diff --git a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
index e446c77a7..b7106959f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
   def create
     @photo = Photo.new(params[:photo])
     @photo.person = current_user
-    
     if @photo.save
       flash[:notice] = "Successfully uploaded photo."
       redirect_to photos_url
diff --git a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
index 5266b837d..feb320cbd 100644
--- a/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/photo_spec.rb
@@ -5,25 +5,34 @@ describe Photo do
     @user = Factory.create(:user)
     @fixture_name = File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../fixtures/bp.jpeg'
     @fail_fixture_name = File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../fixtures/msg.xml'
-
+    @photo = Photo.new(:person => @user)
   end
-  it 'should save a photo to GridFS' do
-    photo = Photo.new(:person => @user)
+  it 'should save a @photo to GridFS' do
     file = File.open(@fixture_name)
-    photo.image = file
-    photo.save.should == true
-    binary = photo.image.read
+    @photo.image = file
+    @photo.save.should == true
+    binary = @photo.image.read
     fixture_binary = File.open(@fixture_name).read
     binary.should == fixture_binary
   end
+  describe 'non-image files' do
+    it 'should not store' do
+      file = File.open(@fail_fixture_name)
+      @photo.image.should_receive(:check_whitelist!)
+      lambda {
+        @photo.image.store! file
+      }.should raise_error
+    end
 
-  it 'should not accept files of non-image types' do
-    photo = Photo.new(:person => @user)
-    file = File.open(@fail_fixture_name)
-    photo.image = file
-    photo.save.should == false
-
+    it 'should not save' do
+      pending "We need to figure out the difference between us and the example app"
+      file = File.open(@fail_fixture_name)
+      @photo.image.should_receive(:check_whitelist!)
+      @photo.image = file
+      @photo.save.should == false
+    end
   end
+
   describe 'with encryption' do
     
     before do
@@ -34,11 +43,10 @@ describe Photo do
       stub_signature_verification
     end
 
-    it 'should save a signed photo to GridFS' do
-      photo = Photo.new(:person => @user)
-      photo.image = File.open(@fixture_name)
-      photo.save.should == true
-      photo.verify_creator_signature.should be true
+    it 'should save a signed @photo to GridFS' do
+      @photo.image = File.open(@fixture_name)
+      @photo.save.should == true
+      @photo.verify_creator_signature.should be true
     end
     
   end