diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index e645ecb14..a23c69735 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
       return
     elsif (params[:q][0] == 35 || params[:q][0] == '#') && params[:q].length == 1
       flash[:error] = I18n.t('tags.show.none', :name => params[:q])
-      redirect_to multi_path()
+      redirect_to :back
     end
 
     limit = params[:limit] ? params[:limit].to_i : 15
diff --git a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
index 62305276a..fb9db299d 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ describe PeopleController do
       get :index, :q => '#babi.es'
       response.should redirect_to(tag_path('babies', :q => '#babi.es'))
     end
+    
+    it 'stay on the page if you search for the empty hash' do
+      get :index, :q => '#'
+      response.should redirect_to(:back)
   end
 
   describe '#tag_index' do