diff --git a/app/application.coffee b/app/application.coffee
index 1d25ab07b..11dc4ba15 100644
--- a/app/application.coffee
+++ b/app/application.coffee
@@ -5,20 +5,31 @@ locale = require 'locale/locale'
 Tracker = require 'lib/Tracker'
 CocoView = require 'views/kinds/CocoView'
 
+preventBackspace = (event) ->
+  if event.keyCode is 8 and not elementAcceptsKeystrokes(event.srcElement or event.target)
+    event.preventDefault()
+
+elementAcceptsKeystrokes = (el) ->
+  # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1495219/how-can-i-prevent-the-backspace-key-from-navigating-back
+  el ?= document.activeElement
+  tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase()
+  type = el.type?.toLowerCase()
+  textInputTypes = ['text', 'password', 'file', 'number', 'search', 'url', 'tel', 'email', 'date', 'month', 'week', 'time', 'datetimelocal']
+  # not radio, checkbox, range, or color
+  return (tag is 'textarea' or (tag is 'input' and type in textInputTypes) or el.contentEditable in ["", "true"]) and not (el.readOnly or el.disabled)
+
 COMMON_FILES = ['/images/modal_background.png', '/images/level/code_palette_background.png']
 preload = (arrayOfImages) ->
   $(arrayOfImages).each ->
     $('<img/>')[0].src = @
 
-
 Application = initialize: ->
   Router = require('lib/Router')
   @tracker = new Tracker()
   new FacebookHandler()
   new GPlusHandler()
   $(document).bind 'keydown', preventBackspace
-  console.log 'done applied it'
-  
+
   preload(COMMON_FILES)
   $.i18n.init {
     lng: me?.lang() ? 'en'
@@ -36,19 +47,3 @@ Application = initialize: ->
 
 module.exports = Application
 window.application = Application
-
-
-preventBackspace = (event) ->
-  console.log 'PREVENT', event
-  if event.keyCode is 8 and not elementAcceptsKeystrokes(event.srcElement or event.target)
-    event.preventDefault()
-#  event.preventDefault()
-
-elementAcceptsKeystrokes = (el) ->
-  # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1495219/how-can-i-prevent-the-backspace-key-from-navigating-back
-  el ?= document.activeElement
-  tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase()
-  type = el.type?.toLowerCase()
-  textInputTypes = ['text', 'password', 'file', 'number', 'search', 'url', 'tel', 'email', 'date', 'month', 'week', 'time', 'datetimelocal']
-  # not radio, checkbox, range, or color
-  return (tag is 'textarea' or (tag is 'input' and type in textInputTypes) or el.contentEditable in ["", "true"]) and not (el.readOnly or el.disabled)
diff --git a/app/assets/images/pages/base/firebase.png b/app/assets/images/pages/base/firebase.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ecfb5e2d
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/assets/images/pages/base/firebase.png differ
diff --git a/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee b/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
index c8894a3ba..15223d44d 100644
--- a/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ app = require 'application'
 #  * Connecting to Firebase
 
 module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
-  
+
   spriteSheetsBuilt: 0
   spriteSheetsToBuild: 0
-  
+
   subscriptions:
     'god:new-world-created': 'loadSoundsForWorld'
-  
+
   constructor: (@levelID, @supermodel, @sessionID) ->
     super()
     @loadSession()
@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
     @loadAudio()
     @playJingle()
     setTimeout (=> @update()), 1 # lets everything else resolve first
-    
+
   playJingle: ->
     jingles = ["ident_1", "ident_2"]
     AudioPlayer.playInterfaceSound jingles[Math.floor Math.random() * jingles.length]
 
   # Session Loading
-    
+
   loadSession: ->
     url = if @sessionID then "/db/level_session/#{@sessionID}" else "/db/level/#{@levelID}/session"
     @session = new LevelSession()
     @session.url = -> url
     @session.fetch()
     @session.once 'sync', @onSessionLoaded
-    
+
   onSessionLoaded: =>
     # TODO: maybe have all non versioned models do this? Or make it work to PUT/PATCH to relative urls
     @session.url = -> '/db/level.session/' + @id
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
     @supermodel.on 'loaded-one', @onSupermodelLoadedOne
     @supermodel.once 'error', @onSupermodelError
     @level = @supermodel.getModel(Level, @levelID) or new Level _id: @levelID
-    
+
     @supermodel.shouldPopulate = (model) =>
       # if left unchecked, the supermodel would load this level
       # and every level next on the chain. This limits the population
       handles = [model.id, model.get 'slug']
       return model.constructor.className isnt "Level" or @levelID in handles
-  
+
     @supermodel.populateModel @level
-      
+
   onSupermodelError: =>
     msg = $.i18n.t('play_level.level_load_error',
       defaultValue: "Level could not be loaded.")
     @$el.html('<div class="alert">' + msg + '</div>')
-    
+
   onSupermodelLoadedOne: (e) =>
     @notifyProgress()
     if e.model.type() is 'ThangType'
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
     @trigger 'loaded-supermodel'
     @stopListening(@supermodel)
     @update()
-    
-  # Things to do when either the Session or Supermodel load 
+
+  # Things to do when either the Session or Supermodel load
 
