diff --git a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
index 7ff1ccb3..508cfc39 100644
--- a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class IssuesController < ApplicationController
   def create
     @issue = @project.issues.new(params[:issue])
     @issue.author = current_user
+
     if @issue.save && @issue.assignee != current_user
       Notify.new_issue_email(@issue).deliver
     end
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_show.html.haml b/app/views/issues/_show.html.haml
index 94df0f53..ebee0bf0 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_show.html.haml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
           - else 
             = link_to 'Resolve', project_issue_path(@project, issue, :issue => {:closed => true }, :status_only => true), :method => :put, :class => "cgray", :remote => true
         - if can? current_user, :write_issue, issue
-          = link_to 'Edit', edit_project_issue_path(@project, issue), :class => "cgray", :remote => true
+          = link_to 'Edit', edit_project_issue_path(@project, issue), :class => "cgray edit-issue-link", :remote => true
         - if can?(current_user, :admin_issue, @project) || issue.author == current_user
           = link_to 'Destroy', [@project, issue], :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :remote => true, :class => "cred delete-issue negative", :id => "destroy_issue_#{issue.id}"
diff --git a/app/views/issues/create.js.haml b/app/views/issues/create.js.haml
index 3713a8af..b8043290 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/create.js.haml
+++ b/app/views/issues/create.js.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 - if @issue.valid?
   :plain
     $("#new_issue_dialog").dialog("close");
+    $("#issues-table").prepend("#{escape_javascript(render(:partial => 'show', :locals => {:issue => @issue} ))}");
     $.ajax({type: "GET", url: location.href, dataType: "script"});
 - else
   :plain
diff --git a/spec/requests/issues_spec.rb b/spec/requests/issues_spec.rb
index b5d6f1bc..0dda659b 100644
--- a/spec/requests/issues_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/issues_spec.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ describe "Issues" do
         :assignee => @user,
         :project => project
       visit project_issues_path(project)
+      page.execute_script("$('.action-links').css('display', 'block');")
       click_link "Edit"
     end