diff --git a/app/views/conference/_location.html.haml b/app/views/conference/_location.html.haml
index 48c90da3..c98e9fd1 100644
--- a/app/views/conference/_location.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/conference/_location.html.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     %a{ href: '#location' } Location
 
 
-%div#venue-banner-disp{ style: ("background-image: url(#{@conference.venue.photo})" if @conference.venue.photo), class:('with-background' if @conference.venue.photo) }
+%div#venue-banner-disp{ style: ("background-image: url(#{@conference.venue.photo})" unless @conference.venue.photo.blank?), class:('with-background' unless @conference.venue.photo.blank?) }
   %div.container.text-center
     .div.row.col-md-12
       - unless @conference.venue.name.blank?