diff --git a/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
index 8160c6e3..f93babf8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/mappings_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class MappingController < ApplicationController
+class MappingsController < ApplicationController
   # GET mappings
   def index
   end
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class MappingController < ApplicationController
         @topic = Topic.find(params[:topic][:id])
         @mapping.topic = @topic
       end
-    else if params[:synapse]
+    elsif params[:synapse]
       if params[:synapse][:id]
         @topic = Synapse.find(params[:synapse][:id])
         @mapping.synapse = @synapse
diff --git a/app/views/mapping/new.html.erb b/app/views/mapping/new.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fba56ad..00000000
--- a/app/views/mapping/new.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<h1>Mapping#new</h1>
-<p>Find me in app/views/mapping/new.html.erb</p>