diff --git a/public/src/admin/appearance/skins.js b/public/src/admin/appearance/skins.js
index b67842b1b5..374b88a7b4 100644
--- a/public/src/admin/appearance/skins.js
+++ b/public/src/admin/appearance/skins.js
@@ -32,12 +32,9 @@ define('admin/appearance/skins', function() {
 					app.alert({
 						alert_id: 'admin:theme',
 						type: 'info',
-						title: 'Theme Changed',
-						message: 'Please restart your NodeBB to fully activate this theme',
-						timeout: 5000,
-						clickfn: function() {
-							socket.emit('admin.restart');
-						}
+						title: 'Skin Updated',
+						message: themeId + ' skin was successfully applied',
+						timeout: 5000
 					});
 				});
 			}
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js b/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
index 0d10cd844c..fe8bc1fcfb 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ define('forum/topic/threadTools', ['forum/topic/fork', 'forum/topic/move'], func
 
 		fork.init();
 
-		components.get('topic').on('click', '[component="topic/follow"]', function() {
+		components.get('topic').on('click', '[component="topic/follow"]', follow);
+		components.get('topic/follow').off('click').on('click', follow);
+
+		function follow() {
 			socket.emit('topics.toggleFollow', tid, function(err, state) {
 				if(err) {
 					return app.alert({
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ define('forum/topic/threadTools', ['forum/topic/fork', 'forum/topic/move'], func
 			});
 
 			return false;
-		});
+		}
 	};
 
 	function topicCommand(command, tid) {
diff --git a/public/src/modules/notifications.js b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
index 52e4c42c8c..43ba05ed1b 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/notifications.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds'], function(sound) {
 			});
 		});
 
-		notifList.on('click', '.mark-all-read', function() {
+		notifContainer.on('click', '.mark-all-read', function() {
 			socket.emit('notifications.markAllRead', function(err) {
 				if (err) {
 					app.alertError(err.message);
diff --git a/public/src/utils.js b/public/src/utils.js
index 0c58817411..930e03501f 100644
--- a/public/src/utils.js
+++ b/public/src/utils.js
@@ -367,6 +367,20 @@
 		};
 	}
 
+	if (typeof String.prototype.endsWith != 'function') {
+		String.prototype.endsWith = function(suffix) {
+			if (this.length < suffix.length) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			var len = this.length;
+			var suffixLen = suffix.length;
+			for (var i=1; (i <= suffixLen && this[len - i] === suffix[suffixLen - i]); ++i) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			return i > suffixLen;
+		};
+	}
+
 	if ('undefined' !== typeof window) {
 		window.utils = module.exports;
 	}
diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index 522f9fffdc..e420f003b9 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@
 			usernamePassword = nconf.get('mongo:username') + ':' + nconf.get('mongo:password') + '@';
 		}
 
+		// Sensible defaults for Mongo, if not set
+		if (!nconf.get('mongo:host')) {
+			nconf.set('mongo:host', '127.0.0.1');
+		}
+		if (!nconf.get('mongo:port')) {
+			nconf.set('mongo:port', 27017);
+		}
+		if (!nconf.get('mongo:database')) {
+			nconf.set('mongo:database', '0');
+		}
+
 		var connString = 'mongodb://' + usernamePassword + nconf.get('mongo:host') + ':' + nconf.get('mongo:port') + '/' + nconf.get('mongo:database');
 		var connOptions = {
 			server: {
diff --git a/src/meta/css.js b/src/meta/css.js
index d45b61f280..a8682b1038 100644
--- a/src/meta/css.js
+++ b/src/meta/css.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ var winston = require('winston'),
 
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
 	emitter = require('../emitter'),
-	db = require('../database');
+	db = require('../database'),
+	utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 
 module.exports = function(Meta) {
 
@@ -21,30 +22,46 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 	Meta.css.defaultBranding = {};
 
