diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
index b26ffcf2..dd897ed3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
@@ -548,9 +548,8 @@ h4.dash-tabs {
 h4.middle-panel { 
   margin: 0; 
   border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; 
-  padding: 10px 10px;
+  padding: 10px 20px;
   font-size: 11px;
-  padding-left:20px;
   background: #F7F7F7;
   height:30px;
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 8d9adedf..1f1da559 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :authorize_read_project!, :except => [:index, :new, :create]
   before_filter :authorize_admin_project!, :only => [:edit, :update, :destroy]
   before_filter :require_non_empty_project, :only => [:blob, :tree, :graph]
-  before_filter :load_refs, :only => :tree # load @branch, @tag & @ref
 
   def index
     source = current_user.projects
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 2f982dac..76323b27 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       [ "Tag", @project.tags ]
     ]
 
-    grouped_options_for_select(options, @ref)
+    grouped_options_for_select(options, @ref || @project.default_branch)
   end
 
   def markdown(text)