diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
index 52117d495..312afbdae 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -180,8 +180,10 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     }
 
     app.page = new app.views.Stream({model : app.stream});
-    app.publisher = app.publisher || new app.views.Publisher({collection : app.stream.items});
     app.shortcuts = app.shortcuts || new app.views.StreamShortcuts({el: $(document)});
+    if($("#publisher").length !== 0){
+      app.publisher = app.publisher || new app.views.Publisher({collection : app.stream.items});
+    }
 
     $("#main_stream").html(app.page.render().el);
     this._hideInactiveStreamLists();
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/tags_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/tags_view.js
index e420281fb..563050b3c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/tags_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/tags_view.js
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 app.views.Tags = Backbone.View.extend({
   initialize: function(opts) {
-    app.publisher.setText("#"+ opts.hashtagName + " ");
+    if(app.publisher){
+      app.publisher.setText("#"+ opts.hashtagName + " ");
+    }
   }
 });
 // @license-end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/router_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/router_spec.js
index 0dbe5b269..a356bedb5 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/router_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/router_spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ describe('app.Router', function () {
   describe('followed_tags', function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
       factory.preloads({tagFollowings: []});
+      spec.loadFixture("aspects_index");
     });
 
     it('decodes name before passing it into TagFollowingAction', function () {
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ describe('app.Router', function () {
       delete app.page;
       delete app.publisher;
       delete app.shortcuts;
+      spec.loadFixture("aspects_index");
     });
 
     it("sets app.page", function() {
@@ -112,6 +114,12 @@ describe('app.Router', function () {
       expect(app.publisher.jasmineTestValue).toEqual(42);
     });
 
+    it("doesn't set app.publisher if there is no publisher element in page", function(){
+      $("#publisher").remove();
+      app.router._initializeStreamView();
+      expect(app.publisher).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     it("sets app.shortcuts", function() {
       expect(app.shortcuts).toBeUndefined();
       app.router._initializeStreamView();