diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
index 4e949f7b7..89b56d4dc 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ export const handleLogin = (email, password, recaptchaResponse) => dispatch => {
     params.headers = {'X-Recaptcha-Response': recaptchaResponse};
   }
   return coralApi('/auth/local', params)
-    .then(result => {
-      const isAdmin = !!result.user.roles.filter(i => i === 'ADMIN').length;
-      dispatch(checkLoginSuccess(result.user, isAdmin));
+    .then(({user}) => {
+      if (!user) {
+        return dispatch(checkLoginFailure('not logged in'));
+      }
+
+      const isAdmin = !!user.roles.filter(i => i === 'ADMIN').length;
+      dispatch(checkLoginSuccess(user, isAdmin));
     })
     .catch(error => {
 
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/BanUserDialog.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/BanUserDialog.js
index 3e82babc6..ee5830249 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/BanUserDialog.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/BanUserDialog.js
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ const BanUserDialog = ({open, handleClose, handleBanUser, rejectComment, user, c
 BanUserDialog.propTypes = {
   handleBanUser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   handleClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  rejectComment: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  commentId: PropTypes.string,
   user: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
 };
 
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
index e43db9628..f5d0aa39b 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.js
@@ -4,65 +4,16 @@ import {compose} from 'react-apollo';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 import {getMetrics} from 'coral-admin/src/graphql/queries';
 import FlagWidget from './FlagWidget';
-import LikeWidget from './LikeWidget';
 import ActivityWidget from './ActivityWidget';
+import CountdownTimer from 'coral-admin/src/components/CountdownTimer';
 import {showBanUserDialog, hideBanUserDialog} from 'coral-admin/src/actions/moderation';
-import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
-import translations from 'coral-admin/src/translations';
-import {Spinner, Icon} from 'coral-ui';
 
-const lang = new I18n(translations);
-const refreshIntervalSeconds = 60 * 5;
+import {Spinner} from 'coral-ui';
 
 class Dashboard extends React.Component {
 
-  constructor (props) {
-    super(props);
-
-    try {
-      if (window.localStorage.getItem('coral:dashboardNote') === null) {
-        window.localStorage.setItem('coral:dashboardNote', 'show');
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-
-      // above will fail in Private Mode in some browsers.
-    }
-
-    this.state = {
-      secondsUntilRefresh: refreshIntervalSeconds,
-      dashboardNote: window.localStorage.getItem('coral:dashboardNote') || 'show'
-    };
-  }
-
-  componentWillMount () {
-    setInterval(() => { // the countdown timer
-      let nextCount = this.state.secondsUntilRefresh - 1;
-      if (nextCount < 0) {
-        nextCount = refreshIntervalSeconds;
-        this.props.data.refetch();
-      }
-      this.setState({secondsUntilRefresh: nextCount});
-    }, 1000);
-  }
-
-  dismissNote = () => {
-    try {
-      window.localStorage.setItem('coral:dashboardNote', 'hide');
-    } catch (e) {
-
-      // when setItem fails in Safari Private mode
-      this.setState({dashboardNote: 'hide'});
-    }
-  }
-
-  formatTime = () => {
-    const minutes = Math.floor(this.state.secondsUntilRefresh / 60);
-    let seconds = (this.state.secondsUntilRefresh % 60).toString();
-    if (seconds.length < 2) {
-      seconds = `0${seconds}`;
-    }
-
-    return `${minutes}:${seconds}`;
+  reloadData = () => {
+    this.props.data.refetch();
   }
 
   render () {
@@ -71,23 +22,13 @@ class Dashboard extends React.Component {
       return <Spinner />;
     }
 
-    const {data: {assetsByLike, assetsByFlag, assetsByActivity}} = this.props;
-    const hideReloadNote = window.localStorage.getItem('coral:dashboardNote') === 'hide' ||
-      this.state.dashboardNote === 'hide'; // for Safari Incognito
+    const {data: {assetsByActivity, assetsByFlag}} = this.props;
 
     return (
       <div>
-        <p
-          style={{display: hideReloadNote ? 'none' : 'block'}}
-          className={styles.autoUpdate}
-          onClick={this.dismissNote}>
-          <b>×</b>
-          <Icon name='timer' /> <strong>{lang.t('dashboard.next-update', this.formatTime())}</strong> {lang.t('dashboard.auto-update')}
-        </p>
+        <CountdownTimer handleTimeout={this.reloadData} />
         <div className={styles.Dashboard}>
           <FlagWidget assets={assetsByFlag} />
-
-          <LikeWidget assets={assetsByLike} />
           <ActivityWidget assets={assetsByActivity} />
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Widget.css b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Widget.css
index b4515786f..9d7ae441e 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Widget.css
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Widget.css
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
   box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
-.widget * {
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-}
-
 .heading {
   margin: 0;
   padding-left: 10px;
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/metricsQuery.graphql b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/metricsQuery.graphql
index f0dff8965..07093fd8d 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/metricsQuery.graphql
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/metricsQuery.graphql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ query Metrics ($from: Date!, $to: Date!) {
   assetsByFlag: assetMetrics(from: $from, to: $to, sort: FLAG) {
     ...metrics
   }
-  assetsByLike: assetMetrics(from: $from, to: $to, sort: LIKE) {
+  assetsByActivity: assetMetrics(from: $from, to: $to, sort: ACTIVITY) {
     ...metrics
   }
   assetsByActivity: assetMetrics(from: $from, to: $to, sort: ACTIVITY) {