diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/common.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/common.scss
index b9459ee6..85bb5b22 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/common.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap/common.scss
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
         color:#888;
         text-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff;
       }
+      i[class^="icon-"] {
+        line-height:14px;
+      }
     }
     &.active {
       > a {
diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
index 0ad73f32..af23f970 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class DashboardController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @groups = Group.where(id: current_user.projects.pluck(:group_id))
     @projects = current_user.projects_with_events
-    @projects = @projects.page(params[:page]).per(20)
+    @projects = @projects.page(params[:page]).per(30)
 
     @events = Event.in_projects(current_user.project_ids).limit(20).offset(params[:offset] || 0)
     @last_push = current_user.recent_push
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 3ae15f24..53fe0ee1 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :hooks,          dependent: :destroy, class_name: "ProjectHook"
   has_many :wikis,          dependent: :destroy
   has_many :protected_branches, dependent: :destroy
+  has_one :last_event, class_name: 'Event', order: 'events.created_at DESC', foreign_key: 'project_id'
 
   delegate :name, to: :owner, allow_nil: true, prefix: true
 
@@ -141,15 +142,11 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def last_activity
-    events.order("created_at ASC").last
+    last_event
   end
 
   def last_activity_date
-    if events.last
-      events.last.created_at
-    else
-      updated_at
-    end
+    last_event.try(:created_at) || updated_at
   end
 
   def wiki_notes
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index b7d846e8..f78ce86b 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -169,10 +169,9 @@ describe Project do
 
   describe "last_activity" do
     let(:project)    { Factory :project }
-    let(:last_event) { double }
 
     before do
-      project.stub_chain(:events, :order).and_return( [ double, double, last_event ] )
+      project.stub(last_event: double)
     end
 
     it { project.last_activity.should == last_event }
@@ -182,8 +181,8 @@ describe Project do
     let(:project)    { Factory :project }
 
     it 'returns the creation date of the project\'s last event if present' do
-      last_event = double(created_at: 'now')
-      project.stub(:events).and_return( [double, double, last_event] )
+      last_event = double(created_at: Time.now)
+      project.stub(last_event: last_event)
       project.last_activity_date.should == last_event.created_at
     end