diff --git a/public/src/forum/account.js b/public/src/forum/account.js
index 5818cae7b1..516d9196f3 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/account.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/account.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	$(document).ready(function() {
 
 		app.addCommasToNumbers();
-		
+
 		var followBtn = $('#follow-btn');
 		var unfollowBtn = $('#unfollow-btn');
 
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 				followBtn.show();
 				unfollowBtn.hide();
 			}
+		} else {
+			followBtn.hide();
+			unfollowBtn.hide();
 		}
 
 		followBtn.on('click', function() {
@@ -51,9 +54,9 @@
 		$('.user-recent-posts .topic-row').on('click', function() {
 			ajaxify.go($(this).attr('topic-url'));
 		});
-		
+
 		var onlineStatus = $('.account-online-status');
-		
+
 		function handleUserOnline(data) {
 			if(data.online) {
 				onlineStatus.find('span span').text('online');
diff --git a/public/src/forum/followers.js b/public/src/forum/followers.js
index 5e4ec7a00d..9093dcbd1e 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/followers.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/followers.js
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 		followersCount = templates.get('followersCount');
 
 	$(document).ready(function() {
-		
+
 		if(parseInt(followersCount, 10) === 0) {
-			$('#no-followers-notice').show();
+			$('#no-followers-notice').removeClass('hide');
 		}
-		
+
 		app.addCommasToNumbers();
-		
+
 	});
-	
+
 
 }());
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/src/forum/following.js b/public/src/forum/following.js
index 836fc274ca..0353b72236 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/following.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/following.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 		followingCount = templates.get('followingCount');
 
 	$(document).ready(function() {
-		
+
 		if(parseInt(followingCount, 10) === 0) {
-			$('#no-following-notice').show();
+			$('#no-following-notice').removeClass('hide');
 		}
 
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 			$('.unfollow-btn').on('click',function() {
 				var unfollowBtn = $(this);
 				var followingUid = $(this).attr('followingUid');
-			
+
 				socket.emit('api:user.unfollow', {uid: followingUid}, function(success) {
 					var username = unfollowBtn.attr('data-username');
 					if(success) {
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
 
 		app.addCommasToNumbers();
 	});
-	
+
 
 }());
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/templates/account.tpl b/public/templates/account.tpl
index 16e87313c6..aa9bfd8ccb 100644
--- a/public/templates/account.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/account.tpl
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 				<span class="label label-danger">banned</span>
 			</div>
 			<div id="user-actions">
-				<a id="follow-btn" href="#" class="btn hide">Follow</a>
-				<a id="unfollow-btn" href="#" class="btn hide">Unfollow</a>
+				<a id="follow-btn" href="#" class="btn btn-default">Follow</a>
+				<a id="unfollow-btn" href="#" class="btn btn-default">Unfollow</a>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
diff --git a/public/templates/following.tpl b/public/templates/following.tpl
index c713b7a6a6..cbdc3d7911 100644
--- a/public/templates/following.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/following.tpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 				<span class='formatted-number'>{following.postcount}</span>
 				<i class='icon-pencil'></i>
 			</div>
-			<a id="unfollow-btn" href="#" class="btn unfollow-btn" followingUid="{following.uid}" data-username="{following.username}">Unfollow</a>
+			<a id="unfollow-btn" href="#" class="btn btn-default unfollow-btn" followingUid="{following.uid}" data-username="{following.username}">Unfollow</a>
 		</div>
 		<!-- END following -->
 	</div>