diff --git a/app/controllers/journals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/journals_controller.rb
index d3b56e8cb..189204e26 100644
--- a/app/controllers/journals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/journals_controller.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ class JournalsController < ApplicationController
         format.html { redirect_to :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => @journal.journalized_id }
         format.js { render :action => 'update' }
       end
+    else
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.html {
+          # TODO: implement non-JS journal update
+          render :nothing => true 
+        }
+        format.js
+      end
     end
   end