diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index 4bb3b76f94..448c17d363 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 		app.enter_room('global');
 
 		var url = url.replace(/\/$/, "");
-		tpl_url = templates.get_custom_map(tpl_url);
-		var tpl_url = (url === '' || url === '/') ? 'home' : url.split('/')[0];
+
+		var tpl_url = templates.get_custom_map(url);
 		
+		if (tpl_url == false) {
+			tpl_url = (url === '' || url === '/') ? 'home' : url.split('/')[0];
+		} 
 		
 		if (templates[tpl_url]) {
 			window.history.pushState({}, url, "/" + url);
diff --git a/public/src/templates.js b/public/src/templates.js
index ba2210bbf2..a0ead8319a 100644
--- a/public/src/templates.js
+++ b/public/src/templates.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ var templates = {};
 	templates.get_custom_map = function(tpl) {
 		if (config['custom_mapping'] && tpl) {
 			for (var pattern in config['custom_mapping']) {
-				console.log(pattern);
 				if (tpl.match(pattern)) {
 					return (config['custom_mapping'][pattern]);
 				}
diff --git a/public/templates/header.tpl b/public/templates/header.tpl
index 60930b77e3..401c12113b 100644
--- a/public/templates/header.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/header.tpl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	                    </li>
 					</ul>
 					<ul class="nav pull-right" id="right-menu">
-						<li><i class="icon-plus icon-2x" style="color:#999;"></i></li>
+						<!--<li><i class="icon-plus icon-2x" style="color:#999;"></i></li> fail. add this back later -->
 						<li><a href="/users" id="user_label"></a></li>
 					</ul>
 				</div>
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 9697b87b7c..3818581cc8 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 						callback({
 							'category_name' : category_id ? category_name : 'Recent',
 							'show_topic_button' : category_id ? 'show' : 'hidden',
-							'category_id': category_id,
+							'category_id': category_id || 0,
 							'topics': topics
 						});
 					
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					callback({
 						'category_name' : category_id ? category_name : 'Recent',
 						'show_topic_button' : category_id ? 'show' : 'hidden',
-						'category_id': category_id,
+						'category_id': category_id || 0,
 						'topics': []
 					});
 				}