diff --git a/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php b/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
index fdd9a64ec..bb9792296 100644
--- a/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class PlaylistController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 					->addActionContext('set-cue', 'json')
 					->addActionContext('move-item', 'json')
 					->addActionContext('close', 'json')
+					->addActionContext('delete-active', 'json')
                     ->initContext();
 
         $this->pl_sess = new Zend_Session_Namespace(UI_PLAYLIST_SESSNAME);
@@ -225,12 +226,20 @@ class PlaylistController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 
     public function deleteActiveAction()
     {   
-		$pl = $this->getPlaylist();
-		$this->closePlaylist($pl);
-		
-		Playlist::Delete($pl_sess->id);
+		$display = $this->_getParam('view');
 
+		$pl = $this->getPlaylist();	
+		Playlist::Delete($pl->getId());
+
+		$pl_sess = $this->pl_sess;
 		unset($pl_sess->id);
+
+		if($display === 'spl') {
+			$this->view->html = $this->view->render('sideplaylist/index.phtml');
+			return;
+		} 
+
+		$this->_helper->redirector('index');
     }
 
     public function closeAction()
diff --git a/public/js/campcaster/library/spl.js b/public/js/campcaster/library/spl.js
index d51280958..f57da75db 100644
--- a/public/js/campcaster/library/spl.js
+++ b/public/js/campcaster/library/spl.js
@@ -68,16 +68,26 @@ function moveSPLItem(event, ui) {
 	$.post(url, setSPLContent);
 }
 
+function noOpenPL(json) {
+	$("#side_playlist")
+		.empty()
+		.append(json.html);
+}
+
 function closeSPL() {
 	var url;
 
 	url = '/Playlist/close/format/json/view/spl';
 
-	$.post(url, function(json){
-		$("#side_playlist")
-			.empty()
-			.append(json.html);
-	});
+	$.post(url, noOpenPL);
+}
+
+function deleteSPL() {
+	var url;
+
+	url = '/Playlist/delete-active/format/json/view/spl';
+
+	$.post(url, noOpenPL);
 }
 
 function setUpSPL() {
@@ -86,6 +96,7 @@ function setUpSPL() {
     $("#spl_sortable" ).bind( "sortstop", moveSPLItem);
 	$("#spl_remove_selected").click(deleteSPLItem);
 	$("#spl_close").click(closeSPL);
+	$("#spl_delete").click(deleteSPL);
 
 	$("#spl_sortable").droppable();
 	$("#spl_sortable" ).bind( "drop", addSPLItem);