diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 5667a60ad1..cec3fe5539 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
             'public/bower_components/angular/angular.min.js',
             'public/bower_components/angular-sanitize/angular-sanitize.min.js',
             'public/bower_components/marked/lib/marked.js',
-            'public/bower_components/angular-ui-router/angular-ui-router.min.js',
+            'public/bower_components/angular-ui-router/release/angular-ui-router.js',
             'public/bower_components/angular-resource/angular-resource.min.js',
             'public/bower_components/angular-ui/build/angular-ui.min.js',
             'public/bower_components/angular-ui-utils/modules/keypress/keypress.js',
diff --git a/public/js/app.js b/public/js/app.js
index ae9b2b0bdd..77d3cd0260 100644
--- a/public/js/app.js
+++ b/public/js/app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 window.habitrpg = angular.module('habitrpg',
-    ['ngRoute', 'ngResource', 'ngSanitize', 'userServices', 'groupServices', 'memberServices', 'challengeServices', 'sharedServices', 'authServices', 'notificationServices', 'guideServices', 'ui.bootstrap', 'ui.keypress', 'ui.router'])
+    ['ngResource', 'ngSanitize', 'userServices', 'groupServices', 'memberServices', 'challengeServices', 'sharedServices', 'authServices', 'notificationServices', 'guideServices', 'ui.bootstrap', 'ui.keypress', 'ui.router'])
 
   .constant("API_URL", "")
   .constant("STORAGE_USER_ID", 'habitrpg-user')
diff --git a/public/js/controllers/challengesCtrl.js b/public/js/controllers/challengesCtrl.js
index b47e70afdf..6ecce55fad 100644
--- a/public/js/controllers/challengesCtrl.js
+++ b/public/js/controllers/challengesCtrl.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
-habitrpg.controller("ChallengesCtrl", ['$scope', 'User', 'Challenges', 'Notification', '$compile', 'Groups', '$state', '$filter',
-  function($scope, User, Challenges, Notification, $compile, Groups, $state, $filter) {
+habitrpg.controller("ChallengesCtrl", ['$scope', 'User', 'Challenges', 'Notification', '$compile', 'Groups', '$state',
+  function($scope, User, Challenges, Notification, $compile, Groups, $state) {
 
     // FIXME get this from cache
     Groups.Group.query(function(groups){
diff --git a/public/js/controllers/menuCtrl.js b/public/js/controllers/menuCtrl.js
index d8ddd61397..1837b4bd0f 100644
--- a/public/js/controllers/menuCtrl.js
+++ b/public/js/controllers/menuCtrl.js
@@ -7,33 +7,10 @@
  */
 
 habitrpg.controller('MenuCtrl',
-  ['$scope', '$rootScope', '$location', 'User',
-  function($scope, $rootScope, $location, User) {
+  ['$scope', '$rootScope', 'User',
+  function($scope, $rootScope, User) {
 
-    $scope.sync = function(){
-      User.user._v--;
-      User.log({})
-    }
-
-    $scope.gotoOptions = function(){
-      $location.path('/options');
-    }
-
-    $scope.gotoTasks = function(){
-      $location.path('/tasks')
-    }
-
-    $scope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function(ev, current) {
-      if(!current.$$route) return;
-      if(current.$$route.originalPath === "/tasks"){
-        $scope.viewingOptions = false;
-      }else if(current.$$route.originalPath === "/options"){
-        $scope.viewingOptions = true;
-      }
-    });
-
-
-    //FIXME where to implement this in rewrite?
+    //FIXME are these used anywhere? can we get rid of this file?
 
     $scope.refreshing = function () {
       User.settings.fetching ? "spin" : ""
diff --git a/public/js/directives/directives.js b/public/js/directives/directives.js
index 548ad9a213..b7cf52766c 100644
--- a/public/js/directives/directives.js
+++ b/public/js/directives/directives.js
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ habitrpg
       //  main: '@', // true if it's the user's main list
       //  obj: '='
       //},
-      controller: function($scope, $rootScope){
+      controller: ['$scope', '$rootScope', function($scope, $rootScope){
         $scope.editTask = function(task){
           task._editing = !task._editing;
           if($rootScope.charts[task.id]) $rootScope.charts[task.id] = false;
         };
-      },
+      }],
       link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
         // $scope.obj needs to come from controllers, so we can pass by ref
         scope.main = attrs.main;
diff --git a/public/js/services/userServices.js b/public/js/services/userServices.js
index 11131a4bed..78cb54fb08 100644
--- a/public/js/services/userServices.js
+++ b/public/js/services/userServices.js
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ angular.module('userServices', []).
           syncQueue(cb);
         },
 
+        sync: function(){
+          user._v--;
+          userServices.log({});
+        },
+
         /*
          Very simple path-set. `set('preferences.gender','m')` for example. We'll deprecate this once we have a complete API
          */
diff --git a/views/index.jade b/views/index.jade
index fbbce9ebae..d20a29e9be 100644
--- a/views/index.jade
+++ b/views/index.jade
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ html
       script(type='text/javascript', src='/bower_components/angular-sanitize/angular-sanitize.min.js')
       script(type='text/javascript', src='/bower_components/marked/lib/marked.js')
 
-      script(type='text/javascript', src='/bower_components/angular-route/angular-route.js')
       script(type='text/javascript', src='/bower_components/angular-resource/angular-resource.js')
       script(type='text/javascript', src='/bower_components/angular-ui/build/angular-ui.js')
       script(type='text/javascript', src='/bower_components/angular-ui-utils/modules/keypress/keypress.js')
diff --git a/views/shared/header/menu.jade b/views/shared/header/menu.jade
index 1baf555a64..cfef422cc1 100644
--- a/views/shared/header/menu.jade
+++ b/views/shared/header/menu.jade
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
       ul.flyout-content.nav.stacked
         li
           a.task-action-btn.tile.solid
-            span(ng-show='viewingOptions', ng-click='gotoTasks()')
+            span(ng-show='$state.includes("options")', ui-sref='tasks')
               i.icon-ok
               | Tasks
-            span(ng-hide='viewingOptions', ng-click='gotoOptions()')
+            span(ng-show='$state.includes("tasks")', ui-sref='options')
               i.icon.icon-wrench
               |  Options
         li
-          a.task-action-btn.tile.solid(ng-click='sync()')
+          a.task-action-btn.tile.solid(ng-click='User.sync()')
             i.icon.icon-refresh
             |  Sync
         li