diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 47e7f8c2c..67fe5d104 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def interests
-    follows.map{|follow| follow.followable.tags.map(&:name)}.flatten.compact.uniq
+    followables = follows.map(&:followable)
+    followables.compact.map { |followable| followable.tags.map(&:name) }.flatten.compact.uniq
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 25084e4d1..c201fc03c 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -667,6 +667,15 @@ describe User do
       expect(user.interests).to eq ["Sport"]
     end
 
+    it "deals gracefully with hidden proposals" do
+      proposal = create(:proposal, tag_list: "Sport")
+      create(:follow, followable: proposal, user: user)
+
+      proposal.hide
+
+      expect(user.interests).to eq []
+    end
+
     it "discards followed objects duplicated tags" do
       proposal1 = create(:proposal, tag_list: "Sport")
       proposal2 = create(:proposal, tag_list: "Sport")