diff --git a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
index 85286b22b..f01e71a91 100644
--- a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
         @parent = @photo
       end
 
-      @object_aspect_ids = @parent.aspects.map{|a| a.id}
+      @object_aspect_ids = []
+      if @parent.aspects
+        @object_aspect_ids = @parent.aspects.map{|a| a.id}
+      end
 
       comments_hash = Comment.hash_from_post_ids [@parent.id]
       person_hash = Person.from_post_comment_hash comments_hash
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml b/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
index 84d36c436..e5d2d0504 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@
         /= info_text(t('.handle_explanation'))
 
   - if @notification_count > 0 || @request_count > 0
-    - if @request_count > 0
-      #new_requests
+    #new_requests
+      - if @request_count > 0
         %h4
           = new_request_link(@request_count)
 
-    - if @notification_count > 0
-      #new_notifications
+    #new_notifications
+      - if @notification_count > 0
+        = image_tag 'icons/mail_big.png', :height => 20, :width => 20, :style=>"margin-top:3px;"
         %h4
           = new_notification_link(@notification_count)
     %hr
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 3e42c35d8..158d46650 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ header
 
   :background
     :color #111
-    :color rgba(30,30,30,0.98)
+    :color rgba(15,15,15,0.90)
 
   :background -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(rgba(25,25,25,0.80)), to(rgba(0,0,0,0.98)))
+  :background -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(25,25,25,0.80), rgba(0,0,0,0.98))
 
   :-webkit-box-shadow 0 1px 3px #111
   :-moz-box-shadow 0 1px 2px #111
@@ -1989,6 +1990,7 @@ h3,h4
   :padding 0 4px
   :margin
     :right 4px
+    :bottom 4px
 
   :-webkit-border-radius 3px
   :-moz-border-radius 3px
@@ -2043,6 +2045,8 @@ h3,h4
   .arrow,
   .aspect_badge
     :position relative
+    :margin
+      :bottom 0
   .arrow
     :top -0.1em
   .aspect_badge
@@ -2175,8 +2179,6 @@ ul.show_comments
     :position relative
     :top 4px
 
-  :margin
-    :bottom 2em
   :padding
     :bottom 1em
 
@@ -2186,3 +2188,23 @@ ul.show_comments
   :padding
     :left 60px
 
+#aspect_listings
+  :margin
+    :top 24px
+
+#new_notifications,
+#new_requests
+  :position relative
+  
+  :margin
+    :bottom 10px
+    :top -8px
+
+  h4
+    :display inline
+  img
+    :position relative
+    :display inline
+    :margin
+      :right 4px
+    :top 5px
diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
index 01056e8ef..742c1c9fb 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ describe AspectsController do
       end
 
       it "returns all posts" do
+        @user.aspects.reload
         get :index
         assigns(:posts).length.should == 8
       end