diff --git a/app/assets/images/themes/default/layout/forum-category-highlight.png b/app/assets/images/themes/default/layout/forum-category-highlight.png
index 3a0813b..61f4eaa 100644
Binary files a/app/assets/images/themes/default/layout/forum-category-highlight.png and b/app/assets/images/themes/default/layout/forum-category-highlight.png differ
diff --git a/app/assets/images/themes/default/layout/forum-category.png b/app/assets/images/themes/default/layout/forum-category.png
index 61f4eaa..3a0813b 100644
Binary files a/app/assets/images/themes/default/layout/forum-category.png and b/app/assets/images/themes/default/layout/forum-category.png differ
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default/components/_flashes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default/components/_flashes.scss
index 088fe35..3a2772a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default/components/_flashes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default/components/_flashes.scss
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ div#errors {
   top: 0;
 
   .message {
-    background: image-url("#{theme-path}/layout/flash-notice-background.png");
+    background: image-url("#{$theme-path}/layout/flash-notice-background.png");
     position: relative;
     width: 730px;
     height: 60px;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ div#errors {
     z-index: 2;
 
     &:before {
-      background: image-url("#{theme-path}/layout/flash-notice-icon.png");
+      background: image-url("#{$theme-path}/layout/flash-notice-icon.png");
       content: '';
       display: block;
       width: 30px;
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ div#errors {
     &.warning,
     &.error,
     &.alert {
-      background: image-url("#{theme-path}/layout/flash-error-background.png");
+      background: image-url("#{$theme-path}/layout/flash-error-background.png");
 
       &:before {
-        background: image-url("#{theme-path}/layout/flash-error-icon.png");
+        background: image-url("#{$theme-path}/layout/flash-error-icon.png");
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default/pages/_forums.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default/pages/_forums.scss
index 14b1ff2..f3b46b7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default/pages/_forums.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default/pages/_forums.scss
@@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ div#categories {
   border-radius: $base-border-radius;
   border: 0;
 
+  .read {
+    color: $base-font-color;
+  }
+
   .unread {
-    color: $red;
+    color: $blue;
   }
 
   thead th {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/flat/components/_flashes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/flat/components/_flashes.scss
index 8729f09..4c876eb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/flat/components/_flashes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/flat/components/_flashes.scss
@@ -62,4 +62,28 @@ div#errors {
       }
     }
   }
+}
+
+/*
+  Notification Messages
+*/
+
+
+#notification {
+  position: absolute;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  left: 50%;
+  top: 0;
+
+  .message {
+    @extend .flash;
+    position: relative;
+    width: auto;
+    left: -50%;
+    text-align: center;
+    font-family: $header-font-family;
+    color: white;
+    padding: 0 100px;
+    z-index: 2;
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/flat/pages/_forums.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/flat/pages/_forums.scss
index a849afe..60e046a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/flat/pages/_forums.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/flat/pages/_forums.scss
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ div#categories {
   border-radius: $base-border-radius;
   border: 0;
 
+  .read {
+    color: $base-font-color;
+    font-weight: normal;
+  }
+
   .unread {
     color: $red;
   }
diff --git a/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb b/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
index 1b3ba0c..890b0ae 100644
--- a/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/forums_controller.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ class ForumsController < ApplicationController
     raise AccessError unless @forum.can_show? cuser
 
     @topics = Topic.where(forum_id: @forum.id)
-    .joins(:posts, :user, :users_who_read)
-    .includes(:lock)
+    .includes(:posts, :user, :users_who_read, :lock)
     .group('topics.id')
     .order('state DESC, posts.id DESC')
     .paginate(page: params[:page], per_page: 30)
diff --git a/app/views/gathers/show.html.erb b/app/views/gathers/show.html.erb
index 6fc716e..7f4f160 100644
--- a/app/views/gathers/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/gathers/show.html.erb
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
       type: "script",
       minTimeout: 5000,
       maxTimeout: 15000,
-      success: function(response) {
-        if (response.match(/Gather:voting/)) {
+      success: function(response, text, request) {
+        if (request.getResponseHeader('Gather') == 'voting') {
           if (!played) {
             $("#jplayer").jPlayer({
               ready: function() {
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 64f1505..b52f246 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
   )
 end
 
-Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
+Capybara.javascript_driver = :selenium
 
 Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
 
   config.before(:each) do
     if example.metadata[:type] == :feature
-      Capybara.current_driver = :poltergeist
+      Capybara.current_driver = :selenium
     else
       Capybara.use_default_driver
     end