   update: ->
     @notifyProgress()
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
     @loadLevelSounds()
     app.tracker.updatePlayState(@level, @session)
     @updateCompleted = true
-    
+
   denormalizeSession: ->
     return if @session.get 'levelName'
     patch =
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
     tempSession = new LevelSession _id: @session.id
     tempSession.save(patch, {patch: true})
     @sessionDenormalized = true
-    
+
   # Initial Sound Loading
 
   loadAudio: ->
     AudioPlayer.preloadInterfaceSounds ["victory"]
-  
+
   loadLevelSounds: ->
     scripts = @level.get 'scripts'
     return unless scripts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
         AudioPlayer.preloadSoundReference sound for sound in sounds
 
   # Dynamic sound loading
-          
+
   loadSoundsForWorld: (e) ->
     world = e.world
     thangTypes = @supermodel.getModels(ThangType)
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
       continue unless thangType = _.find thangTypes, (m) -> m.get('name') is spriteName
       continue unless sound = AudioPlayer.soundForDialogue message, thangType.get('soundTriggers')
       filename = AudioPlayer.preloadSoundReference sound
-      
+
   # everything else sound wise is loaded as needed as worlds are generated
-    
+
   allDone: ->
     @supermodel.finished() and @session.loaded and @spriteSheetsBuilt is @spriteSheetsToBuild
-  
+
   progress: ->
     return 0 unless @level.loaded
     overallProgress = 0
@@ -161,4 +161,3 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
   destroy: ->
     @supermodel.off 'loaded-one', @onSupermodelLoadedOne
     super()
-  
diff --git a/app/lib/Router.coffee b/app/lib/Router.coffee
index 77bace1ab..909562d6c 100644
--- a/app/lib/Router.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/Router.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-application = require 'application'
 {me} = require 'lib/auth'
 
 gplusClientID = "800329290710-j9sivplv2gpcdgkrsis9rff3o417mlfa.apps.googleusercontent.com"
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ module.exports = class CocoRouter extends Backbone.Router
     @renderLoginButtons()
 
   renderLoginButtons: ->
-    $('.share-buttons').addClass('fade-in').delay(10000).removeClass('fade-in', 5000)
+    $('.share-buttons, .partner-badges').addClass('fade-in').delay(10000).removeClass('fade-in', 5000)
     setTimeout(FB.XFBML.parse, 10) if FB?  # Handles FB login and Like
     twttr?.widgets?.load()
 
diff --git a/app/styles/base.sass b/app/styles/base.sass
index 862fc7074..d89558292 100644
--- a/app/styles/base.sass
+++ b/app/styles/base.sass
@@ -88,10 +88,9 @@ h1 h2 h3 h4
     padding-top: 25px
     text-align: center
 
-  .mixpanel-badge
-    display: block
+  .mixpanel-badge, .firebase-badge
     width: 100px
-    margin: 10px auto 0px
+    margin: 10px 10px 0px
 
 .footer-link-text a
   font-family: 'Bangers', cursive
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ h1 h2 h3 h4
 a[data-toggle="modal"]
   cursor: pointer
 
-.share-buttons
+.share-buttons, .partner-badges
   margin-top: 10px
   text-align: center
   @include opacity(75)
diff --git a/app/templates/base.jade b/app/templates/base.jade
index 73b5085bb..4a9ff4fcf 100644
--- a/app/templates/base.jade
+++ b/app/templates/base.jade
@@ -58,5 +58,8 @@ body
         .fb-like(data-href="https://www.facebook.com/codecombat", data-send="false", data-layout="button_count", data-width="350", data-show-faces="true", data-ref="coco_footer_#{fbRef}")
         a.twitter-follow-button(href="https://twitter.com/CodeCombat", data-show-count="true", data-show-screen-name="false", data-dnt="true", data-align="right", data-i18n="nav.twitter_follow") Follow
         //iframe(src="https://www.lendyour.net/embed/lendbutton?account_id=6&campaign_id=7", frameBorder="0")
+      .partner-badges
         a.mixpanel-badge(href="https://mixpanel.com/f/partner")
           img(src="//cdn.mxpnl.com/site_media/images/partner/badge_light.png", alt="Mobile Analytics")
+        a.firebase-bade(href="https://www.firebase.com/")
+          img(src="/images/pages/base/firebase.png", alt="Powered by Firebase")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/contribute/contribute_class_view.coffee b/app/views/contribute/contribute_class_view.coffee
index bdce7c68c..42fc49b3f 100644
--- a/app/views/contribute/contribute_class_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/contribute/contribute_class_view.coffee
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+SignupModalView = require 'views/modal/signup_modal'
 View = require 'views/kinds/RootView'
 {me} = require('lib/auth')
 
