diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db060afa..a2b03a61 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #assety stuff
 realtime/node_modules
 public/assets
+vendor/
 
 #secrets and config
 .env
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76444337..5cfd3a37 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ git clone git@github.com:metamaps/metamaps_gen002.git
 Now ensure you have VirtualBox and Vagrant installed on your computer
 ```
 cd metamaps_gen002
-./configure.sh
+./bin/configure.sh
 ```
 This will do all the setup steps to make Metamaps work with a bit of behind the scenes ninja magick.
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.GlobalUI.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.GlobalUI.js.erb
index f00025c4..a7f2f017 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.GlobalUI.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.GlobalUI.js.erb
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Account = {
 Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
     locked: false,
     isOpen: false,
+    limitTopicsToMe: false,
+    limitMapsToMe: false,
     timeOut: null,
     changing: false,
     optionsInitialized: false,
@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
         var self = Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search;
 
         self.timeOut = setTimeout(function () {
-            if (!self.locked && !self.changing && self.isOpen && (bypass || $('.sidebarSearchField').val() == '')) {
+            if (!self.locked && !self.changing && self.isOpen && (bypass || $('.sidebarSearchField.tt-input').val() == '')) {
                 self.changing = true;
                 $('.sidebarSearchField, .sidebarSearch .tt-hint').css({
                     padding: '7px 0 3px 0',
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
             display: function(s) { return s.label; },
             templates: {
                 notFound: function(s) {
-                    return Hogan.compile($('#topicSearchTemplate').html()).render({
+                    return Hogan.compile(topicheader + $('#topicSearchTemplate').html()).render({
                         value: "No results",
                         label: "No results",
                         typeImageURL: "<%= asset_path('icons/wildcard.png') %>",
@@ -512,7 +514,7 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
                     url: '/search/topics',
                     prepare: function(query, settings) {
                         settings.url += '?term=' + query;
-                        if (Metamaps.Active.Mapper && $("#limitTopicsToMe").is(':checked')) {
+                        if (Metamaps.Active.Mapper && self.limitTopicsToMe) {
                             settings.url += "&user=" + Metamaps.Active.Mapper.id.toString();
                         }
                         return settings;
@@ -527,7 +529,7 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
             display: function(s) { return s.label; },
             templates: {
                 notFound: function(s) {
-                    return Hogan.compile($('#mapSearchTemplate').html()).render({
+                    return Hogan.compile(mapheader + $('#mapSearchTemplate').html()).render({
                         value: "No results",
                         label: "No results",
                         rtype: "noresult"
@@ -545,7 +547,7 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
                     url: '/search/maps',
                     prepare: function(query, settings) {
                         settings.url += '?term=' + query;
-                        if (Metamaps.Active.Mapper && $("#limitMapsToMe").is(':checked')) {
+                        if (Metamaps.Active.Mapper && self.limitMapsToMe) {
                             settings.url += "&user=" + Metamaps.Active.Mapper.id.toString();
                         }
                         return settings;
@@ -560,7 +562,7 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
             display: function(s) { return s.label; },
             templates: {
                 notFound: function(s) {
-                    return Hogan.compile($('#mapperSearchTemplate').html()).render({
+                    return Hogan.compile(mapperheader + $('#mapperSearchTemplate').html()).render({
                         value: "No results",
                         label: "No results",
                         rtype: "noresult",
@@ -596,6 +598,12 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
             self.hideLoader();
             var h = $(window).height();
             $(".tt-dropdown-menu").css('max-height', h - 100);
+            if (self.limitTopicsToMe) {
+              $('#limitTopicsToMe').prop('checked', true);
+            }
+            if (self.limitMapsToMe) {
+              $('#limitMapsToMe').prop('checked', true);
+            }
         });
         $(window).resize(function () {
             var h = $(window).height();
@@ -611,11 +619,10 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
         });
 
         // make sure that when you click on 'limit to me' or 'toggle section' it works
-        $('.sidebarSearchField').bind('typeahead:change', function(){
-            if ($(this).val() === "") {
+        $('.sidebarSearchField.tt-input').keyup(function(){
+            if ($('.sidebarSearchField.tt-input').val() === '') {
                 self.hideLoader();
-            }
-            else {
+            } else {
                 self.showLoader();
             }
         });
@@ -642,29 +649,29 @@ Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search = {
         var self = Metamaps.GlobalUI.Search;
 
         function toggleResultSet(set) {
-            var s = $('.tt-dataset-' + set + ' .tt-dataset');
-            if (s.css('height') == '0px') {
-                s.css({
-                    'height': 'auto',
-                    'overflow': 'visible'
-                });
-                $(this).removeClass('maximizeResults').addClass('minimizeResults');
-            } else {
-                s.css({
-                    'height': '0',
-                    'overflow': 'hidden'
-                });
+            var s = $('.tt-dataset-' + set + ' .tt-suggestion, .tt-dataset-' + set + ' .resultnoresult');
+            if (s.is(':visible')) {
+                s.hide();
                 $(this).removeClass('minimizeResults').addClass('maximizeResults');
+            } else {
+                s.show();
+                $(this).removeClass('maximizeResults').addClass('minimizeResults');
             }
         }
 
