diff --git a/app/views/synapses/create.js.erb b/app/views/synapses/create.js.erb
index faf77cac..0814e363 100644
--- a/app/views/synapses/create.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/synapses/create.js.erb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 $('#new_synapse').fadeOut('fast');
 $('#synapse_desc').attr('value','');
 $('#synapse_desc').autocomplete('disable');
-$('#synapse_desc').fadeOut('fast');
 $('#synapse_topic1id').attr('value','0');
 $('#synapse_topic2id').attr('value','0');
 
diff --git a/app/views/topics/create.js.erb b/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
index 19a1cee2..18cb397d 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if (!$.isEmptyObject(Mconsole.graph.nodes)) {
         modes: ['node-property:dim'],  
         duration: 500,
         onComplete: function() {
-            selectNodeOnClickHandler(temp);
+            selectNode(temp);
         }
       });
       
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ if (!$.isEmptyObject(Mconsole.graph.nodes)) {
         modes: ['node-property:dim'],  
         duration: 500,
         onComplete: function() {
-            selectNodeOnClickHandler(temp);
+            selectNode(temp);
         }
       });
 }