diff --git a/app/assets/templates/profile-info.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/profile-info.jst.hbs
index 3e6a3fae7..1b9049cfe 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/profile-info.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/profile-info.jst.hbs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div id="profile-header">
-    <div class="profile-image-container" style="background-image : url('{{image_url}}')"></div>
+    <div class="profile-image-container" style="background-image : url('{{avatar.large}}')"></div>
     <h3>
-        {{full_name}}
+        {{name}}
     </h3>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb
index e9b8e303d..b515db975 100644
--- a/app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ class ProfilesController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html, :except => [:show]
   respond_to :js, :only => :update
 
+  # this is terrible because we're actually serving up the associated person here;
+  # however, this is the effect that we want for now
   def show
-    @profile  = Person.find_by_guid!(params[:id]).profile
+    @person = Person.find_by_guid!(params[:id])
 
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.json { render :json => @profile }
+      format.json { render :json => @person.as_api_response(:backbone) }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/profiles_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/profiles_controller_spec.rb
index f53726267..10165d6fb 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/profiles_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/profiles_controller_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe ProfilesController do
   describe '#show' do
     it "returns the user as json" do
       get :show, :id => @user.person.guid, :format => :json
-      response.body.should == @user.person.profile.to_json
+      JSON.parse(response.body).should == JSON.parse(@user.person.as_api_response(:backbone).to_json)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/small_frame_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/small_frame_view_spec.js
index 8760bf8ab..167668be0 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/small_frame_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/small_frame_view_spec.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe("app.views.SmallFrame", function(){
 
   describe("redirecting to a post", function(){
     beforeEach(function(){
+      app.page = {editMode : false}
       app.router = new app.Router()
       spyOn(app.router, "navigate")
     })