diff --git a/app/controllers/tag_followings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tag_followings_controller.rb
index c86cbcb92..4a98720fb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tag_followings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tag_followings_controller.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class TagFollowingsController < ApplicationController
     name_normalized = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.normalize(params['name'])
     
     if name_normalized.nil? || name_normalized.empty?
-      flash[:error] = I18n.t('tag_followings.create.none', :name => name_normalized)
+      flash[:error] = I18n.t('tag_followings.create.none')
     else
       @tag = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.find_or_create_by_name(name_normalized)
       @tag_following = current_user.tag_followings.new(:tag_id => @tag.id)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
index 57760971e..9a646cd66 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe PeopleController do
     
     it 'stay on the page if you search for the empty hash' do
       get :index, :q => '#'
-      response.should redirect_to(:back)
+      flash[:error].should be_present
     end
   end