diff --git a/app/helpers/journals_helper.rb b/app/helpers/journals_helper.rb
index 990bfb1e574944cdd7e728c7a06656b5088db10a..c8d53f253beda17770dedb6dcc5c446162fa1b82 100644
--- a/app/helpers/journals_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/journals_helper.rb
@@ -39,11 +39,4 @@ module JournalsHelper
     onclick = "new Ajax.Request('#{url_for(url)}', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, method:'get'}); return false;"
     link_to text, '#', options.merge(:onclick => onclick)
   end
-  
-  def css_journal_classes(journal)
-    s = 'journal'
-    s << ' has-notes' unless journal.notes.blank?
-    s << ' has-details' unless journal.details.blank?
-    s
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/journal.rb b/app/models/journal.rb
index a0e1ae8779ef4f6d7e16529df7aaefce55b8aa86..3e846aeb89c2ce88766aab69768f0082272c22a2 100644
--- a/app/models/journal.rb
+++ b/app/models/journal.rb
@@ -65,4 +65,12 @@ class Journal < ActiveRecord::Base
   def attachments
     journalized.respond_to?(:attachments) ? journalized.attachments : nil
   end
+
+  # Returns a string of css classes
+  def css_classes
+    s = 'journal'
+    s << ' has-notes' unless notes.blank?
+    s << ' has-details' unless details.blank?
+    s
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_history.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_history.rhtml
index 4ea2dd2ac3917993a2f201db180206691db8facd..4851e5f228baf225e7fe198f59e2f8c57eb6ddbd 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_history.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_history.rhtml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <% reply_links = authorize_for('issues', 'edit') -%>
 <% for journal in journals %>
-  <div id="change-<%= journal.id %>" class="<%= css_journal_classes(journal) %>">
+  <div id="change-<%= journal.id %>" class="<%= journal.css_classes %>">
     <h4><div class="journal-link"><%= link_to "##{journal.indice}", :anchor => "note-#{journal.indice}" %></div>
     <%= avatar(journal.user, :size => "24") %>
     <%= content_tag('a', '', :name => "note-#{journal.indice}")%>