diff --git a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
index 0980c16c2..88c3ab97e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
     else
       current_user.ignore_contact_request params[:id]
       flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'requests.destroy.ignore'
-      respond_with :location => requests_url
+      head :ok
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 05040dfdd..c7a63a2ed 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     = include_stylesheets :default, :media => 'all'
 
     
-    = javascript_include_tag "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"
+    = javascript_include_tag "//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"
     
     :javascript
       !window.jQuery && document.write(unescape('%3Cscript src="js/libs/jquery-1.4.4.js"%3E%3C/script%3E'))
diff --git a/features/manages_contact_requests.feature b/features/manages_contact_requests.feature
index 876ea754e..dd486ade5 100644
--- a/features/manages_contact_requests.feature
+++ b/features/manages_contact_requests.feature
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@ Feature: managing contact requests
 
     When I drag the contact request to the "Family" aspect
     And I wait for the ajax to finish
-    Then I should see 1 contact in "Family"    
+    Then I should see 1 contact in "Family"
+
+  @javascript @wip
+  Scenario: ignoring a contact request
+    When I am on the aspects manage page
+    Then I should see 1 contact request
+    When I click "X" on the contact request
+    And I wait for the ajax to finish
+    Then I should see 0 contact requests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/javascripts/aspect-edit.js b/public/javascripts/aspect-edit.js
index 7c47396af..2c8005815 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/aspect-edit.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/aspect-edit.js
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ var AspectEdit = {
           type: "DELETE",
           url: "/requests/" + request_id,
           success: function () {
+            person.fadeOut(400, function() {
+              person.remove();
+            });
             AspectEdit.decrementRequestsCounter();
           }
         });
diff --git a/script/websocket_server.rb b/script/websocket_server.rb
index ddfd70603..a89cde3d8 100644
--- a/script/websocket_server.rb
+++ b/script/websocket_server.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ end
 
 def package_js
   require 'jammit'
-  Jammit.package!
+
+  begin
+    Jammit.package!
+  rescue => e
+    puts "Error minifying assets, but server will continue starting normally.  Is Java installed on your system?"
+  end
 end
 
 begin
diff --git a/spec/controllers/requests_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/requests_controller_spec.rb
index b7b11c85b..4df765d57 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/requests_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/requests_controller_spec.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ describe RequestsController do
     describe 'when ignoring a contact request' do
       it "succeeds" do
         xhr :delete, :destroy, "id" => @friend_request.id.to_s
-        response.should redirect_to(requests_path)
+        response.should be_success
+      end
+      it "removes the request object" do
+        lambda { 
+          xhr :delete, :destroy, "id" => @friend_request.id.to_s
+          }.should change(Request, 'count').by(-1)
       end
     end
   end