diff --git a/controllers/serveController.js b/controllers/serveController.js
index 6771b9b3..ade51deb 100644
--- a/controllers/serveController.js
+++ b/controllers/serveController.js
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ function getAssetByLongClaimId (fullClaimId, name) {
       // if a result was found, return early with the result
       if (dataValues) {
         logger.debug('found a local file for this name and claimId');
-        return resolve(dataValues);
+        resolve(dataValues);
+        return;
       }
       logger.debug('no local file found for this name and claimId');
       // 2. if no local claim, resolve and get the claim
diff --git a/models/index.js b/models/index.js
index 5a8f4c41..6c4af15b 100644
--- a/models/index.js
+++ b/models/index.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function getLongChannelIdFromShortChannelId (channelName, channelId) {
 function getLongChannelIdFromChannelName (channelName) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     db
-      .sequelize.query(`SELECT claimId, amount, height FROM Certificate WHERE name = '${channelName}' ORDER BY amount DESC, height ASC LIMIT 1;`, { type: db.sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT })
+      .sequelize.query(`SELECT claimId, amount, height FROM Certificate WHERE name = '${channelName}' ORDER BY effectiveAmount DESC, height ASC LIMIT 1;`, { type: db.sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT })
       .then(result => {
         switch (result.length) {
           case 0:
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ db['getAllChannelClaims'] = (channelId) => {
 };
 
 db['getLongClaimId'] = (claimName, claimId) => {
+  logger.debug(`getLongClaimId (${claimName}, ${claimId})`);
   if (claimId && (claimId.length === 40)) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => resolve(claimId));
   } else if (claimId && claimId.length < 40) {
@@ -296,12 +297,13 @@ db['getLongClaimId'] = (claimName, claimId) => {
 };
 
 db['getLongChannelId'] = (channelName, channelId) => {
+  logger.debug(`getLongChannelId (${channelName}, ${channelId})`);
   if (channelId && (channelId.length === 40)) {  // full channel id
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => resolve(channelId));
   } else if (channelId && channelId.length < 40) {  // short channel id
     return getLongChannelIdFromShortChannelId(channelName, channelId);
   } else {
-    return getLongChannelIdFromChannelName(channelName);
+    return getLongChannelIdFromChannelName(channelName);  // no channelId provided
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/public/assets/css/general.css b/public/assets/css/general.css
index 5fd9f91a..6a1a2167 100644
--- a/public/assets/css/general.css
+++ b/public/assets/css/general.css
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ table {
 
 .nav-bar-title-section {
 	overflow: hidden;
-	border-bottom: 2px solid #eaeaea;
+	border-bottom: 0.5px solid #cacaca;
 	position: relative;
 }
 
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ table {
 
 .nav-bar-subtitle {
 	font-size: small;
-	color:grey;
 	position: absolute;
 	left: 50%;
 	top: 50%;
@@ -446,28 +445,27 @@ table {
 
 .nav-bar-link {
 	font-weight: normal;
+	color: grey;
 	border-bottom: 2px solid white;
 }
 .nav-bar-link:hover {
-	color: dodgerblue;
+	color: black;
 }
 
 .nav-bar-link--active {
-	color: #1e90ff;
-	border-bottom: 2px solid dodgerblue;
+	color: black;
+	border-bottom: 2px solid black;
 }
 
 /* PUBLISH FORM */
 
 .dropzone {
-	border: 2px dashed lightgrey;
+	border: 2px dashed dodgerblue;
 	text-align: center;
-	background-color: white;
 }
 
 .dropzone:hover {
-	border: 2px dashed #1e90ff;
-	background-color: gainsboro;
+	border: 2px dashed lightgrey;
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
 
diff --git a/routes/serve-routes.js b/routes/serve-routes.js
index 6a862c71..2cbdd74b 100644
--- a/routes/serve-routes.js
+++ b/routes/serve-routes.js
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
     getAsset(claimType, channelName, channelId, name, claimId)
     // 2. serve or show
     .then(fileInfo => {
+      logger.debug('file info found:', fileInfo);
       if (!fileInfo) {
         res.status(200).render('noClaims');
       } else {
@@ -177,10 +178,20 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
       getChannelContents(channelName, channelId)
       // 2. respond to the request
       .then(result => {
-        const totalPages = determineTotalPages(result.claims.length);
         if (!result.claims) {
-          res.status(200).render('noChannel');
+          res.status(200).render('channel', {
+            channelName   : result.channelName,
+            longChannelId : result.longChannelId,
+            shortChannelId: result.shortChannelId,
+            claims        : [],
+            previousPage  : 0,
+            currentPage   : 0,
+            nextPage      : 0,
+            totalPages    : 0,
+            totalResults  : 0,
+          });
         } else {
+          const totalPages = determineTotalPages(result.claims.length);
           res.status(200).render('channel', {
             channelName   : result.channelName,
             longChannelId : result.longChannelId,
diff --git a/views/index.handlebars b/views/index.handlebars
index 4084e078..fa87c53d 100644
--- a/views/index.handlebars
+++ b/views/index.handlebars
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="row row--full-height">
+<div class="row row--full-height row--wide">
     <form>
         <input class="input-file" type="file" id="siofu_input" name="siofu_input" accept="video/*,image/*" onchange="previewAndStageFile(event.target.files[0])" enctype="multipart/form-data"/>
     </form>
diff --git a/views/partials/publishForm-Submit.handlebars b/views/partials/publishForm-Submit.handlebars
index 2b6b85c9..5e915ad7 100644
--- a/views/partials/publishForm-Submit.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publishForm-Submit.handlebars
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
     <div class="input-error" id="input-error-publish-submit" hidden="true"></div>
     <button id="publish-submit" class="button--primary button--large" onclick="publishStagedFile(event)">Upload</button>
 </div>
-<div class="row row--short align-content-center">
-    <p class="publish-fine-print">By clicking 'Upload', you affirm that you have the rights to publish this content to the LBRY network, and that you understand the properties of publishing it to a decentralized, user-controlled network. <a target="_blank" href="https://lbry.io/learn">[Read more]</a></p>
-</div>
 <div class="row row--short align-content-center">
     <button class="button--cancel" onclick="cancelPublish()">Cancel</button>
 </div>
+<div class="row row--short align-content-center">
+    <p class="publish-fine-print">By clicking 'Upload', you affirm that you have the rights to publish this content to the LBRY network, and that you understand the properties of publishing it to a decentralized, user-controlled network. <a target="_blank" href="https://lbry.io/learn">[Read more]</a></p>
+</div>