diff --git a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
index f55613f5b..6ed450384 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 - content_for :head do
   :javascript
     $(document).ready( function(){
-      $("#edit_photo_toggle").bind('click', function() {
+      $("#edit_photo_toggle").bind('click', function(evt) {
+        evt.preventDefault();
         $("#photo_edit_options").toggle();
         $(".edit_photo input[type='text']").first().focus();
       });
@@ -38,12 +39,11 @@
     #show_photo
       -if @ownership
         = image_tag 'ajax-loader.gif', :id => "photo_spinner", :class => "hidden"
-        .edit_pane
-          .controls{:data=>{:actor=>"#{@photo.person.owner.id}",:actor_person=>"#{@photo.person.id}",:image_url=>"#{@photo.url(:thumb_medium)}"}}
-            = link_to t('.make_profile_photo'), '#', :class => "make_profile_photo"
-            |
-            = link_to 'edit', '#', :id => "edit_photo_toggle"
-          = image_tag @photo.url(:scaled_full)
+        = image_tag @photo.url(:scaled_full)
+        .photo_options{:data=>{:actor=>"#{@photo.person.owner.id}",:actor_person=>"#{@photo.person.id}",:image_url=>"#{@photo.url(:thumb_medium)}"}}
+          = link_to t('.make_profile_photo'), '#', :class => 'make_profile_photo'
+          |
+          = link_to 'edit', '#', :id => "edit_photo_toggle"
 
       -else
         = image_tag @photo.url(:scaled_full)
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.haml
index e559598db..c467cbea6 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-%h3= markdownify(post.message)
+= markdownify(post.message)
 %br
 - for photo in post.photos
   = link_to (image_tag photo.url(:thumb_medium)), object_path(photo)
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index b11da0a45..15d5fd1ff 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -138,19 +138,27 @@ function openVideo(type, videoid, link) {
   link.onclick = function() { $container.slideToggle('fast', function() { } ); }
 }
 
-$(".make_profile_photo").live("click", function(){
+$(".make_profile_photo").live("click", function(evt){
+
+  evt.preventDefault();
+
   var $this = $(this),
-      $controls  = $this.closest(".controls"),
+      $controls = $this.closest(".photo_options"),
       user_id   = $controls.attr('data-actor');
       person_id = $controls.attr('data-actor_person');
       photo_url = $controls.attr('data-image_url');
 
+  $("img[data-person_id='"+ person_id +"']").each( function() {
+    $(this).fadeTo(200,0.3);
+  });
+
   $.ajax({
     type: "PUT",
     url: '/people/'+user_id,
     data: {"person":{"profile":{ "image_url": photo_url }}},
     success: function(){
       $("img[data-person_id='"+ person_id +"']").each( function() {
+        $(this).fadeTo(200,1);
         this.src = photo_url;
       });
     }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index a3dcd1f1c..b849fe409 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ li.message .from .right
       :margin-right 1em
 
 #show_photo
+  :position relative
   :display inline-block
   :background
     :color #fff
@@ -680,6 +681,8 @@ li.message .from .right
   :border-radius 3px
 
   img
+    :z-index 2
+    :position relative
     :max-width 100%
     :margin
       :bottom 10px
@@ -687,6 +690,7 @@ li.message .from .right
       :bottom 1px solid #ddd
 
   #photo_spinner
+    :z-index 1
     :position absolute
     :height 100px
     :width 100px
@@ -1351,32 +1355,13 @@ input[type="search"]
     :border-radius 5px
 
 
-.edit_pane
+.photo_options
   :display inline
-  :position relative
+  :position absolute
+  :bottom 5px 
+  :right 13px
 
-  .controls
-    :display none
-    :background
-      :color rgba(51,51,51,0.9)
-    :padding 10px
-    :position absolute
-    :right 1px
-    :margin
-      :top 1px
-
-    a
-      :font
-        :weight bold
-      :color #eee
-      :text-shadow 0 1px #000
-
-      &:hover
-        :color #fff
-    
-  &:hover
-    .controls
-      :display inline
+  :color #999
 
 ul#breadcrumb
   :list