diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/wall.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/wall.js.coffee
index a35c8c60..e2fca3dd 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/wall.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/wall.js.coffee
@@ -58,14 +58,26 @@
     form.show()
   
   renderNote: (note) ->
-    author = '<strong class="wall-author">' + note.author.name + '</strong>'
-    body = '<span class="wall-text">' + linkify(sanitize(note.body)) + '</span>'
-    file = ''
-    time = '<abbr class="timeago" title="' + note.created_at + '">' + note.created_at + '</time>'
+    template = Wall.noteTemplate()
+    template = template.replace('{{author_name}}', note.author.name)
+    template = template.replace('{{created_at}}', note.created_at)
+    template = template.replace('{{text}}', linkify(sanitize(note.body)))
 
     if note.attachment
-      file = '<span class="wall-file"><a href="/files/note/' + note.id + '/' + note.attachment + '">' + note.attachment + '</a></span>'
-    
-    html = '<li>' + author + body + file + time + '</li>'
+      file = '<i class="icon-paper-clip"/><a href="/files/note/' + note.id + '/' + note.attachment + '">' + note.attachment + '</a>'
+    else
+      file = ''
+    template = template.replace('{{file}}', file)
 
-    $('ul.notes').append(html)
+
+    $('ul.notes').append(template)
+
+  noteTemplate: ->
+    return '<li>
+      <strong class="wall-author">{{author_name}}</strong>
+      <span class="wall-text">
+        {{text}}
+        <span class="wall-file">{{file}}</span>
+      </span>
+      <abbr class="timeago" title="{{created_at}}">{{created_at}}</abbr>
+    </li>'
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/wall.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/wall.scss
index 598d9df8..8d3b4734 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/wall.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/wall.scss
@@ -14,12 +14,28 @@
 
   .notes {
     margin-bottom: 160px;
+    background: #FFE;
+    border: 1px solid #EED;
+
+    > li {
+      @extend .clearfix;
+      border-bottom: 1px solid #EED;
+      padding: 10px;
+    }
 
     .wall-author {
       color: #666;
-      margin-right: 10px;
-      border-right: 1px solid #CCC;
-      padding-right: 5px
+      float: left;
+      width: 100px;
+      text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    }
+
+    .wall-text {
+      border-left: 1px solid #CCC;
+      margin-left: 10px;
+      padding-left: 10px;
+      float: left;
+      width: 80%;
     }
 
     .wall-file {
diff --git a/app/views/walls/show.html.haml b/app/views/walls/show.html.haml
index 78693b99..139e66f5 100644
--- a/app/views/walls/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/walls/show.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %div.wall-page
-  %ul.well-list.notes
+  %ul.notes
 
   - if can? current_user, :write_note, @project
     .note-form-holder
diff --git a/spec/features/notes_on_merge_requests_spec.rb b/spec/features/notes_on_merge_requests_spec.rb
index 670762e8..d48dffc0 100644
--- a/spec/features/notes_on_merge_requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/notes_on_merge_requests_spec.rb
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ describe "On a merge request", js: true do
     it { find(".js-main-target-form input[type=submit]").value.should == "Add Comment" }
     it { within(".js-main-target-form") { should_not have_link("Cancel") } }
 
-    # notifiactions
-    it { within(".js-main-target-form") { should have_unchecked_field("Notify team via email") } }
-    it { within(".js-main-target-form") { should_not have_checked_field("Notify commit author") } }
-    it { within(".js-main-target-form") { should_not have_unchecked_field("Notify commit author") } }
-
     describe "without text" do
       it { within(".js-main-target-form") { should have_css(".js-note-preview-button", visible: false) } }
     end
@@ -126,9 +121,6 @@ describe "On a merge request diff", js: true, focus: true do
       it { should have_button("Add Comment") }
       it { should have_css(".js-close-discussion-note-form", text: "Cancel") }
 
-      # notification options
-      it { should have_unchecked_field("Notify team via email") }
-
       it "shouldn't add a second form for same row" do
         find("#4735dfc552ad7bf15ca468adc3cad9d05b624490_185_185.line_holder .js-add-diff-note-button").trigger("click")