diff --git a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
index 127fa5d3a..d8e583bf7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
 
   def create
     if params[:refusal_button]
+      members = []
+      applied_members = true
       if params[:membership]
         if params[:membership][:user_ids]
           attrs = params[:membership].dup
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
         end
       end
     else
+      applied_members = false
       members = []
       project_info = []
       user_grades = []
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { redirect_to_settings_in_projects }
-      format.js { @members = members;@applied_members = members; }
+      format.js { @members = members;@applied_members = applied_members; }
       format.api {
         @member = members.first
         if @member.valid?
diff --git a/app/views/members/create.js.erb b/app/views/members/create.js.erb
index 11c468a76..88089f843 100644
--- a/app/views/members/create.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/members/create.js.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 $('#tab-content-members').html('<%= escape_javascript(render :partial => 'projects/settings/members') %>');
 hideOnLoad();
 
+<%if !@applied_members%>
 <% if @members.present? && @members.all? {|m| m.valid? } %>
   <% @members.each do |member| %>
     $("#member-<%= member.id %>").effect("highlight");
@@ -9,3 +10,4 @@ hideOnLoad();
   <% errors = @members.collect {|m| m.errors.full_messages}.flatten.uniq.join(', ') %>
   alert('<%= raw(escape_javascript(l(:notice_failed_to_save_members, :errors => errors))) %>');
 <% end %>
+<%end%>