diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery/topics.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery/topics.js.es6
index 7624c96ab..f5bea7b6e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery/topics.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/discovery/topics.js.es6
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ var controllerOpts = {
   }.property('allLoaded', 'topics.length'),
 
   footerEducation: function() {
-    if (!this.get('allLoaded') || this.get('topics.length') > 0 || !Discourse.User.current()) { return ""; }
+    if (!this.get('allLoaded') || this.get('topics.length') > 0 || !Discourse.User.current()) { return; }
 
     var split = this.get('filter').split('/');
 
-    if (split[0] !== 'new' && split[0] !== 'unread' && split[0] !== 'starred') { return ""; }
+    if (split[0] !== 'new' && split[0] !== 'unread' && split[0] !== 'starred') { return; }
 
     return I18n.t("topics.none.educate." + split[0], {
       userPrefsUrl: Discourse.getURL("/users/") + (Discourse.User.currentProp("username_lower")) + "/preferences"