 	Meta.css.minify = function(callback) {
-		if (nconf.get('isPrimary') === 'true') {
-			winston.verbose('[meta/css] Minifying LESS/CSS');
-			db.getObjectFields('config', ['theme:type', 'theme:id'], function(err, themeData) {
-				var themeId = (themeData['theme:id'] || 'nodebb-theme-vanilla'),
-					baseThemePath = path.join(nconf.get('themes_path'), (themeData['theme:type'] && themeData['theme:type'] === 'local' ? themeId : 'nodebb-theme-vanilla')),
-					paths = [
-						baseThemePath,
-						path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules'),
-						path.join(__dirname, '../../public/vendor/fontawesome/less'),
-						path.join(__dirname, '../../public/vendor/bootstrap/less')
-					],
-					source = '@import "font-awesome";',
-					acpSource,
-					x;
-
-
-				plugins.lessFiles = filterMissingFiles(plugins.lessFiles);
-				for(x=0; x<plugins.lessFiles.length; ++x) {
-					source += '\n@import ".' + path.sep + plugins.lessFiles[x] + '";';
-				}
+		callback = callback || function() {};
+		if (nconf.get('isPrimary') !== 'true') {
+			winston.verbose('[meta/css] Cluster worker ' + process.pid + ' skipping LESS/CSS compilation');
+			return callback();
+		}
+
+		winston.verbose('[meta/css] Minifying LESS/CSS');
+		db.getObjectFields('config', ['theme:type', 'theme:id'], function(err, themeData) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
 
-				plugins.cssFiles = filterMissingFiles(plugins.cssFiles);
-				for(x=0; x<plugins.cssFiles.length; ++x) {
-					source += '\n@import (inline) ".' + path.sep + plugins.cssFiles[x] + '";';
+			var themeId = (themeData['theme:id'] || 'nodebb-theme-vanilla'),
+				baseThemePath = path.join(nconf.get('themes_path'), (themeData['theme:type'] && themeData['theme:type'] === 'local' ? themeId : 'nodebb-theme-vanilla')),
+				paths = [
+					baseThemePath,
+					path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules'),
+					path.join(__dirname, '../../public/vendor/fontawesome/less'),
+					path.join(__dirname, '../../public/vendor/bootstrap/less')
+				],
+				source = '@import "font-awesome";';
+
+			plugins.lessFiles = filterMissingFiles(plugins.lessFiles);
+			plugins.cssFiles = filterMissingFiles(plugins.cssFiles);
+
+			async.waterfall([
+				function(next) {
+					getStyleSource(plugins.lessFiles, '\n@import ".', '.less', next);
+				},
+				function(src, next) {
+					source += src;
+					getStyleSource(plugins.cssFiles, '\n@import (inline) ".', '.css', next);
+				},
+				function(src, next) {
+					source += src;
+					next();
+				}
+			], function(err) {
+				if (err) {
+					return callback(err);
 				}
 
 				source += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/jquery/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.min.css";';
@@ -52,7 +69,7 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 				source += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/jquery/textcomplete/jquery.textcomplete.css";';
 				source += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + '..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/colorpicker/colorpicker.css";';
 
-				acpSource = '\n@import "..' + path.sep + 'public/less/admin/admin";\n' + source;
+				var acpSource = '\n@import "..' + path.sep + 'public/less/admin/admin";\n' + source;
 				acpSource += '\n@import (inline) "..' + path.sep + 'public/vendor/colorpicker/colorpicker.css";';
 
 				source = '@import "./theme";\n' + source;
@@ -65,6 +82,10 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 						minify(acpSource, paths, 'acpCache', next);
 					}
 				], function(err, minified) {
+					if (err) {
+						return callback(err);
+					}
+
 					// Propagate to other workers
 					if (process.send) {
 						process.send({
@@ -77,19 +98,41 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 
 					emitter.emit('meta:css.compiled');
 
-					if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-						callback();
-					}
+					callback();
 				});
 			});
-		} else {
-			winston.verbose('[meta/css] Cluster worker ' + process.pid + ' skipping LESS/CSS compilation');
-			if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-				callback();
-			}
-		}
+		});
 	};
 
