diff --git a/beat/web/reports/static/reports/app/controllers/reportController.js b/beat/web/reports/static/reports/app/controllers/reportController.js
index 2c4700588265357f3fc37a4666a76d2c0445e3c3..64b783d7bd56d685468883c979fbeafe2dc4f29d 100644
--- a/beat/web/reports/static/reports/app/controllers/reportController.js
+++ b/beat/web/reports/static/reports/app/controllers/reportController.js
@@ -21,33 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 /* reportController
- *
- * This controller retrieves data from the reportFactory/experimentFactory through the REST API and associates it with the $scope.
- * The $scope is ultimately bound to the report view.
- *
- * This controller is "deprecated" - it needs to be completely removed, and should not be expanded/built upon.
+ * 	bootstraps the reports angular code by requiring the ReportService.
+ * 	NOTE: DONT add any code to this controller.
  */
-angular.module('reportApp').controller('reportController',['$scope', 'reportFactory', 'ReportService', function ($scope, reportFactory, ReportService){
-	$scope.user;
-	$scope.report_id;
-	$scope.url_prefix;
-	$scope.reportFactory = reportFactory;
-	$scope.report = {};
-	$scope.report_experiments = {};
-	$scope.num_report_items = 0;
-	$scope.max_num = 0;
-	$scope.item_content = [];
-	$scope.table_item_content = [];
-	$scope.selectedObject = {};
-
-	$scope.init = function(user, report_id, url_prefix){
-		$scope.user   = user;
-		$scope.report_id = report_id;
-		$scope.url_prefix = url_prefix;
-	};
-
-	$scope.initWithReportNumber = function(report_number, url_prefix){
-		$scope.report_number = report_number;
-		$scope.url_prefix = url_prefix;
-	};
-}]);
+angular.module('reportApp').controller('reportController',['ReportService', function (ReportService){}]);
diff --git a/beat/web/reports/templates/reports/report.html b/beat/web/reports/templates/reports/report.html
index 4934e4fd5e47728564b338e6bbdb9ad607905558..a5eb70ed21fd7e60082e419ba60675ce84b8eaa5 100644
--- a/beat/web/reports/templates/reports/report.html
+++ b/beat/web/reports/templates/reports/report.html
@@ -140,10 +140,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 
-<div ng-app="reportApp" ng-controller="reportController"
-	{% if author and not report_number %}ng-init="init('{{ author }}', '{{report_name}}', '{{ URL_PREFIX }}')"{% endif %}
-	{% if report_number and not author %}ng-init="initWithReportNumber('{{report_number}}', '{{ URL_PREFIX }}')"{% endif %}
-	>
+<div ng-app="reportApp" ng-controller="reportController">
 	{% csrf_token %}
 
 	{% if report %}