         $('.limitToMe').unbind().bind("change", function (e) {
-            // set the value of the search equal to itself to retrigger the autocomplete event
-            self.isOpen = false;
-            $('.sidebarSearchField').typeahead('val', $('.sidebarSearchField').val());
-            setTimeout(function () {
-                self.isOpen = true;
-            }, 2000);
+            if ($(this).attr('id') == 'limitTopicsToMe') {
+              self.limitTopicsToMe = !self.limitTopicsToMe;
+            }
+            if ($(this).attr('id') == 'limitMapsToMe') {
+              self.limitMapsToMe = !self.limitMapsToMe;
+            }
+
+            // set the value of the search equal to itself to retrigger the
+            // autocomplete event
+            var searchQuery = $('.sidebarSearchField.tt-input').val();
+            $(".sidebarSearchField").typeahead('val', '')
+                                    .typeahead('val', searchQuery);
         });
 
         // when the user clicks minimize section, hide the results for that section
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/search.scss.erb b/app/assets/stylesheets/search.scss.erb
index 0f806f96..1d7ec7c4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/search.scss.erb
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/search.scss.erb
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@
   width: 100%;
 }
 
+.resultnoresult {
+  padding: 8px 0;
+  > div {
+    display: table-cell;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+  }
+}
+
 .canEditMap button.addToMap {
   display: block;
 }
@@ -128,6 +136,7 @@
     top: 40px !important;
     background: #F5F5F5;
     width: 472px;
+    max-height: 25em;
     overflow-y: auto;
     overflow-x: visible;
     box-shadow: 0 10px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.19), 0 6px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.23);
@@ -219,15 +228,14 @@
       font-style: italic;
       font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;
     }
-
-    .topicMetacode,
-    .searchResIconWrapper {
-      vertical-align: middle;
-      padding: 0 0 0 8px;
-      width: 70px;
-    }
   }/* tt-suggestion */
 
+  .searchResIconWrapper {
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    width: 70px;
+    padding: 0 18px 0 28px;
+  }
+
   .tt-dataset {
     overflow: visible;
   }
@@ -242,8 +250,12 @@
     .topicIcon {
       width: 32px;
       height: 32px;
-      margin: 0 auto;
     }
+
+    .resulttopic .topicIcon {
+      margin: 0 auto
+    }
+
     .metacodeTip {
       display: none;
       margin: 0 auto;
@@ -313,7 +325,7 @@
   .tt-suggestion:hover .autoOptions {
     display: block;
   }
-  .tt-suggestion .resultnoresult .autoOptions {
+  .resultnoresult .autoOptions {
     display: none;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
index 4218bfda..b3099ad9 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         
     <script type="text/template" id="topicSearchTemplate">
     <div class="result{{rtype}}">
-      <div class="topicMetacode">
+      <div class="topicMetacode searchResIconWrapper">
         <img src="{{typeImageURL}}" class="topicIcon" />
         <div class="metacodeTip">{{type}}</div>
       </div>
diff --git a/configure.sh b/bin/configure.sh
similarity index 81%
rename from configure.sh
rename to bin/configure.sh
index 481ca907..5d2b9751 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/bin/configure.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ vagrant ssh --command "cd /vagrant; bundle install";
 vagrant ssh --command "cd /vagrant; cp .example-env .env";
 
 # Rake all the things
-vagrant ssh --command "cd /vagrant; rake db:create; rake db:schema:load; rake db:fixtures:load"
+vagrant ssh --command "cd /vagrant; rake db:create; rake db:setup"
diff --git a/bin/jenkins-test.sh b/bin/jenkins-test.sh
index 193b109f..313c23b3 100755
--- a/bin/jenkins-test.sh
+++ b/bin/jenkins-test.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 #sudo aptitude -q -y install libpq-dev
 
 source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
-rvm install $(cat .ruby-version)
-rvm gemset use $(cat .ruby-gemset)
+rvm use $(cat .ruby-version) || \
+  rvm install $(cat .ruby-version)
+rvm gemset use $(cat .ruby-gemset) || \
+  rvm gemset create $(cat .ruby-gemset) && \
+  rvm gemset use $(cat .ruby-gemset)
 gem install bundler
 
 set -x
diff --git a/lib/tasks/perms.rake b/lib/tasks/perms.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70cd60f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/perms.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+require 'dotenv/tasks'
+
+namespace :perms do
+  desc "Update the Unix permissions on the public directory"
+  task :fix => :environment do
+    # e.g. rake perms:fix user=mmstaging group=mmstaging
+    # e.g. rake perms:fix group=www-data #probably don't need this one
+    # e.g. rake perms:fix
+    user = ENV['user'] || 'metamaps'
+    group = ENV['group'] || 'metamaps'
+    public_dir = Rails.root.join('public').to_s
+    system "chown -R #{user}:#{group} #{public_dir}"
+    system "find #{public_dir} -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' \\;"
+    system "find #{public_dir} -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' \\;"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/public/404.html b/public/404.html
index da435ea6..d07c1069 100644
--- a/public/404.html
+++ b/public/404.html
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
     }
 
