eb..6942655d0 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
@@ -46,10 +46,18 @@ end
 
 When /^I append "([^"]*)" to the publisher$/ do |stuff|
   elem = find('#status_message_fake_text')
-  elem.native.send_keys ' ' + stuff
+  elem.native.send_keys(' ' + stuff)
 
   wait_until do
-    page.find("#status_message_text").value.match(/#{stuff}/)
+    find('#status_message_text').value.include?(stuff)
+  end
+end
+
+And /^I want to mention (?:him|her) from the profile$/ do
+  click_link("Mention")
+  wait_for_ajax_to_finish
+  within('#facebox') do
+    click_publisher
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/features/support/publishing_cuke_helpers.rb b/features/support/publishing_cuke_helpers.rb
index 6bfa7a290..de447cc7a 100644
--- a/features/support/publishing_cuke_helpers.rb
+++ b/features/support/publishing_cuke_helpers.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module PublishingCukeHelpers
   def click_publisher
     page.execute_script('
       $("#publisher").removeClass("closed");
-      $("#publisher").find("textarea").focus();
+      $("#publisher").find("#status_message_fake_text").focus();
     ')
   end
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module PublishingCukeHelpers
   end
 
   def comment_on_show_page(comment_text)
-    within("#post-interactions") do 
+    within("#post-interactions") do
       focus_comment_box(".label.comment")
       make_comment(comment_text, "new-comment-text")
     end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
index d5be5c852..b1c55e64a 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*   Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-*   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-*   the COPYRIGHT file.
-*/
+ *   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+ *   the COPYRIGHT file.
+ */
 
 describe("app.views.Publisher", function() {
   context("plain publisher", function() {
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/bookmarklet-spec.js b/spec/javascripts/bookmarklet-spec.js
index 9a73cb51c..57ac4925a 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/bookmarklet-spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/bookmarklet-spec.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe("bookmarklet", function() {
     });
 
     it('verifies we are using the bookmarklet', function(){
-      expect(app.publisher.options.bookmarklet).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(app.publisher.options.standalone).toBeTruthy();
     });
   });