diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index ced6548c9..764dcebb6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -10,26 +10,22 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
 
   def create
 
-
-    @photos = Photo.all(:id.in => params[:photos])
-
-    puts @photos.inspect
-
-
-
+    photos = Photo.all(:id.in => [*params[:photos]])
 
     public_flag = params[:status_message][:public]
     public_flag.to_s.match(/(true)/) ? public_flag = true : public_flag = false
     params[:status_message][:public] = public_flag 
+    @status_message = current_user.build_post(:status_message, params[:status_message])
 
-    status_message = current_user.build_post(:status_message, params[:status_message])
+    @status_message.photos += photos unless photos.nil?
 
-    status_message.photos += @photos
-    if status_message.save(:safe => true)
-      raise 'MongoMapper failed to catch a failed save' unless status_message.id
-      current_user.dispatch_post(status_message, :to => params[:status_message][:to])
+    puts "got it"
+    if @status_message.save(:safe => true)
+      raise 'MongoMapper failed to catch a failed save' unless @status_message.id
+      current_user.dispatch_post(@status_message, :to => params[:status_message][:to])
     end
-    redirect_to :back 
+  
+    render :nothing => true
   end
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
index ceae0ebba..65e922a07 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@
     //  $("#publisher .options_and_submit").fadeIn(50);
     //});
 
-    //$("#publisher form").live("submit", function(evt){
-      //$("#publisher .options_and_submit").hide();
-    //});
+    $("#publisher form").live("submit", function(evt){
+      $("#photodropzone").find('li').remove(); 
+      //$("#publisher").find("input[name='photos[]']").remove();
+    });
 
 #publisher
   = owner_image_link
 
-  = form_for StatusMessage.new, :html => {:multipart => true,}, :remote => true do |status|
+  = form_for(StatusMessage.new, :remote => true) do |status|
     %ul#photodropzone
     = status.error_messages
     #file-upload.button
@@ -56,5 +57,5 @@
           .fancybox_content
             #question_mark_pane
               = render 'shared/public_explain'
-      #publisher_photo_upload
-        = render 'photos/new_photo', :aspect_id => (aspect == :all ? aspect : aspect.id)
+#publisher_photo_upload
+  = render 'photos/new_photo', :aspect_id => (aspect == :all ? aspect : aspect.id)
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 2e0d51ae4..8638ad64e 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ $.fn.clearForm = function() {
     this.checked = false;
   else if (tag == 'select')
     this.selectedIndex = -1;
+  else if (this.name == 'photos[]')
+    this.value = '';
   $(this).blur();
   });
 };
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 2ca8b504f..646601a24 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ label
     :top 0
 
     ul
+      :padding 0
       >li
         :display inline
         :margin-right 2px