diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 224d3ff6..7aff655d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -91,16 +91,6 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
       format.json { render json: @user }
     end
   end
-  
-  # PUT /user/update_metacode_focus
-  def update_metacode_focus
-    @user = current_user
-    @user.settings.metacode_focus = params[:value]
-    @user.save
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.json { render json: { success: "success" }}
-    end
-  end
 
   # PUT /user/update_metacode_focus
   def update_metacode_focus
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 860cd38c..7d0f4f68 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def user_metacode
     current_user.settings.metacode_focus ? Metacode.find(current_user.settings.metacode_focus.to_i) : nil
   end
-  
-  def user_metacode
-    current_user.settings.metacode_focus ? Metacode.find(current_user.settings.metacode_focus.to_i) || user_metacodes()[0]  : user_metacodes()[0]
-  end
 
   def user_most_used_metacodes
     @metacodes = current_user.most_used_metacodes.map { |id| Metacode.find(id) }
diff --git a/app/views/maps/_newtopic.html.erb b/app/views/maps/_newtopic.html.erb
index bd191cc5..a4088e03 100644
--- a/app/views/maps/_newtopic.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/maps/_newtopic.html.erb
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
   </div>
 
   <div id="metacodeImg">
-    <% @metacodes = [user_metacode()].concat(user_metacodes()).uniq %>
-    <% set = metacodeset() %>
-    <% @metacodes.each do |metacode| %>
-      <img class="cloudcarousel" width="40" height="40" src="<%= asset_path metacode.icon %>" alt="<%= metacode.name %>" title="<%= metacode.name %>" data-id="<%= metacode.id %>" />
+    <% @metacodes = user_metacodes()
+       metacode = user_metacode() ? user_metacode() : user_metacodes[0]
+       @metacodes.each do |m| %>
+      <img class="cloudcarousel" width="40" height="40" src="<%= asset_path m.icon %>" alt="<%= m.name %>" title="<%= m.name %>" data-id="<%= m.id %>" />
     <% end %>
   </div>
   <div class="selectedMetacode">
-    <img src="<%= asset_path user_metacode().icon %>" />
-    <span><%= user_metacode().name %></span>
+    <img src="<%= asset_path metacode.icon %>" />
+    <span><%= metacode.name %></span>
     <div class="downArrow"></div>
   </div>
   <%= form.text_field :name, :maxlength => 140, :placeholder => "what are you thinking..." %>
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <div id="metacodeSelector"></div>
   <div class="clearfloat"></div>
 <script>
-<% @metacodes.each do |metacode| %>
-  Metamaps.Create.selectedMetacodes.push("<%= metacode.id %>");
-  Metamaps.Create.newSelectedMetacodes.push("<%= metacode.id %>");
-  Metamaps.Create.selectedMetacodeNames.push("<%= metacode.name %>");
-  Metamaps.Create.newSelectedMetacodeNames.push("<%= metacode.name %>");
+<% @metacodes.each do |m| %>
+  Metamaps.Create.selectedMetacodes.push("<%= m.id %>");
+  Metamaps.Create.newSelectedMetacodes.push("<%= m.id %>");
+  Metamaps.Create.selectedMetacodeNames.push("<%= m.name %>");
+  Metamaps.Create.newSelectedMetacodeNames.push("<%= m.name %>");
 <% end %> 
-Metamaps.Create.newTopic.metacode = <%= user_metacode().id %>
+Metamaps.Create.newTopic.metacode = <%= metacode.id %>
 <% current_user.recent_metacodes.each do |id| %>
     Metamaps.Create.recentMetacodes.push(<%= id %>);
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_switchmetacodes.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_switchmetacodes.html.erb
index 2dc007a3..a57f63fb 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_switchmetacodes.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_switchmetacodes.html.erb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <div id="metacodeSwitchTabsCustom">
         <p class="setDesc">Choose Your Metacodes</p>
         <% @list = '' %>
-        <% metacodesInUse = [user_metacode()].concat(user_metacodes()).uniq %> 
+        <% metacodesInUse = user_metacodes() %> 
         <% Metacode.order("name").all.each_with_index do |m, index| %>
           <% mClass = metacodesInUse.index(m) == nil ? "toggledOff" : "" %>
           <% @list += '<li id="' + m.id.to_s + '" data-name="' + m.name + '" class="' + mClass + '"><img src="' + asset_path(m.icon) + '" alt="' + m.name + '" /><p>' + m.name.downcase + '</p><div class="clearfloat"></div></li>' %>