diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 0d9a674f23..2cc2b9eb2c 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -492,6 +492,9 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	if((x($_POST,'return')) && strlen($_POST['return']))
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+
+	$json = array('success' => 1);
+	echo json_encode($json);
 	killme();
 	// NOTREACHED
 }