diff --git a/django/website/dashboard/templates/dashboard/basic-text-widget.html b/django/website/dashboard/templates/dashboard/basic-text-widget.html
index 09b9c281a1d7b4751c402f83782b567f8a036502..4deb28b15897370dc94262037ddc4726775bdb6c 100644
--- a/django/website/dashboard/templates/dashboard/basic-text-widget.html
+++ b/django/website/dashboard/templates/dashboard/basic-text-widget.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class='panel panel-default'>
     <div class='panel-heading'>
-        <i class='fa fa-bar-chart-o fa-fw'></i>
+        <i class='fa fa-align-justify fa-fw'></i>
         {{ title }}
     </div>
     <div class='panel-body'>
diff --git a/django/website/media/css/styles.css b/django/website/media/css/styles.css
index f30eb66733386a45b7aaa8ff0e45af9b6ad1855b..9f02198071f45e9d8e47f057a43a744211ef51f6 100644
--- a/django/website/media/css/styles.css
+++ b/django/website/media/css/styles.css
@@ -6594,7 +6594,7 @@ body {
   padding: 15px;
 }
 .sidebar ul li a.active {
-  background-color: #ffffff;
+  background-color: #edecec;
 }
 .sidebar .arrow {
   float: right;
@@ -7028,6 +7028,9 @@ th.delete > label {
   background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
   padding: 14px 18px;
 }
+#side-menu {
+  padding-top: 14.5px;
+}
 .clearfix:before,
 .clearfix:after,
 .dl-horizontal dd:before,
diff --git a/django/website/media/less/internews.less b/django/website/media/less/internews.less
index 705f82730441fcc5de6d2c113e4a2dcf55379783..910df0ba048fd2f75e13c6487d7f0ba41a274c5e 100644
--- a/django/website/media/less/internews.less
+++ b/django/website/media/less/internews.less
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ body {
 .sidebar ul li {
     a {
         &.active {
-            background-color: @gray-lightest;
+            background-color: @gray-lighter;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/django/website/media/less/navigation.less b/django/website/media/less/navigation.less
index c8c07bf7c64d450694f1de80e7049694a5f62685..7648071fdb4eab658efd35edb8c8b23d573d20e7 100644
--- a/django/website/media/less/navigation.less
+++ b/django/website/media/less/navigation.less
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@
   background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
   padding:14px 18px;
 }
+
+#side-menu {
+  padding-top:@navbar-padding-vertical;
+}
diff --git a/django/website/templates/base_side.html b/django/website/templates/base_side.html
index 89d7fcc404f0ad8abd39a0604c12865b71469dac..9dfe6f0a7f6337ebc02482e4f7f68f718d2fb7b7 100644
--- a/django/website/templates/base_side.html
+++ b/django/website/templates/base_side.html
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
             </div>
     	<nav class="sidebar-nav navbar-collapse">
             <ul class="nav" id="side-menu">
-            	<li><a href="{% url "dashboard" %}"><i class="fa fa-dashboard fa-fw"></i> Dashboard</a></li>
+            	<li><a class="active" href="{% url "dashboard" %}"><i class="fa fa-dashboard fa-fw"></i> Dashboard</a></li>
             	<li><a href="{% url "sources" %}"><i class="fa fa-download fa-fw"></i> Sources</a></li>
                 <li><a href="{% url "data-view" %}"><i class="fa fa-pencil fa-fw"></i> View &amp; Edit</a></li>
             </ul>
         </nav>
         <div class="site-info">
-           <p>An <a href="http://www.internews.org" title="Internews website">Internews project</a><br />
-           	Site by<a href="http://www.aptivate.org" title="Aptivate website"> Aptivate</a></p>
+           <p>A project of <a href="http://www.internews.org" title="Internews website">Internews</a><br />
+           	Developed by<a href="http://www.aptivate.org" title="Aptivate website"> Aptivate</a></p>
         </div>
         <!-- /.sidebar-collapse -->
     </div>