diff --git a/app/styles/employers.sass b/app/styles/employers.sass
index e16e91cfe..951d1ea21 100644
--- a/app/styles/employers.sass
+++ b/app/styles/employers.sass
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
   #filter-button, #create-alert-button
     float: right
     
+  #login-link, #logout-button
+    float: right
+    color: #333333
+    display: inline-block
+    :visited
+      color: #333333
+      
   #tagline, .hiring-call-to-action
     width: 100%
     text-align: center
diff --git a/app/templates/employers.jade b/app/templates/employers.jade
index da3e0a863..337a4baaf 100644
--- a/app/templates/employers.jade
+++ b/app/templates/employers.jade
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ block content
       h1(data-i18n="employers.hire_developers_not_credentials") Hire developers, not credentials.
       button.btn.get-started-button Get started
   else
+    if me.get('anonymous')
+      a#login-link(href="/account") Login
+      br
+    else
+      a#logout-button(data-i18n="login.log_out") Logout
+      br
     #filter
       .panel-group#filter_panel
         .panel.panel-default
diff --git a/app/views/employers_view.coffee b/app/views/employers_view.coffee
index 7d154b76a..d69371ef1 100644
--- a/app/views/employers_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/employers_view.coffee
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ module.exports = class EmployersView extends View
     'change #filters input': 'onFilterChanged'
     'click #filter-button': 'applyFilters'
     'change #select_all_checkbox': 'handleSelectAllChange'
+    'click .get-started-button': 'openSignupModal'
+    'click .navbar-brand': 'restoreBodyColor'
 
   constructor: (options) ->
     super options
@@ -38,7 +40,13 @@ module.exports = class EmployersView extends View
   afterInsert: ->
     super()
     _.delay @checkForEmployerSignupHash, 500
+    #fairly hacky, change this in the future
+    @originalBackgroundColor = $("body").css 'background-color'
+    $("body").css 'background-color', '#B4B4B4'
       
+  restoreBodyColor: ->
+    $("body").css 'background-color', @originalBackgroundColor
+    
   onFilterChanged: ->
     @resetFilters()
     that = @
@@ -58,6 +66,8 @@ module.exports = class EmployersView extends View
       if filterValues.length is 0
         @filters[filterName] = @defaultFilters[filterName]
     
+  openSignupModal: ->
+    @openModalView new EmployerSignupView
   handleSelectAllChange: (e) ->
     checkedState = e.currentTarget.checked
     $("#filters :input").each ->