diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/darkswarm/home.css.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/darkswarm/home.css.sass
index ac53801df9..7cc7708057 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/darkswarm/home.css.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/darkswarm/home.css.sass
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 .home-alert
   .alert-box
-    border: 1px solid rgba($dark-grey, 0.85)
+    border: 1px solid rgba($dark-grey, 0.35)
     border-left: none
     border-right: none
-    background-color: white
+    background-color: lighten($ofn-grey, 15%)
     background-image: url("/assets/tile-wide.png")
     background-position: center center
     padding: 12px 0 8px 0
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
     a.alert-cta
       &, & *
         @include csstrans
-        color: rgba($dark-grey, 0.75)
+        color: #333
       &:hover, &:active, &:focus
         &, & *
           text-decoration: none
-          color: rgba($dark-grey, 1.0)
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+          color: white
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diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
index 78c2eaa108..7388466973 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %div{"ng-controller" => "HomeCtrl"}
-  -#= render partial: "shared/menu/alert"
+  = render partial: "shared/menu/alert"
 
   #tagline
     .row
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/darkswarm.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/darkswarm.html.haml
index c529e7b20e..4240d25152 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/darkswarm.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/darkswarm.html.haml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     .off-canvas-wrap{offcanvas: true}
       .inner-wrap
-        = render partial: "shared/menu/menu"
+        = render "shared/menu/menu"
 
         %section{ role: "main" }
           = yield