diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index 5e70e7d0b..ef6f410d2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
     if current_user
       redirect_to aspects_path
     else
+      @landing_page = true
       render :show
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index fd28b64f2..904909947 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@
 
     
     = javascript_include_tag "//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"
-    = javascript_include_tag "vendor/jquery144.min"
     
     :javascript
-      !window.jQuery && document.write(unescape('%3Cscript src="js/libs/jquery-1.4.4.js"%3E%3C/script%3E'))
-    = include_javascripts :main
+      !window.jQuery && document.write(unescape('%3Cscript src="/javascripts/vendor/jquery144.min.js"%3E%3C/script%3E'))
+
+    - unless @landing_page
+      = include_javascripts :main
     
     - if current_user
       = include_javascripts :flash_socket unless modern_browser?
@@ -60,10 +61,11 @@
       %link{:rel => "alternate", :href => "#{current_user.public_url}", :type => "application/atom+xml", :title => "Public Diaspora Feed for #{current_user.real_name}"}
 
   %body
-    #notification
+    -unless @landing_page
+      #notification
 
-    - flash.each do |name, msg|
-      = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
+      - flash.each do |name, msg|
+        = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
 
     %header{:class=>('landing' unless current_user)}
       = render 'layouts/header'
@@ -82,18 +84,19 @@
           %li= link_to 'github', "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"
           %li= link_to t('layouts.header.blog'), "http://blog.joindiaspora.com"
 
-    :javascript    
-        var is_ssl = ("https:" == document.location.protocol);
-        var asset_host = is_ssl ? "https://s3.amazonaws.com/getsatisfaction.com/" : "http://s3.amazonaws.com/getsatisfaction.com/";
-        document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + asset_host + "javascripts/feedback-v2.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
+    -unless @landing_page
+      :javascript    
+          var is_ssl = ("https:" == document.location.protocol);
+          var asset_host = is_ssl ? "https://s3.amazonaws.com/getsatisfaction.com/" : "http://s3.amazonaws.com/getsatisfaction.com/";
+          document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + asset_host + "javascripts/feedback-v2.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
 
-    :javascript
-        var feedback_widget_options = {};
+      :javascript
+          var feedback_widget_options = {};
 
-        feedback_widget_options.display = "overlay";  
-        feedback_widget_options.company = "diaspora";
-        feedback_widget_options.placement = "right";
-        feedback_widget_options.color = "#222";
-        feedback_widget_options.style = "idea";
-        var feedback_widget = new GSFN.feedback_widget(feedback_widget_options);
-    
+          feedback_widget_options.display = "overlay";  
+          feedback_widget_options.company = "diaspora";
+          feedback_widget_options.placement = "right";
+          feedback_widget_options.color = "#222";
+          feedback_widget_options.style = "idea";
+          var feedback_widget = new GSFN.feedback_widget(feedback_widget_options);
+