diff --git a/app/assets/images/branding/logos/powered_by_diaspora.png b/app/assets/images/branding/logos/powered_by_diaspora.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 3979f5be7..000000000
Binary files a/app/assets/images/branding/logos/powered_by_diaspora.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/footer.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/footer.scss
index 2fc0168a5..f47e07b6b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/footer.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/footer.scss
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
+html {
+  min-height: 100%;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+body { margin-bottom: 150px; }
+
 footer {
-  width: 100%;
-  left: 0;
+  background-color: $background-grey;
+  border-top: 1px solid $border-grey;
   bottom: 0;
-  color: $text-grey;
+  max-height: 130px;
+  padding-top: 15px;
+  padding-bottom: 15px;
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 100%;
 
-  .container {
-    width: 95%;
-    margin: 4em auto 0 auto;
-    padding: 0.5em 0 1em 0;
-    border-top: 1px solid $border-grey;
-  }
-
-  .logos-powered_by_diaspora {
-    display: inline-block;
-    margin-top: 3px;
-    height: 11px;
-    width: 145px;
+  .powered-by-diaspora {
+    color: $link-grey;
+    font-weight: bold;
   }
 
   ul#footer_nav {
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0;
     display: inline-block;
-    float: right;
 
     > li {
       display: inline;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
index ca3bbb840..7a6d14476 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/mobile.scss
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 @import 'entypo';
 @import 'icons';
 
-@import "header";
+@import "mobile/header";
 @import "mobile/tags";
 @import "mobile/conversations";
 @import "mobile/settings";
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
index 95ecb30d8..e95f48fbc 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-html,
-body {
-  /* hack to ensure fixed elements at height: 100%; are in relation to the window */
-  max-height : 100%;
-}
-
 body {
   margin-top: 50px;
   padding : none;
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.haml
index 12236d956..81079a730 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 %footer
   .container
-    .logos-powered_by_diaspora
-    %ul#footer_nav
+    .pull-left
+      .powered-by-diaspora
+        powered by diaspora*
+    %ul#footer_nav.pull-right
       = render :partial =>'shared/links'