diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 906d4bf1..df042b5e 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
       @project.attributes = params['project'] || params['request']['project']
       params_are_invalid = false
     end
+    @go_to_project = params['go_to_project']
     @saved = @project.save
     @project_not_done_counts = { @project.id => 0 }
     @active_projects_count = @user.projects.count(:conditions => "state = 'active'")
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/projects/create.rjs b/tracks/app/views/projects/create.rjs
index 3d7050a2..7deb4402 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/projects/create.rjs
+++ b/tracks/app/views/projects/create.rjs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-if @saved
+if @saved and @go_to_project
+  page.redirect_to project_path(@project)
+elsif @saved
   page.hide 'projects-empty-nd'
   page.show 'list-active-projects-container'
   page.replace_html "active-projects-count", @active_projects_count
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/projects/index.rhtml b/tracks/app/views/projects/index.rhtml
index ecdbd95c..5cf820d4 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/projects/index.rhtml
+++ b/tracks/app/views/projects/index.rhtml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
       <label for="project_description">Description (optional):</label><br />
       <%= text_area 'project', 'description', "cols" => 30, "rows" => 4  %><br />
+      
+      <%= check_box_tag 'go_to_project' %><label for="go_to_project">Go to the project page</label><br /> 
 
       <input type="submit" value="Add" />
 
diff --git a/tracks/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb b/tracks/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
index 822598a3..97b8c9a6 100644
--- a/tracks/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
+++ b/tracks/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ class ProjectsControllerTest < TodoContainerControllerTestBase
     assert_rjs :call, "Form.reset", "project-form"
     assert_rjs :call, "Form.focusFirstElement", "project-form"
   end
+  
+  def test_create_project_and_go_to_project_page
+    num_projects = Project.count
+    xhr :post, :create, { :project => {:name => 'Immediate Project Planning Required'}, :go_to_project => 1}
+    assert_js_redirected_to '/projects/Immediate_Project_Planning_Required'
+    assert_equal num_projects + 1, Project.count
+  end
 
   def test_create_with_slash_in_name_does_not_increment_number_of_projects
     assert_ajax_create_does_not_increment_count 'foo/bar'
diff --git a/tracks/test/test_helper.rb b/tracks/test/test_helper.rb
index f3fd75fb..601bcf8d 100644
--- a/tracks/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/tracks/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,28 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
     1.week.from_now.utc.to_date
   end
   
+  # Courtesy of http://habtm.com/articles/2006/02/20/assert-yourself-man-redirecting-with-rjs
+  def assert_js_redirected_to(options={}, message=nil)
+   clean_backtrace do
+     assert_response(:success, message)
+     assert_equal 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8', @response.headers['Content-Type'], 'Response should be Javascript content-type';
+     js_regexp = %r{(\w+://)?.*?(/|$|\\\?)(.*)}
+     url_regexp = %r{^window\.location\.href [=] ['"]#{js_regexp}['"][;]$}
+     redirected_to = @response.body.match(url_regexp)
+     assert_not_nil(redirected_to, message)
+     redirected_to = redirected_to[3]
+     msg = build_message(message, "expected a JS redirect to <?>, found one to <?>", options, redirected_to)
+
+     if options.is_a?(String)
+       assert_equal(options.gsub(/^\//, ''), redirected_to, message)
+     else
+       msg = build_message(message, "response is not a redirection to all of the options supplied (redirection is <?>)", redirected_to)
+       assert_equal(@controller.url_for(options).match(js_regexp)[3], redirected_to, msg)
+     end
+   end
+  end
+  
+  
 end
 
 class ActionController::IntegrationTest