diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/journal_papers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/journal_papers_controller.rb
index 95a9566..407edbd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/journal_papers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/journal_papers_controller.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Admin::JournalPapersController < OrbitMemberController
   end
 
   def new
-    @member = Array(MemberProfile.find_by(:uid=>params['uid']) rescue nil)
+    @member = Array(MemberProfile.find_by(:uid=>params['uid'])) rescue [nil]
     @journal_paper = JournalPaper.new
 
     if params[:desktop]