diff --git a/apiProxyMiddleware.js b/apiProxyMiddleware.js
index 594e5f6c..00cdd517 100644
--- a/apiProxyMiddleware.js
+++ b/apiProxyMiddleware.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const request = require('request')
 
 function apiProxyMiddleware (req, res, next) {
-    if (!(req.xhr || req.originalUrl.indexOf('.json') > -1)) {
+    if (!(req.xhr || req.originalUrl.indexOf('.json') > -1 || req.method !== 'GET')) {
         return next()
     }
     console.log('xhr request', req.originalUrl)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3faf0540..6300145d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/metamaps/metamaps#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "action-cable-node": "^1.2.2",
+    "action-cable-node": "Connoropolous/action-cable-node",
     "ajaxq": "0.0.7",
     "async": "2.5.0",
     "attachmediastream": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 75851710..0390f628 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
         <script type="text/template" id="mapSearchTemplate">
           <div class="result{{rtype}}">
             <div class="searchResIconWrapper">
-              <img class="icon" src="<%= asset_path('metamap36c.png') %>">
+              <img class="icon" src="/images/metamap36c.png">
             </div>
             <div class="resultText">
               <p class="resultTitle">{{label}}</p>
diff --git a/src/components/LoginForm.js b/src/components/LoginForm.js
index 0813c1c0..b692d8cb 100644
--- a/src/components/LoginForm.js
+++ b/src/components/LoginForm.js
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ class LoginForm extends Component {
     this.state = { token: '' }
   }
 
-  componentDidMount() {
-    const token = document.head.getElementsByTagName('meta')['csrf-token'].content
-    this.setState({token})
-  }
-
   emailInputDidMount(node) {
     node && node.focus()
   }
@@ -30,7 +25,6 @@ class LoginForm extends Component {
   render () {
     return <form className="loginAnywhere" id="new_user" action="/login" acceptCharset="UTF-8" method="post">
       <input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" />
-      <input type="hidden" name="authenticity_token" value={this.state.token} />
       <div className="accountImage"></div>
       <div className="accountInput accountEmail">
         <input placeholder="Email" type="email" name="user[email]" id="user_email" ref={this.emailInputDidMount}/>
diff --git a/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb b/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
index 22f306e4..ccf35db0 100644
--- a/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
+++ b/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   <script type="text/template" id="mapSearchTemplate">
     <div class="result{{rtype}}">
       <div class="searchResIconWrapper">
-        <img class="icon" src="{ asset_path('metamap36c.png') }">
+        <img class="icon" src="/images/metamap36c.png">
       </div>
       <div class="resultText">
         <p class="resultTitle">{{label}}</p>