diff --git a/brutaldon/templates/base.html b/brutaldon/templates/base.html
index 268a027..22b424f 100644
--- a/brutaldon/templates/base.html
+++ b/brutaldon/templates/base.html
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 
     </head>
     <body ic-enhance="true" ic-target="body"
+          ic-on-beforeSend="$(main).fadeTo(250, 0.4)"
+          ic-on-success="$(main).fadeTo(250,1)"
           ic-global-indicator="#page-load-indicator"
           ic-global-include='{"csrfmiddlewaretoken": "{{ csrf_token }}"}'>
         <div id="page-load-indicator"></div>
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@
                                         <span ic-src="{% url 'notes_count' %}"
                                               ic-poll="{{ preferences.poll_frequency }}s"
                                               ic-target="this"
+                                              ic-push-url="false"
                                               ic-select-from-response="#notes-count">
                                             <span
                                                 {% if notifications and notifications != '0' %}
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@
                                     {% elif notifications and preferences.notifications %}
                                             <span ic-src="{% url 'notes_count' %}"
                                                   ic-poll="{{ preferences.poll_frequency }}s"
-                                                  ic-target="this" ic_push_url="false"
+                                                  ic-target="this" ic-push-url="false"
                                                   ic-select-from-response="#notes-count">
                                                 <span >Notifications ({{ notifications }})</span>
                                             </span>
@@ -134,17 +137,17 @@
                                     <span >Federated</span>
                                 </a>
                                 <a class="navbar-item" href="{% url "toot" %}"
+                                   ic-enhance="false"
                                    ic-get-from="{% url "toot" %}"
                                    ic-target="#new-toot-modal"
-                                   ic-enhance="false"
                                    ic-on-complete="$('#new-toot-modal').toggleClass('is-active');">
                                     <span class="fa fa-edit"> </span>
                                     <span >New Toot</span>
                                 </a>
                                 <a class="navbar-item" href="{% url "search" %}"
+                                   ic-enhance="false"
                                    ic-get-from="{% url "search" %}"
                                    ic-target="#new-toot-modal"
-                                   ic-enhance="false"
                                    ic-on-complete="$('#new-toot-modal').toggleClass('is-active');">
                                     <span class="fa fa-search"> </span>
                                     <span >Search</span>
