diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/profile.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/profile.js
index 93afc54f4..22f9c0056 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/profile.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/profile.js
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ app.pages.Profile = app.views.Base.extend({
     this.model = this.model ||  app.models.Profile.preloadOrFetch(this.personGUID)
     this.stream = options && options.stream || new app.models.Stream()
 
-    this.model.bind("change", this.setPageTitleAndBackground, this)
+    /* this needs to be fixed... used to be bound by this.model change event.
+    *  will most likely result in spontaneous results :( */
+    this.setPageTitleAndBackground()
 
     /* binds for getting started pulsation */
     this.stream.bind("fetched", this.pulsateNewPostControl, this)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/canvas_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/canvas_view.js
index ad2681227..d5e004ee2 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/canvas_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/canvas_view.js
@@ -38,8 +38,17 @@ app.views.Canvas = app.views.Base.extend(_.extend({}, app.views.infiniteScrollMi
 
   mason : function() {
     var el = this.$el;
-    el.imagesLoaded(function(){
-      el.isotope({
+
+    /* make two calls to isotope
+       1) on dom ready
+       2) on images ready
+     */
+    triggerIsotope(el) && el.imagesLoaded(function(){
+      triggerIsotope(el)
+    })
+
+    function triggerIsotope(element) {
+      return element.isotope({
         itemSelector : '.canvas-frame',
         visibleStyle : {scale : 1},
         hiddenStyle : {scale : 0.001},
@@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ app.views.Canvas = app.views.Base.extend(_.extend({}, app.views.infiniteScrollMi
           columnWidth : 292.5
         }
       })
-    })
+    }
   },
 
   triggerRelayoutAfterImagesLoaded : function(){