diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index 29fbd97c..0ef11b81 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class HomeController < ApplicationController
+  helper :messages
   
   def index
     @currentOrders = Order.find_current
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
     @unaccepted_tasks = @current_user.unaccepted_tasks
     # task in next week
     @next_tasks = @current_user.next_tasks
-
+    @messages = Message.user.find :all, :limit => 5
     # count tasks with no responsible person
     # tasks for groups the current user is not a member are ignored
     tasks = Task.find(:all, :conditions => ["assigned = ? and done = ?", false, false])
diff --git a/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb b/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
index 75d7afae..03bcc645 100644
--- a/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module MessagesHelper
     groups
   end
 
-  def format_subject(message)
-    truncate "<b>#{link_to(h(message.subject), message)}</b> <span style='color:grey'>#{h(message.body)}</span>", :length => 200
+  def format_subject(message, length)
+    truncate "<b>#{link_to(h(message.subject), message)}</b> <span style='color:grey'>#{h(message.body)}</span>", :length => length
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/ordergroup.rb b/app/models/ordergroup.rb
index 98622c14..7ffe0f92 100644
--- a/app/models/ordergroup.rb
+++ b/app/models/ordergroup.rb
@@ -125,9 +125,8 @@ class Ordergroup < Group
           {:group => self, :transaction => transaction}, 
           {:recipients_ids => users.collect(&:id), :subject => "Gruppenkonto im Minus"}
         ).save!
-        end        
       end
-    end    
+    end
   end
   
   # before create or update, check if the name is already used in GroupOrderResults
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
index 4f3c4af9..d81b8901 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
     // Current orders
     = render :partial => 'ordering/currentOrders'
 
+  - unless @messages.empty?
+    .box_title
+      %h2 Neuste Nachrichten
+    .column_content
+      = render :partial => 'messages/messages', :locals => { :subject_length => 110 }
+
   // Ordergroup overview
   .box_title
     %h2=_ "My ordergroup"
diff --git a/app/views/messages/_messages.html.haml b/app/views/messages/_messages.html.haml
index 0ada3cf8..f5155a55 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/_messages.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/_messages.html.haml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 - unless @messages.empty?
-  - form_tag :action => 'destroy' do
-    %table.list
-      %tbody
-        - for message in @messages
-          %tr{:class => cycle('even','odd', :name => 'messages')}
-            %td
-              %b= h(message.sender_name)
-            %td= format_subject(message)
-            %td= format_time(message.created_at)
-            %td= link_to('Antworten', reply_message_path(message))
+  %table.list
+    %tbody
+      - for message in @messages
+        %tr{:class => cycle('even','odd', :name => 'messages')}
+          %td
+            %b= h(message.sender_name)
+          %td= format_subject(message, subject_length)
+          %td= format_time(message.created_at)
+          %td= link_to('Antworten', reply_message_path(message))
             
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diff --git a/app/views/messages/index.html.haml b/app/views/messages/index.html.haml
index 7d4f4eb1..5a67f196 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/index.html.haml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 %p= link_to('Neue Nachricht', :action => 'new')
 
 #messages
-  = render :partial => 'messages'
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+  = render :partial => 'messages', :locals => { :subject_length => 200 }
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