diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list.jade b/services/web/app/views/project/list.jade
index 1c80b9a7a2..a6a3957720 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list.jade
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list.jade
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ block content
 		.container
 				
 			.row(ng-cloak)
-				span(ng-show="first_sign_up == 'default' || projects.length > 0")
+				span(ng-if="projects.length > 0")
 					aside.col-md-2.col-xs-3
 						include ./list/side-bar
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ block content
 						include ./list/notifications
 						include ./list/project-list
 				
-				span(ng-if="first_sign_up == 'minimial' && projects.length == 0")
+				span(ng-if="projects.length === 0")
 					.col-md-offset-2.col-md-8.col-md-offset-2.col-xs-8
-						include ./list/project-list-minimal
+						include ./list/empty-project-list
 
 		include ./list/modals
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diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list/empty-project-list.jade b/services/web/app/views/project/list/empty-project-list.jade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6c6dcd299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list/empty-project-list.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+.row.row-spaced
+	.col-xs-12
+		.card.card-thin.project-list-card
+			div.welcome.text-centered(ng-cloak)
+				h2 #{translate("welcome_to_sl")}
+				p #{translate("new_to_latex_look_at")} 
+					a(href="/templates") #{translate("templates").toLowerCase()}
+					|   #{translate("or")}
+					a(href="/learn")  #{translate("latex_help_guide")}
+
+
+					.row
+						.col-md-offset-4.col-md-4
+							.dropdown.minimal-create-proj-dropdown(dropdown)
+								a.btn.btn-success.dropdown-toggle(
+									href="#",
+									data-toggle="dropdown",
+									dropdown-toggle
+								)
+									| Create First Project
+
+								ul.dropdown-menu.minimal-create-proj-dropdown-menu(role="menu")
+									li
+										a(
+											href,
+											ng-click="openCreateProjectModal()"
+										) #{translate("blank_project")}
+									li
+										a(
+											href,
+											ng-click="openCreateProjectModal('example')"
+										) #{translate("example_project")}
+									li
+										a(
+											href,
+											ng-click="openUploadProjectModal()"
+										) #{translate("upload_project")}
+									!= moduleIncludes("newProjectMenu", locals)
+									if (templates)
+										li.divider
+										li.dropdown-header #{translate("templates")}
+										each item in templates
+											li
+												a.menu-indent(href=item.url) #{translate(item.name)}
+
+							
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list-minimal.jade b/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list-minimal.jade
deleted file mode 100644
index b73210f016..0000000000
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list-minimal.jade
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,202 +0,0 @@
-.row
-	.col-xs-12(ng-cloak)
-
-		.project-tools(ng-cloak)
-			.btn-toolbar(ng-show="filter != 'archived'")
-				.btn-group(ng-hide="selectedProjects.length < 1")
-					a.btn.btn-default(
-						href='#',
-						tooltip="#{translate('download')}",
-						tooltip-placement="bottom",
-						tooltip-append-to-body="true",
-						ng-click="downloadSelectedProjects()"
-					)
-						i.fa.fa-cloud-download
-					a.btn.btn-default(
-						href='#',
-						tooltip="#{translate('delete')}",
-						tooltip-placement="bottom",
-						tooltip-append-to-body="true",
-						ng-click="openArchiveProjectsModal()"
-					)
-						i.fa.fa-trash-o
-
-				.btn-group.dropdown(ng-hide="selectedProjects.length < 1", dropdown)
-					a.btn.btn-default.dropdown-toggle(
-						href="#",
-						data-toggle="dropdown",
-						dropdown-toggle,
-						tooltip="#{translate('add_to_folders')}",
-						tooltip-append-to-body="true",
-						tooltip-placement="bottom"
-					)
-						i.fa.fa-folder-open-o
-						|  
-						span.caret
-					ul.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-right.js-tags-dropdown-menu(
-						role="menu"
-						ng-controller="TagListController"
-					)
-						li.dropdown-header #{translate("add_to_folder")}
-						li(
-							ng-repeat="tag in tags | filter:nonEmpty | orderBy:'name'",
-							ng-controller="TagDropdownItemController"
-						)
-							a(href="#", ng-click="addOrRemoveProjectsFromTag()", stop-propagation="click")
-								i.fa(
-									ng-class="{\
-										'fa-check-square-o': areSelectedProjectsInTag == true,\
-										'fa-square-o': areSelectedProjectsInTag == false,\
-										'fa-minus-square-o': areSelectedProjectsInTag == 'partial'\
-									}"
-								)
-								|  {{tag.name}}
-						li.divider
-						li
-							a(href="#", ng-click="openNewTagModal()", stop-propagation="click") #{translate("create_new_folder")}
-
-				.btn-group(ng-hide="selectedProjects.length != 1", dropdown).dropdown
-					a.btn.btn-default.dropdown-toggle(
-						href='#',
-						data-toggle="dropdown",
-						dropdown-toggle
-					) #{translate("more")}
-						span.caret
-					ul.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-right(role="menu")
-						li(ng-show="getFirstSelectedProject().accessLevel == 'owner'")
-							a(
-								href='#',
-								ng-click="openRenameProjectModal()"
-							) #{translate("rename")}
-						li
-							a(
-								href='#',
-								ng-click="openCloneProjectModal()"
-							) #{translate("make_copy")}
-
-			.btn-toolbar(ng-show="filter == 'archived'")
-				.btn-group(ng-hide="selectedProjects.length < 1")
-					a.btn.btn-default(
-						href='#',
-						data-original-title="Restore",
-						data-toggle="tooltip",
-						data-placement="bottom",
-						ng-click="restoreSelectedProjects()"
-					) #{translate("restore")}
-
-				.btn-group(ng-hide="selectedProjects.length < 1")
-					a.btn.btn-danger(
-						href='#',
-						data-original-title="Delete Forever",
-						data-toggle="tooltip",
-						data-placement="bottom",
-						ng-click="openDeleteProjectsModal()"
-					) #{translate("delete_forever")}
-
-.row.row-spaced
-	.col-xs-12
-		.card.card-thin.project-list-card
-			ul.list-unstyled.project-list.structured-list(
-				select-all-list,
-				ng-if="projects.length > 0",
-				max-height="projectListHeight - 25",
-				ng-cloak
-			)
-				li.container-fluid
-					.row
-						.col-xs-6
-							input.select-all(
-								select-all,
-								type="checkbox"
-							)
-							span.header.clickable(ng-click="changePredicate('name')") #{translate("title")}
-								i.tablesort.fa(ng-class="getSortIconClass('name')")
-						.col-xs-2
-							span.header.clickable(ng-click="changePredicate('accessLevel')") #{translate("owner")}
-								i.tablesort.fa(ng-class="getSortIconClass('accessLevel')")
-						.col-xs-4
-							span.header.clickable(ng-click="changePredicate('lastUpdated')") #{translate("last_modified")}
-								i.tablesort.fa(ng-class="getSortIconClass('lastUpdated')")
-				li.project_entry.container-fluid(
-					ng-repeat="project in visibleProjects | orderBy:predicate:reverse",
-					ng-controller="ProjectListItemController"
-				)
-					.row
-						.col-xs-6
-							input.select-item(
-								select-individual,
-								type="checkbox",
-								ng-model="project.selected"
-							)
-							span
-								a.projectName(href="/project/{{project.id}}") {{project.name}}
-								span(
-									ng-controller="TagListController"
-								)
-									a.label.label-default.tag-label(
-										href,
-										ng-repeat='tag in project.tags',
-										ng-click="selectTag(tag)"
-									) {{tag.name}}
-						.col-xs-2
-							span.owner {{ownerName()}}
-						.col-xs-4
-							span.last-modified {{project.lastUpdated | formatDate}}
-				li(
-					ng-if="visibleProjects.length == 0",
-					ng-cloak
-				)
-					.row
-						.col-xs-12.text-centered
-							small #{translate("no_projects")}
-
-			div.welcome.text-centered(ng-if="projects.length == 0", ng-cloak)
-				h2 #{translate("welcome_to_sl")}
-				p #{translate("new_to_latex_look_at")} 
-					a(href="/templates") #{translate("templates").toLowerCase()}
-					|   #{translate("or")}
-					a(href="/learn")  #{translate("latex_help_guide")}
-
-
-					.row
-						.col-md-offset-4.col-md-4
-							.dropdown(dropdown)
-								a.btn.btn-success.dropdown-toggle(
-									href="#",
-									data-toggle="dropdown",
-									dropdown-toggle
-								)
-									| Create First Project
-								style.
-									.dropdown{text-align:center;}
-									.button, .dropdown-menu{margin:2px auto}
-									.dropdown-menu{width:200px; left:50%; margin-left:-100px;}
-
-								ul.dropdown-menu(role="menu", style="text-align:center;")
-									li
-										a(
-											href,
-											ng-click="openCreateProjectModal()"
-											sixpack-convert="first_sign_up",
-										) #{translate("blank_project")}
-									li
-										a(
-											href,
-											sixpack-convert="first_sign_up",
-											ng-click="openCreateProjectModal('example')"
-										) #{translate("example_project")}
-									li
-										a(
-											href,
-											sixpack-convert="first_sign_up",
-											ng-click="openUploadProjectModal()"
-										) #{translate("upload_project")}
-									!= moduleIncludes("newProjectMenu", locals)
-									if (templates)
-										li.divider
-										li.dropdown-header #{translate("templates")}
-										each item in templates
-											li
-												a.menu-indent(href=item.url, sixpack-convert="first_sign_up") #{translate(item.name)}
-
-							
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
index a528c0b96f..313b52ba1f 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ define [
 	"base"
 ], (App) ->
 
