diff --git a/app/views/shared/_publisher.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_publisher.html.haml
index 5bffab311..bad7cd6d6 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_publisher.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_publisher.html.haml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       = "(#{@aspect_ids.length} #{t('_aspects').downcase})"
 
   .content_creation
-    = form_for(StatusMessage.new, :remote => true) do |status|
+    = form_for(StatusMessage.new, :remote => true, :html => {"data-type" => "json"}) do |status|
       = status.error_messages
       #file-upload
         = image_tag 'icons/photos.png'
diff --git a/public/javascripts/stream.js b/public/javascripts/stream.js
index 67daae24f..1306832fb 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/stream.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/stream.js
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ var Stream = {
     });
 
     $(".new_status_message").live('ajax:success', function(data, json, xhr) {
-      json = $.parseJSON(json);
       WebSocketReceiver.addPostToStream(json.post_id, json.html);
       //collapse publisher
       Publisher.close();