diff --git a/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb b/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa27af5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+$('#main_stream').html("<%= escape_javascript(render('shared/stream', :posts => @post_hashes)) %>");
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
index abd6baa92..dc07b0797 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       #aspect_nav
         %ul
           %li{:class => ("selected" if @aspect == :all)}
-            = link_to t('_home'), root_path
+            = link_to t('_home'), root_path, :class => 'home_selector'
 
           - for aspect in @all_aspects
             %li{:data=>{:guid=>aspect.id}, :class => ("selected" if current_aspect?(aspect))}
diff --git a/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js b/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
index b720c67d6..7879e961c 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@ $(function(){
   });
 
   $("#aspect_nav a.aspect_selector").click(function(e){
-
     e.preventDefault();
 
+    // loading animation
+    $("#main_stream").fadeTo(100, 0.4);
+
+
+    // filtering //////////////////////
     var $this = $(this),
         listElement = $this.parent(),
         guid = listElement.attr('data-guid'),
-        baseURL = location.href.split("?")[0];
+        baseURL = location.href.split("?")[0],
+        homeListElement = $("#aspect_nav a.home_selector").parent();
 
     if( listElement.hasClass('selected') ){
       // remove filter
@@ -31,12 +36,20 @@ $(function(){
       if( idx != -1 ){
         selectedGUIDS.splice(idx,1);
       }
+      listElement.removeClass('selected');
+
+      if(selectedGUIDS.length == 0){
+        homeListElement.addClass('selected');
+      }
 
     } else {
       // append filter
       if(selectedGUIDS.indexOf( guid == 1)){
         selectedGUIDS.push( guid );
       }
+      listElement.addClass('selected');
+
+      homeListElement.removeClass('selected');
     }
 
     // generate new url
@@ -45,7 +58,17 @@ $(function(){
       baseURL += 'a_ids[]='+ selectedGUIDS[i] +'&';
     }
     baseURL = baseURL.slice(0,baseURL.length-1);
+    ///////////////////////////////////
+
+
+    //window.location = baseURL;
+    $.ajax({
+      url : baseURL,
+      dataType : 'script',
+      success  : function(data){
+        $("#main_stream").fadeTo(100, 1);
+      }
+    });
 
-    window.location = baseURL;
   });
 });