diff --git a/src/components/adminpanel/adminpanel.jsx b/src/components/adminpanel/adminpanel.jsx
index 312bbdcb4..ebcb91751 100644
--- a/src/components/adminpanel/adminpanel.jsx
+++ b/src/components/adminpanel/adminpanel.jsx
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ var AdminPanel = React.createClass({
         Session
     ],
     getInitialState: function () {
-        return {showPanel: true};
+        return {
+            showPanel: false
+        };
     },
     handleToggleVisibility: function (e) {
         e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/src/components/carousel/carousel.json b/src/components/carousel/carousel.json
index 4100b69f3..16742f743 100644
--- a/src/components/carousel/carousel.json
+++ b/src/components/carousel/carousel.json
@@ -2,48 +2,49 @@
     {
         "id": 1,
         "type": "project",
-        "title": "Example Project",
-        "thumbnailUrl": "http://www.lorempixel.com/144/108/",
-        "creator": "raimondious",
-        "href": "/projects/1000/"
+        "title": "Project",
+        "thumbnailUrl": "",
+        "creator": "",
+        "href": "#"
     },
     {
         "id": 2,
         "type": "project",
-        "title": "Example Project",
-        "thumbnailUrl": "http://www.lorempixel.com/144/108/",
-        "href": "/projects/1000/"
+        "title": "Project",
+        "thumbnailUrl": "",
+        "creator": "",
+        "href": "#"
     },
     {
         "id": 3,
         "type": "project",
-        "title": "Example Project",
-        "thumbnailUrl": "http://www.lorempixel.com/144/108/",
-        "creator": "raimondious",
-        "href": "/projects/1000/"
+        "title": "Project",
+        "thumbnailUrl": "",
+        "creator": "",
+        "href": "#"
     },
     {
         "id": 4,
         "type": "project",
-        "title": "Example Project",
-        "thumbnailUrl": "http://www.lorempixel.com/144/108/",
-        "creator": "raimondious",
-        "href": "/projects/1000/"
+        "title": "Project",
+        "thumbnailUrl": "",
+        "creator": "",
+        "href": "#"
     },
     {
         "id": 5,
         "type": "project",
-        "title": "Example Project",
-        "thumbnailUrl": "http://www.lorempixel.com/144/108/",
-        "creator": "raimondious",
-        "href": "/projects/1000/"
+        "title": "Project",
+        "thumbnailUrl": "",
+        "creator": "",
+        "href": "#"
     },
     {
         "id": 6,
         "type": "project",
-        "title": "Example Project",
-        "thumbnailUrl": "http://www.lorempixel.com/144/108/",
-        "creator": "raimondious",
-        "href": "/projects/1000/"
+        "title": "Project",
+        "thumbnailUrl": "",
+        "creator": "",
+        "href": "#"
     }
 ]
diff --git a/src/components/navigation/navigation.jsx b/src/components/navigation/navigation.jsx
index e48ac0b8d..b0e187ea0 100644
--- a/src/components/navigation/navigation.jsx
+++ b/src/components/navigation/navigation.jsx
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ var Navigation = React.createClass({
     getMessageCount: function () {
         this.api({
             method: 'get',
-            host: '',
             uri: '/proxy/users/' + this.state.session.user.username + '/activity/count'
         }, function (err, body) {
             if (body) {
diff --git a/src/components/thumbnail/thumbnail.jsx b/src/components/thumbnail/thumbnail.jsx
index c55a222eb..1fa368a89 100644
--- a/src/components/thumbnail/thumbnail.jsx
+++ b/src/components/thumbnail/thumbnail.jsx
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ var Thumbnail = React.createClass({
     },
     getDefaultProps: function () {
         return {
-            href: '/projects/1000/',
-            title: 'Example Project',
-            src: 'http://www.lorempixel.com/144/108/',
+            href: '#',
+            title: 'Project',
+            src: '',
             type: 'project',
             showLoves: false,
             showRemixes: false