diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/events.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/events.scss
index f39796e9..99523639 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/events.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/events.scss
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 .event_filter {
   position: absolute;
   width: 40px;
+  margin-left: -50px;
 
   .filter_icon {
     float: left;
@@ -140,9 +141,3 @@
     }
   }
 }
-
-.activities {
-  .content_list {
-    margin-left:50px;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index a4d36c9b..cba34c96 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     else
       gravatar_prefix = request.ssl? ? "https://secure" : "http://www"
       user_email.strip!
-      "#{gravatar_prefix}.gravatar.com/avatar/#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(user_email.downcase)}?s=#{size}&d=identicon"
+      "#{gravatar_prefix}.gravatar.com/avatar/#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(user_email.downcase)}?s=#{size}&d=mm"
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
index 023d3213..d0882c6d 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       - if @events.any?
         .content_list= render @events
       - else
-        %h4.nothing_here_message Projects activity will be displayed here
+        %p.nothing_here_message Projects activity will be displayed here
       .loading.hide
     .side
       - if @groups.present?