diff --git a/application/default/views/scripts/index/index.phtml b/application/default/views/scripts/index/index.phtml
index 98fff19e..e06bb42b 100755
--- a/application/default/views/scripts/index/index.phtml
+++ b/application/default/views/scripts/index/index.phtml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 .carousel-inner .item .featured-image-link{text-align:center;}
 .featured-image{min-width:100%;text-align:center; margin:auto 0px;/*min-height:100%;*/}
 </style>
-<div class="row">
-
-</div>
 <div class="row">
   <div class="span7" id="feature-news">
         <div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide">
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@
 	<?php } ?>
     </ul>
   </div>
-</div>
 <hr />
 <div class="span12">
 	<h4><a href="/data/doi">Latest Datasets Published with DOI</a></h4>
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@
 	?>
 	</ul>	
 </div>
-	<div class="span12">
+	<div class="span12 row">
   	<h4>Hottest Datasets</h4>
     <ul class="unstyled">
     	<?php foreach($this->mdtop as $i=>$md) : ?>
@@ -76,4 +72,4 @@
     </ul>
 
   </div>
-
+</div>