diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/user_tabs.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/user_tabs.js.coffee
index 09b7eec9104..c2aeffe2381 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/user_tabs.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/user_tabs.js.coffee
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class @UserTabs
     @setCurrentAction(action)
 
   activateTab: (action) ->
-    @parentEl.find(".nav-links .#{action}-tab a").tab('show')
+    @parentEl.find(".nav-links .js-#{action}-tab a").tab('show')
 
   setTab: (source, action) ->
     return if @loaded[action] is true
diff --git a/app/views/users/show.html.haml b/app/views/users/show.html.haml
index 3028491e5b6..0dff27f9654 100644
--- a/app/views/users/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/show.html.haml
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@
           = @user.location
 
     %ul.nav-links.center.user-profile-nav
-      %li.activity-tab
+      %li.js-activity-tab
         = link_to user_calendar_activities_path, data: {target: 'div#activity', action: 'activity', toggle: 'tab'} do
           Activity
-      %li.groups-tab
+      %li.js-groups-tab
         = link_to user_groups_path, data: {target: 'div#groups', action: 'groups', toggle: 'tab'} do
           Groups
-      %li.contributed-tab
+      %li.js-contributed-tab
         = link_to user_contributed_projects_path, data: {target: 'div#contributed', action: 'contributed', toggle: 'tab'} do
           Contributed projects
       %li.projects-tab