diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_newestheader.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_newestheader.html.haml
index e015366..ad9b25e 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_newestheader.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_newestheader.html.haml
@@ -242,6 +242,23 @@
       #sign-in-btn {
           display: none;
       }
+
+
+      /* for the dropdown */
+      .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu.tdx {
+        position: static;
+        float: none;
+        width: auto;
+        margin-top: 0;
+        background-color: transparent;
+        border: 0;
+        box-shadow: none;      
+      }
+
+      .navbar-nav .open .dropdown-menu.tdx li  a {
+        line-height: 20px;
+        padding: 5px 15px 5px 25px;
+      }
   }
 
 
@@ -280,7 +297,7 @@
             %a.dropdown-toggle{"data-toggle" => "dropdown", :href => "#"}
               = current_user.email
               %b.caret
-            %ul.dropdown-menu
+            %ul.dropdown-menu.tdx
               - if current_user.admin?
                 %li= link_to "Admin", administrator_path
               %li= link_to "Profile", user_path(current_user.id)