diff --git a/public/javascripts/aspect-edit.js b/public/javascripts/aspect-edit.js
index e4a82a11f..54d8cb028 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/aspect-edit.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/aspect-edit.js
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ var AspectEdit = {
     var person_id = person.attr('data-guid');
 
     if( $(".person[data-guid='"+ person_id +"']").length == 1) {
-      alert("You can not remove the person from the last aspect");
-
-    } else {
+      AspectEdit.alertUser("You cannot remove the person from the last aspect");
+    } 
+    else {
       if (!person.hasClass('request')) {
 
         $.ajax({
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ var AspectEdit = {
         request_html.replace(/\d+/, old_request_count - 1)
         );
     }
+  },
+  
+  alertUser: function(message) {
+    alert(message);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/aspect-edit-spec.js b/spec/javascripts/aspect-edit-spec.js
index 04ccbe06b..1ecb5da5f 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/aspect-edit-spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/aspect-edit-spec.js
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ describe("AspectEdit", function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("deletePersonFromAspect", function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      spyOn($, 'ajax');
+    });
+    it("doesn't let you remove the person from the last aspect they're in", function() {
+      spyOn(AspectEdit, 'alertUser');
+      AspectEdit.deletePersonFromAspect($('li.person'));
+      expect(AspectEdit.alertUser).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect($.ajax).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("decrementRequestsCounter", function() {
     describe("when there is one request", function() {
       it("removes the counter from the new requests div", function() {