+	function getStyleSource(files, prefix, extension, callback) {
+		var	pluginDirectories = [],
+			source = '';
+
+		files.forEach(function(styleFile) {
+			if (styleFile.endsWith(extension)) {
+				source += prefix + path.sep + styleFile + '";';
+			} else {
+				pluginDirectories.push(styleFile);
+			}
+		});
+
+		async.each(pluginDirectories, function(directory, next) {
+			utils.walk(directory, function(err, styleFiles) {
+				if (err) {
+					return next(err);
+				}
+
+				styleFiles.forEach(function(styleFile) {
+					source += prefix + path.sep + styleFile + '";';
+				});
+
+				next();
+			});
+		}, function(err) {
+			callback(err, source);
+		});
+	}
+
 	Meta.css.commitToFile = function(filename) {
 		var file = (filename === 'acpCache' ? 'admin' : 'stylesheet') + '.css';
 
diff --git a/src/meta/js.js b/src/meta/js.js
index 3d8ced839c..85188ab3f7 100644
--- a/src/meta/js.js
+++ b/src/meta/js.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 					clientScripts = [];
 
 				pluginsScripts = plugins.clientScripts.filter(function(path) {
-					if (path.indexOf('.js') !== -1) {
+					if (path.endsWith('.js')) {
 						return true;
 					} else {
 						pluginDirectories.push(path);
diff --git a/src/postTools.js b/src/postTools.js
index 647d796841..cb3b1da938 100644
--- a/src/postTools.js
+++ b/src/postTools.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var cache = LRU({
 				},
 				postData: function(next) {
 					cache.del(postData.pid);
-					PostTools.parsePost(postData, data.uid, next);
+					PostTools.parsePost(postData, next);
 				}
 			}, function(err, results) {
 				if (err) {
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ var cache = LRU({
 					if (err) {
 						return callback(err);
 					}
-					PostTools.parsePost(postData, uid, callback);
+					PostTools.parsePost(postData, callback);
 				});
 			}
 		});
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ var cache = LRU({
 		});
 	};
 
-	PostTools.parsePost = function(postData, uid, callback) {
+	PostTools.parsePost = function(postData, callback) {
 		postData.content = postData.content || '';
 
 		var cachedContent = cache.get(postData.pid);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ var cache = LRU({
 			return callback(null, postData);
 		}
 
-		plugins.fireHook('filter:parse.post', {postData: postData, uid: uid}, function(err, data) {
+		plugins.fireHook('filter:parse.post', {postData: postData}, function(err, data) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 2c7ca82737..53931d75f7 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 				postData.relativeTime = utils.toISOString(postData.timestamp);
 				postData.relativeEditTime = parseInt(postData.edited, 10) !== 0 ? utils.toISOString(postData.edited) : '';
-				postTools.parsePost(postData, uid, next);
+				postTools.parsePost(postData, next);
 			}, function(err, posts) {
 				if (err) {
 					return callback(err);
diff --git a/src/posts/summary.js b/src/posts/summary.js
index 962a51aaa6..6d098cd829 100644
--- a/src/posts/summary.js
+++ b/src/posts/summary.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module.exports = function(Posts) {
 						return next(null, post);
 					}
 
-					postTools.parsePost(post, uid, function(err, post) {
+					postTools.parsePost(post, function(err, post) {
 						if (err) {
 							return next(err);
 						}
diff --git a/src/privileges/categories.js b/src/privileges/categories.js
index 4a623eaa27..67d71d1002 100644
--- a/src/privileges/categories.js
+++ b/src/privileges/categories.js
@@ -102,17 +102,11 @@ module.exports = function(privileges) {
 			}
 
 			cids = cids.filter(function(cid, index) {
-				return !results.categories[index].disabled;
+				return !results.categories[index].disabled ||
+					(results.allowedTo[index] || results.isAdmin || results.isModerators[index]);
 			});
-			
-			if (results.isAdmin) {
-				return callback(null, cids);
-			}
 
