diff --git a/app/assets/images/auth_bg.jpg b/app/assets/images/auth_bg.jpg
index 3dd6271a5..bcc4a1250 100644
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diff --git a/app/assets/images/favicon.ico b/app/assets/images/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a68af1ef8
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/assets/images/favicon.ico differ
diff --git a/app/assets/images/header_bg.jpg b/app/assets/images/header_bg.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d991b8f8
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diff --git a/app/assets/images/home_header_bg.jpg b/app/assets/images/home_header_bg.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f5065f9b..000000000
Binary files a/app/assets/images/home_header_bg.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index e27dcc51c..d04b2553d 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@
         <%= javascript_include_tag "vendor/modernizr" %>
         <%= javascript_include_tag "application", 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
         <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
+        <%= favicon_link_tag "favicon.ico" %>
     </head>
-  <body>
+  <body class="<%= "bg-white" if current_page?(root_path) %>">
 
     <%= render 'layouts/header' %>
 
     <% if notice %>
-        <p class="alert-box success"><%= notice %></p>
+        <p class="alert-box success alert-layout"><%= notice %></p>
     <% end %>
 
     <% if alert %>
-        <p class="alert-box"><%= alert %></p>
+        <p class="alert-box alert alert-layout"><%= alert %></p>
     <% end %>
 
     <%= yield %>
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/devise.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/devise.html.erb
index 85f448f81..3631d3619 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/devise.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/devise.html.erb
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
   <body class="auth-page">
 
     <% if notice %>
-        <p class="alert-box success"><%= notice %></p>
+        <p class="alert-box success alert-layout"><%= notice %></p>
     <% end %>
 
     <% if alert %>
-        <p class="alert-box"><%= alert %></p>
+        <p class="alert-box alert alert-layout"><%= alert %></p>
     <% end %>
 
     <div class="row">
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_errors.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_errors.html.erb
index 4e22c3038..180fd2388 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_errors.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_errors.html.erb
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 <% if resource.errors.any? %>
   <div id="error_explanation" class="alert-box alert radius">
-    <p>
-      <strong>
-      <%= pluralize resource.errors.count, t("form.error"), t("form.errors") %>
-      <%= t("form.not_saved", resource: t("form.#{resource.class.to_s.downcase}")) %>
-      </strong>
-    </p>
+    <strong>
+    <%= pluralize resource.errors.count, t("form.error"), t("form.errors") %>
+    <%= t("form.not_saved", resource: t("form.#{resource.class.to_s.downcase}")) %>
+    </strong>
   </div>
 <% end %>
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