-	App.controller "ProjectPageController", ($scope, $modal, $q, $window, queuedHttp, event_tracking, $timeout, sixpack) ->
+	App.controller "ProjectPageController", ($scope, $modal, $q, $window, queuedHttp, event_tracking, $timeout) ->
 		$scope.projects = window.data.projects
 		$scope.tags = window.data.tags
 		$scope.notifications = window.data.notifications
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@ define [
 		$scope.predicate = "lastUpdated"
 		$scope.reverse = true
 
-		if $scope.projects.length > 0
-			$scope.first_sign_up = "default"
-		else
-			sixpack.participate 'first_sign_up', ['default', 'minimial'], (chosenVariation, rawResponse)->
-				$scope.first_sign_up = chosenVariation
-				$timeout () ->
-					recalculateProjectListHeight()
-				, 10
+		if $scope.projects.length == 0
+			$timeout () ->
+				recalculateProjectListHeight()
+			, 10
 
 		recalculateProjectListHeight = () ->
 			topOffset = $(".project-list-card")?.offset()?.top
diff --git a/services/web/public/stylesheets/app/project-list.less b/services/web/public/stylesheets/app/project-list.less
index d3131f136c..8e5da6cb3d 100644
--- a/services/web/public/stylesheets/app/project-list.less
+++ b/services/web/public/stylesheets/app/project-list.less
@@ -279,3 +279,13 @@ ul.project-list {
 		font-weight: 700;
 	}
 }
+
+.minimal-create-proj-dropdown {
+	text-align:center;
+
+	&-menu {
+		width:200px;
+		left:50%;
+		margin-left:-100px;
+	}
+}