     body { 
-    background: #d8d9da url(https://s3.amazonaws.com/metamaps-assets/site/shattered_%402X.png);
-    font-family: 'din-regular', helvetica, sans-serif;
-    color: #424242;
-    text-align: justify;
-    font-size: 18px;
-    line-height: 18px;
-  }
-  .dialog a {
-    color:#c04f4f;
-  }
+      background: #d8d9da url(https://s3.amazonaws.com/metamaps-assets/site/shattered_%402X.png);
+      font-family: 'din-regular', helvetica, sans-serif;
+      color: #424242;
+      text-align: justify;
+      font-size: 18px;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+    .dialog a {
+      color:#c04f4f;
+    }
     .title{
       font-size:50px;
       line-height: 50px;
diff --git a/public/503.html b/public/503.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..408ba46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/503.html
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <title>Down for maintenance (503)</title>
+  <style type="text/css">
+
+    @font-face {
+        font-family: 'din-medium';
+        src: url('/assets/Fonts/din.eot');
+        src: url('/assets/Fonts/din.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
+             url('/assets/Fonts/din.woff') format('woff'),
+             url('/assets/Fonts/din.ttf') format('truetype'),
+             url('/assets/Fonts/din.svg#din-medium') format('svg');
+        font-weight: normal;
+        font-style: normal;
+    }
+    @font-face {
+        font-family: 'din-regular';
+        src: url('/assets/Fonts/din-reg.eot');
+        src: url('/assets/Fonts/din-reg.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
+             url('/assets/Fonts/din-reg.woff') format('woff'),
+             url('/assets/Fonts/din-reg.ttf') format('truetype'),
+             url('/assets/Fonts/din-reg.svg#din-reg') format('svg');
+        font-weight: normal;
+        font-style: normal;
+    }
+
+    body { 
+      background: #d8d9da url(https://s3.amazonaws.com/metamaps-assets/site/shattered_%402X.png);
+      font-family: 'din-regular', helvetica, sans-serif;
+      color: #424242;
+      text-align: justify;
+      font-size: 18px;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+    .dialog a {
+      color:#c04f4f;
+    }
+    .title{
+      font-size:50px;
+      line-height: 50px;
+      text-align: left;
+      font-family: 'din-medium', helvetica, sans-serif;
+      text-transform: uppercase;
+      margin-bottom: 24px;
+    }
+    div.dialog {
+      width: 380px;
+      border: 0px;
+      border-right-color: #999;
+      border-bottom-color: #999;
+      float: left;
+      margin-right: 50px;
+      padding-top: 70px;
+      padding-bottom: 70px;
+    }
+    .picture {
+      width: 450px;
+      height: 450px;
+      border: 10px solid #424242;
+      border-radius: 225px;
+      -webkit-border-radius: 225px;
+      -moz-border-radius: 225px;
+      background: url(https://s3.amazonaws.com/metamaps-assets/site/monkeyselfie.jpg) no-repeat;
+      float: left;
+      background-position:50% 20%;
+      background-size: 100%;
+      margin-top: 110px;
+    }
+
+    .wrapper {
+      margin: 0 auto;
+      width: 900px;
+    }
+
+    .button {
+      display: block;
+      width: 220px;
+      height: 14px;
+      padding: 16px 0;
+      margin-bottom: 16px;
+      text-align: center;
+      border-radius: 2px;
+      font-size: 14px;
+      box-shadow: 0px 1px 1.5px rgba(0,0,0,0.12), 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.24);
+      margin: 0 auto;
+      text-decoration: none;
+      color: #FFFFFF !important;
+      cursor: pointer;
+    }
+
+    .blogCTA {
+      background-color: #4fc059;
+    }
+
+    .blogCTA:hover {
+      background-color: #49ad4e;
+    }
+
+    .exploreFeaturedCTA {
+      background-color: #a354cd;
+      margin-bottom: 16px;
+    }
+
+    .exploreFeaturedCTA:hover {
+      background-color: #9150bc;
+    }
+
+  </style>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <!-- This file lives in public/503.html -->
+  <div class="wrapper">
+    <div class="dialog">
+      <h1 class="title">503 - Down for Maintenance</h1>
+      <p>Metamaps is offline!</p>
+      <p>Don't worry, this is intentional. We're probably just turning on some great new features.</p>
+      <p>In the meantime, you can visit our blog, or aimlessly search YouTube until we're back online.</p>
+      <a href="https://twitter.com/metamapps" class="button blogCTA">GO TO OUR TWITTER FEED</a>
+      <a href="http://blog.metamaps.cc" class="button blogCTA">GO TO OUR BLOG</a>
+
+    </div>
+    <div class="picture">
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</body>
+</html>