diff --git a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
index d8cba0339..7c70b8e21 100644
--- a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ module SocketsHelper
   def action_hash(uid, object, opts={})
     begin
       user = User.find_by_id uid
-      v = render_to_string(:partial => type_partial(object), :locals => {:post => object, :current_user => user}) unless object.is_a? Retraction
-      v = render_to_string(:partial => 'shared/stream_element', :locals => {:post => object, :current_user => user}) unless object.is_a? Retraction
+      if object.is_a? Post
+        v = render_to_string(:partial => 'shared/stream_element', :locals => {:post => object, :current_user => user}) unless object.is_a? Retraction
+      else
+        v = render_to_string(:partial => type_partial(object), :locals => {:post => object, :current_user => user}) unless object.is_a? Retraction
+      end
     rescue Exception => e
       Rails.logger.error("web socket view rendering failed for object #{object.inspect}.")
       raise e