diff --git a/app/views/editor/article/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/article/edit.coffee
index fb334c925..5ce0388fb 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/article/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/article/edit.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 View = require 'views/kinds/RootView'
 template = require 'templates/editor/article/edit'
 Article = require 'models/Article'
-app = require 'application'
 
 module.exports = class ArticleEditView extends View
   id: "editor-article-edit-view"
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = class ArticleEditView extends View
 
   events:
     'click #preview-button': 'openPreview'
-    
+
   subscriptions:
     'save-new-version': 'saveNewArticle'
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports = class ArticleEditView extends View
         change: @pushChangesToPreview
     options.readOnly = true unless me.isAdmin()
     @treema = @$el.find('#article-treema').treema(options)
-    
+
     @treema.build()
 
   pushChangesToPreview: =>
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ module.exports = class ArticleEditView extends View
     @treema.endExistingEdits()
     for key, value of @treema.data
       @article.set(key, value)
-    
+
     newArticle = if e.major then @article.cloneNewMajorVersion() else @article.cloneNewMinorVersion()
     newArticle.set('commitMessage', e.commitMessage)
     res = newArticle.save()
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/edit.coffee
index c7a097e6f..cbd4288cf 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/edit.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ template = require 'templates/editor/level/edit'
 Level = require 'models/Level'
 LevelSystem = require 'models/LevelSystem'
 World = require 'lib/world/world'
-app = require 'application'
 DocumentFiles = require 'collections/DocumentFiles'
 
 ThangsTabView = require './thangs_tab_view'
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/fork_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/fork_view.coffee
index e9f2c134b..3a27111de 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/fork_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/fork_view.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ View = require 'views/kinds/ModalView'
 template = require 'templates/editor/level/fork'
 forms = require 'lib/forms'
 Level = require 'models/Level'
-application = require('application')
 
 module.exports = class LevelForkView extends View
   id: "editor-level-fork-modal"
@@ -44,4 +43,4 @@ module.exports = class LevelForkView extends View
       forms.applyErrorsToForm(@$el.find('form'), JSON.parse(res.responseText))
     res.success =>
       @hide()
-      application.router.navigate('editor/level/' + newLevel.get('slug'), {trigger: true}) 
\ No newline at end of file
+      application.router.navigate('editor/level/' + newLevel.get('slug'), {trigger: true})
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/save_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/save_view.coffee
index 23e954736..d2c079f72 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/save_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/save_view.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ template = require 'templates/editor/level/save'
 forms = require 'lib/forms'
 LevelComponent = require 'models/LevelComponent'
 LevelSystem = require 'models/LevelSystem'
-application = require('application')
 
 module.exports = class LevelSaveView extends SaveVersionModal
   template: template
diff --git a/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
index 3c6adfb41..ae9966fdd 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ThangType = require 'models/ThangType'
 SpriteParser = require 'lib/sprites/SpriteParser'
 SpriteBuilder = require 'lib/sprites/SpriteBuilder'
 CocoSprite = require 'lib/surface/CocoSprite'
-app = require 'application'
 Camera = require 'lib/surface/Camera'
 ThangComponentEditView = require 'views/editor/components/main'
 DocumentFiles = require 'collections/DocumentFiles'
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangTypeEditView extends View
 
     createjs.Ticker.setFPS(30)
     createjs.Ticker.addEventListener("tick", @stage)
-    
+
   toggleDots: ->
     @showDots = not @showDots
     @updateDots()
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
index 4384961b8..debb13f56 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-application = require 'application'
 SuperModel = require 'models/SuperModel'
 utils = require 'lib/utils'
 CocoClass = require 'lib/CocoClass'
diff --git a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
index eef6f3789..41369f8a9 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 View = require 'views/kinds/RootView'
 template = require 'templates/play/level'
 {me} = require('lib/auth')
-application = require('application')
 ThangType = require 'models/ThangType'
 
 # temp hard coded data
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
       window.tracker?.identify {skipBreakThePrison: skip}
       url = '/play/level/taunt' if skip
 
-#    application.router.navigate url, trigger: true
     Backbone.Mediator.publish 'router:navigate', {
       route: url,
       viewClass: PlayLevelView,