diff --git a/app/views/core/RootView.coffee b/app/views/core/RootView.coffee
index f597e5c59..1f6ee9cb7 100644
--- a/app/views/core/RootView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/core/RootView.coffee
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module.exports = class RootView extends CocoView
   subscriptions:
     'achievements:new': 'handleNewAchievements'
     'modal:open-modal-view': 'onOpenModalView'
-    
+
   shortcuts:
     'ctrl+shift+a': 'navigateToAdmin'
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module.exports = class RootView extends CocoView
     earnedAchievement.patch()
     return if achievement.get('collection') is 'level.sessions' and not achievement.get('query')?.team
     #return if @isIE()  # Some bugs in IE right now, TODO fix soon!  # Maybe working now with not caching achievement fetches in CocoModel?
+    return if window.serverConfig.picoCTF
     new AchievementPopup achievement: achievement, earnedAchievement: earnedAchievement
 
   handleNewAchievements: (e) ->
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ module.exports = class RootView extends CocoView
       console.warn 'Error saving language:', errors
     res.success (model, response, options) ->
       #console.log 'Saved language:', newLang
-      
+
   isOldBrowser: ->
     if $.browser
       majorVersion = $.browser.versionNumber
@@ -189,4 +190,4 @@ module.exports = class RootView extends CocoView
 
   navigateToAdmin: ->
     if window.amActually or me.isAdmin()
-      application.router.navigate('/admin', {trigger: true})
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+      application.router.navigate('/admin', {trigger: true})