diff --git a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
index 05ff9a2fa..ad88aea26 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ class TagsController < ApplicationController
 
   respond_to :html, :only => [:show]
   respond_to :json, :only => [:index]
-  
+
   def index
-    params[:q].gsub!("#", "")
-    params[:limit] = !params[:limit].blank? ? params[:limit].to_i : 10
-    if params[:q].length > 1
+    if params[:q] && params[:q].length > 1
+      params[:q].gsub!("#", "")
+      params[:limit] = !params[:limit].blank? ? params[:limit].to_i : 10
       @tags = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.named_like(params[:q]).limit(params[:limit] - 1)
       @array = []
-      @tags.each do |obj| 
+      @tags.each do |obj|
         @array << { :name => ("#"+obj.name),
           :value => ("#"+obj.name)}
       end
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ class TagsController < ApplicationController
         }
       end
     else
-      render :nothing => true
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.json{ render :nothing => true, :status => 422 }
+        format.html{ redirect_to tag_path('partytimeexcellent') }
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 982f579da..99925857f 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
       tokens.concat([token, token, token])
       tokens.concat([up_token, up_token])
     end
-    [sql, tokens] 
+    [sql, tokens]
   end
-  
+
   def self.search(query, user)
     return [] if query.to_s.blank? || query.to_s.length < 3
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/tags_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/tags_controller_spec.rb
index 0fcc167fa..81d49f255 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/tags_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/tags_controller_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe TagsController do
   before do
     @user = alice
   end
-  
+
   describe '#index (search)' do
     before do
       sign_in :user, @user
@@ -30,8 +30,16 @@ describe TagsController do
       get :index, :q => "c", :format => 'json'
       response.body.should_not include("#cats")
     end
+    it 'redirects the aimless to excellent parties' do
+      get :index
+      response.should redirect_to tag_path('partytimeexcellent')
+    end
+    it 'does not allow json requestors to party' do
+      get :index, :format => :json
+      response.status.should == 422
+    end
   end
-  
+
   describe '#show' do