-			cids = cids.filter(function(cid, index) {
-				return results.allowedTo[index] || results.isModerators[index];
-			});
-			callback(null, cids);
+			callback(null, cids.filter(Boolean));
 		});
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/socket.io/posts.js b/src/socket.io/posts.js
index b49e796e7a..94f6be7a37 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/posts.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/posts.js
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ SocketPosts.sendNotificationToPostOwner = function(pid, fromuid, notification) {
 		async.parallel({
 			username: async.apply(user.getUserField, fromuid, 'username'),
 			topicTitle: async.apply(topics.getTopicField, postData.tid, 'title'),
-			postObj: async.apply(postTools.parsePost, postData, postData.uid)
+			postObj: async.apply(postTools.parsePost, postData)
 		}, function(err, results) {
 			if (err) {
 				return;
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ SocketPosts.flag = function(socket, pid, callback) {
 		function(topic, next) {
 			post.topic = topic;
 			message = '[[notifications:user_flagged_post_in, ' + userName + ', ' + topic.title + ']]';
-			postTools.parsePost(post, socket.uid, next);
+			postTools.parsePost(post, next);
 		},
 		function(post, next) {
 			async.parallel({
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index 5988f637e2..f7af1d0c5e 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 						posts.getPidIndex(postData.pid, uid, next);
 					},
 					content: function(next) {
-						postTools.parsePost(postData, uid, next);
+						postTools.parsePost(postData, next);
 					}
 				}, next);
 			},
diff --git a/src/topics/teaser.js b/src/topics/teaser.js
index adb4f77b5c..5946eef988 100644
--- a/src/topics/teaser.js
+++ b/src/topics/teaser.js
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var async = require('async'),
+	S = require('string'),
 
 	db = require('../database'),
 	user = require('../user'),
 	posts = require('../posts'),
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
+	postTools = require('../postTools'),
 	utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 
 
@@ -49,21 +51,30 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 					users[user.uid] = user;
 				});
 				var tidToPost = {};
-				postData.forEach(function(post) {
+
+				async.each(postData, function(post, next) {
 					post.user = users[post.uid];
 					post.timestamp = utils.toISOString(post.timestamp);
 					tidToPost[post.tid] = post;
-				});
-
-				var teasers = topics.map(function(topic, index) {
-					if (tidToPost[topic.tid]) {
-						tidToPost[topic.tid].index = counts[index];
+					postTools.parsePost(post, next);
+				}, function(err) {
+					if (err) {
+						return callback(err);
 					}
-					return tidToPost[topic.tid];
-				});
-
-				plugins.fireHook('filter:teasers.get', {teasers: teasers}, function(err, data) {
-					callback(err, data ? data.teasers : null);
+					var teasers = topics.map(function(topic, index) {
+						if (tidToPost[topic.tid]) {
+							tidToPost[topic.tid].index = counts[index];
+							if (tidToPost[topic.tid].content) {
+								var s = S(tidToPost[topic.tid].content);
+								tidToPost[topic.tid].content = s.stripTags.apply(s, utils.stripTags).s;
+							}
+						}
+						return tidToPost[topic.tid];
+					});
+
+					plugins.fireHook('filter:teasers.get', {teasers: teasers}, function(err, data) {
+						callback(err, data ? data.teasers : null);
+					});
 				});
 			});
 		});
diff --git a/src/views/admin/advanced/events.tpl b/src/views/admin/advanced/events.tpl
index d5942f4225..747f9e03db 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/advanced/events.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/advanced/events.tpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 				<!-- BEGIN events -->
 				<div>
 					<span>#{events.eid} </span><span class="label label-info">{events.type}</span>
-					<a href="{config.relative_path}/user/{events.user.userslug}" target="_blank"><img class="user-img" src="{events.user.picture}"/></a> <a href="{config.relative_path}/user/{events.user.userslug}">{events.user.username}</a> (uid {events.user.uid}) (IP {events.ip})
+					<a href="{config.relative_path}/user/{events.user.userslug}" target="_blank"><img class="user-img" src="{events.user.picture}"/></a> <a href="{config.relative_path}/user/{events.user.userslug}" target="_blank">{events.user.username}</a> (uid {events.user.uid}) (IP {events.ip})
 					<span class="pull-right">{events.timestampISO}</span>
 					<br/><br/>
 					<pre>{events.jsonString}</pre>