diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index aecd5e14c..cc6aeaa6c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
     @aspect  = current_user.aspect_by_id params[:id]
     @friends = @aspect.people
     @posts   = current_user.visible_posts( :by_members_of => @aspect ).paginate :per_page => 15, :order => 'created_at DESC'
-    @fb_access_url = MiniFB.oauth_url(FB_APP_ID, APP_CONFIG[:pod_url] + "services/create",
-                                      :scope=>MiniFB.scopes.join(","))
     respond_with @aspect
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index f447e96b5..db94dc8ee 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
       type = 'feed'
 
       Rails.logger.info("Sending a message: #{params[:status_message][:message]} to Facebook")
-      @res = MiniFB.post(@access_token, id, :type=>type,
-                         :metadata=>true, :params=>{:message => params[:status_message][:message]})
+      
+      EventMachine::HttpRequest.new("https://graph.facebook.com/me/feed?message=#{params[:status_message][:message]}&access_token=#{@access_token}").post, :timeout => TIMEOUT, :body =>{:xml => query.body}
     end
 
     @status_message = current_user.post(:status_message, data)