diff --git a/android/src/com/parse/f8/view/ScheduleActivity.java b/android/src/com/parse/f8/view/ScheduleActivity.java
index bc6a738..9e6944b 100644
--- a/android/src/com/parse/f8/view/ScheduleActivity.java
+++ b/android/src/com/parse/f8/view/ScheduleActivity.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 public class ScheduleActivity extends BaseActivity implements
 		ActionBar.TabListener {
 
+  private static ScheduleActivity instance;
 	private ScheduleSectionsPagerAdapter scheduleSectionsPagerAdapter;
 	private ViewPager sectionsViewPager;
 	private ActionBar actionBar;
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ public void onPageSelected(int position) {
 			actionBar.addTab(scheduleTab);
 		}
 
+    instance = this;
+
 	}
 
 	public static class ScheduleSectionsPagerAdapter extends
@@ -161,4 +164,8 @@ public void onTabUnselected(Tab arg0, FragmentTransaction arg1) {
 		}
 	}
 
+  public static ScheduleActivity getInstance() {
+    return instance;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/android/src/com/parse/f8/view/ScheduleFragment.java b/android/src/com/parse/f8/view/ScheduleFragment.java
index 4dd09e3..4d75e23 100644
--- a/android/src/com/parse/f8/view/ScheduleFragment.java
+++ b/android/src/com/parse/f8/view/ScheduleFragment.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 
 package com.parse.f8.view;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
@@ -46,8 +43,10 @@
 import com.parse.f8.model.Talk;
 import com.parse.f8.util.TalkListAdapter;
 
-public class ScheduleFragment extends Fragment {
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
+public class ScheduleFragment extends Fragment {
 	public static final String ARG_TRACK = "track";
 
 	public String[] scheduleTitles;
@@ -93,7 +92,8 @@ public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 						public void done(Talk talk, ParseException e) {
 							if (talk != null) {
 								talkList.add(talk);
-								if (!getActivity().isFinishing()) {
+
+								if (!ScheduleActivity.getInstance().isFinishing()) {
 									// Update view
 									updateView();
 								}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public void done(Talk talk, ParseException e) {
 					});
 		} else {
 			// This is a list of talks for a track
-			adapter = new TalkListAdapter(getActivity(), false);
+			adapter = new TalkListAdapter(ScheduleActivity.getInstance(), false);
 			// Get the room info corresponding to this track
 			Room.findInBackground(track, new GetCallback<Room>() {
 				@Override
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public void done(List<Talk> talks, ParseException e) {
 											adapter.add(talk);
 										}
 									}
-									if (!getActivity().isFinishing()) {
+									if (!ScheduleActivity.getInstance().isFinishing()) {
 										// Update view
 										updateView();
 									}
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
 					// 1
 					Talk talk = adapter.getItem(position - 1);
 					if (!talk.isBreak()) {
-						Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(),
+						Intent intent = new Intent(ScheduleActivity.getInstance(),
 								TalkActivity.class);
 						intent.setData(talk.getUri());
 						startActivity(intent);