diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index 24a59a2d0..c64464a1e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
     @aspect_hashes = hashes_for_aspects @aspects, @contacts, :limit => 8
     @contact_hashes = hashes_for_contacts @contacts
 
-    #@aspect = @aspects.first
+    @aspect = :all unless params[:a_ids]
 
     if current_user.getting_started == true
       redirect_to getting_started_path
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb b/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index aa27af5a0..000000000
--- a/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-$('#main_stream').html("<%= escape_javascript(render('shared/stream', :posts => @post_hashes)) %>");
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
index a47ff351d..abd6baa92 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
           - for aspect in @all_aspects
             %li{:data=>{:guid=>aspect.id}, :class => ("selected" if current_aspect?(aspect))}
-              = link_to aspect.name, '#'
+              = link_to aspect.name, '#', :class => 'aspect_selector'
 
           %li
             = link_to '+', '#add_aspect_pane', :class => "add_aspect_button", :title => t('aspects.manage.add_a_new_aspect')
diff --git a/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js b/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
index dfc140e4a..b720c67d6 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $(function(){
     }
   });
 
-  $("#aspect_nav a").click(function(e){
+  $("#aspect_nav a.aspect_selector").click(function(e){
 
     e.preventDefault();
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 5620ee404..034883106 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -117,15 +117,17 @@ header
   :min-height 40px
 
   :background
-    :color #222
+    :color #111
     :color rgba(30,30,30,0.98)
 
-  :-webkit-box-shadow 0 0px 3px #000
-  :-moz-box-shadow 0 0px 3px #000
-  :box-shadow 0 0px 3px #000
+  :background -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(rgba(30,30,30,0.94)), to(rgba(0,0,0,0.96)))
+
+  :-webkit-box-shadow 0 1px 3px #111
+  :-moz-box-shadow 0 1px 2px #111
+  :box-shadow 0 1px 3px #111
 
   :border
-    :bottom 1px solid #999
+    :bottom 1px solid #777
 
   :padding 0
     :top 5px
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ header
     .right
       :top 10px
     :height 45px
-    
+
   ul#user_menu
     :overflow hidden
     :white-space nowrap
@@ -943,9 +945,8 @@ label
 
         :text-shadow 0 1px 0 #444
 
-        :padding 2px 7px
-        :margin
-          :left -1px
+        :padding 1px 7px
+
         :color #CCC
         :max-width 120px
         :overflow hidden
@@ -961,7 +962,10 @@ label
         :font
           :weight bold
         :background
-          :color rgb(252,252,252)
+          :color rgb(235,235,235)
+
+        :border
+          :bottom 1px solid #fff
 
         :color #444
         &:hover