diff --git a/public/js/services/guideServices.js b/public/js/services/guideServices.js
index 51a05990e1..e13a0ef6af 100644
--- a/public/js/services/guideServices.js
+++ b/public/js/services/guideServices.js
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
  */
 
 angular.module('guideServices', []).
-  factory('Guide', ['$rootScope', 'User', function($rootScope, User) {
+  factory('Guide', ['$rootScope', 'User', 'Items', 'Helpers', function($rootScope, User, Items, Helpers) {
 
     /**
      * Init and show the welcome tour. Note we do it listening to a $rootScope broadcasted 'userLoaded' message,
      * this because we need to determine whether to show the tour *after* the user has been pulled from the server,
      * otherwise it's always start off as true, and then get set to false later
      */
-    $rootScope.$on('userUpdated', function(){
+    $rootScope.$on('userUpdated', initTour);
+    function initTour(){
       if (User.user.flags.showTour === false) return;
       var tourSteps = [
         {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ angular.module('guideServices', []).
       });
       tour.restart(); // Tour doesn't quite mesh with our handling of flags.showTour, just restart it on page load
       //tour.start(true);
-    })
+    };
 
     var alreadyShown = function(before, after) {
       return !(!before && after === true);
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ angular.module('guideServices', []).
     var showPopover = function(selector, title, html, placement) {
       if (!placement) placement = 'bottom';
       $(selector).popover('destroy');
-      html = "<div><div class='NPC-Justin float-left'></div>" + html + "<br/><a class='btn btn-sm btn-default' href='#' onClick=\"$('" + selector + "').popover('hide');return false;\">Close</a></div>";
+      var button = "<button class='btn btn-sm btn-default' onClick=\"$('" + selector + "').popover('hide');return false;\">Close</button>";
+      html = "<div><div class='NPC-Justin float-left'></div>" + html + '<br/>' + button + '</div>';
       $(selector).popover({
         title: title,
         placement: placement,
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ angular.module('guideServices', []).
 
     $rootScope.$watch('user.flags.dropsEnabled', function(after, before) {
       if (alreadyShown(before, after)) return;
-      var drop = window.helpers.randomVal(window.items.items.pets);
+      var drop = Helpers.randomVal(Items.items.pets);
       var eggs = User.user.items.eggs = [];
       eggs.push(drop); // FIXME put this on server instead
       User.set('items.eggs', eggs);
@@ -146,5 +148,9 @@ angular.module('guideServices', []).
       }
     });*/
 
+    return {
+      initTour:initTour
+    };
+
   }
 ]);
diff --git a/src/controllers/user.js b/src/controllers/user.js
index 9664c011a2..c1373777d2 100644
--- a/src/controllers/user.js
+++ b/src/controllers/user.js
@@ -202,13 +202,10 @@ api.scoreTask = function(req, res, next) {
   }
   task = user.tasks[id];
   delta = algos.score(user, task, direction);
-  return user.save(function(err, saved) {
-    if (err) {
-      return res.json(500, {
-        err: err
-      });
-    }
-    return res.json(200, _.extend({
+  //user.markModified('flags'); 
+  user.save(function(err, saved) {
+    if (err) return res.json(500, {err: err});
+    res.json(200, _.extend({
       delta: delta
     }, saved.toJSON().stats));
   });