diff --git a/app/controllers/activities_controller.rb b/app/controllers/activities_controller.rb
index 8a609e0..6fc322d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/activities_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/activities_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class ActivitiesController < ApplicationController
   def index
+    @activities = []
     if Team.exists?(session[:team_id])
       @team = Team.find session[:team_id]
       projects = current_user.anticipated_projects_in_team(@team)
diff --git a/app/views/activities/index.html.erb b/app/views/activities/index.html.erb
index 803abf8..3c3cd88 100644
--- a/app/views/activities/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/activities/index.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-<%= content_tag :section, class: 'section', id: "activities-team_#{@team.id}" do %>
-  <% if @activities.any? %>
+<% if @activities.any? %>
+  <%= content_tag :section, class: 'section', id: "activities-team_#{@team.id}" do %>
+
 
     <% @by_day_groups.each do |by_day_group| %>