diff --git a/app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb
index 5713a2af5..7a175d315 100644
--- a/app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ConversationsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def new
-    if !params[:facebox] && session[:mobile_view] == false && request.format.html?
+    if !params[:facebox] && !session[:mobile_view] && request.format.html?
       redirect_to conversations_path
       return
     end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb
index 3447f09e7..60f363e93 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -10,32 +10,39 @@ describe ConversationsController, :type => :controller do
   end
 
   describe '#new' do
-    it 'succeeds' do
+    it 'redirects to #index' do
       get :new
+      expect(response).to redirect_to conversations_path
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#new facebox' do
+    it 'succeeds' do
+      get :new, :facebox => true
       expect(response).to be_success
     end
 
     it "assigns a json list of contacts that are sharing with the person" do
-      get :new
+      get :new, :facebox => true
       expect(assigns(:contacts_json)).to include(alice.contacts.where(:sharing => true).first.person.name)
       alice.contacts << Contact.new(:person_id => eve.person.id, :user_id => alice.id, :sharing => false, :receiving => true)
       expect(assigns(:contacts_json)).not_to include(alice.contacts.where(:sharing => false).first.person.name)
     end
 
     it "assigns a contact if passed a contact id" do
-      get :new, :contact_id => alice.contacts.first.id
+      get :new, :contact_id => alice.contacts.first.id, :facebox => true
       expect(assigns(:contact_ids)).to eq(alice.contacts.first.id)
     end
 
     it "assigns a set of contacts if passed an aspect id" do
-      get :new, :aspect_id => alice.aspects.first.id
+      get :new, :aspect_id => alice.aspects.first.id, :facebox => true
       expect(assigns(:contact_ids)).to eq(alice.aspects.first.contacts.map(&:id).join(','))
     end
 
     it "does not allow XSS via the name parameter" do
       ["</script><script>alert(1);</script>",
        '"}]});alert(1);(function f() {var foo = [{b:"'].each do |xss|
-        get :new, name: xss
+        get :new, :facebox => true, name: xss
         expect(response.body).not_to include xss
       end
     end
@@ -44,7 +51,7 @@ describe ConversationsController, :type => :controller do
       xss = "<script>alert(0);</script>"
       contact = alice.contacts.first
       contact.person.profile.update_attribute(:first_name, xss)
-      get :new
+      get :new, :facebox => true
       json = JSON.parse(assigns(:contacts_json)).first
       expect(json['value'].to_s).to eq(contact.id.to_s)
       expect(json['name']).to_not include(xss)