diff --git a/core/client/views/base.js b/core/client/views/base.js
index fb93786a7e..2ec95cf806 100644
--- a/core/client/views/base.js
+++ b/core/client/views/base.js
@@ -99,8 +99,22 @@
             }
 
             return message;
-        }
+        },
 
+        // Getting URL vars
+        getUrlVariables: function () {
+            var vars = [],
+                hash,
+                hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&'),
+                i;
+
+            for (i = 0; i < hashes.length; i += 1) {
+                hash = hashes[i].split('=');
+                vars.push(hash[0]);
+                vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];
+            }
+            return vars;
+        }
     });
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/client/views/login.js b/core/client/views/login.js
index e46ddc1305..4bd30eb964 100644
--- a/core/client/views/login.js
+++ b/core/client/views/login.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
             event.preventDefault();
             var email = this.$el.find('.email').val(),
                 password = this.$el.find('.password').val(),
+                redirect = this.getUrlVariables().r,
                 self = this;
 
             $.ajax({
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@
                 type: 'POST',
                 data: {
                     email: email,
-                    password: password
+                    password: password,
+                    redirect: redirect
                 },
                 success: function (msg) {
                     window.location.href = msg.redirect;
diff --git a/core/server/controllers/admin.js b/core/server/controllers/admin.js
index 197b668299..5727d47da9 100644
--- a/core/server/controllers/admin.js
+++ b/core/server/controllers/admin.js
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ adminControllers = {
     'auth': function (req, res) {
         api.users.check({email: req.body.email, pw: req.body.password}).then(function (user) {
             req.session.user = user.id;
-            res.json(200, {redirect: req.query.r ? '/ghost/' + req.query.r : '/ghost/'});
+            res.json(200, {redirect: req.body.redirect ? '/ghost/'
+                + decodeURIComponent(req.body.redirect) : '/ghost/'});
         }, function (error) {
             res.json(401, {error: error.message});
         });
@@ -139,7 +140,17 @@ adminControllers = {
     },
     'logout': function (req, res) {
         delete req.session.user;
-        req.flash('success', "You were successfully logged out");
+        var msg = {
+            type: 'success',
+            message: 'You were successfully logged out',
+            status: 'passive',
+            id: 'successlogout'
+        };
+        // let's only add the notification once
+        if (!_.contains(_.pluck(ghost.notifications, 'id'), 'successlogout')) {
+            ghost.notifications.push(msg);
+        }
+
         res.redirect('/ghost/login/');
     },
     'index': function (req, res) {
diff --git a/core/server/helpers/tpl/notification.hbs b/core/server/helpers/tpl/notification.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1035ed1ca9..0000000000
--- a/core/server/helpers/tpl/notification.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<section class="notification{{#if type}}-{{type}}{{/if}} notification-{{status}} js-notification">
-    {{message}}
-    <a class="close" href="#"><span class="hidden">Close</span></a>
-</section>
diff --git a/core/server/views/default.hbs b/core/server/views/default.hbs
index d755d0f51d..060a5970b1 100644
--- a/core/server/views/default.hbs
+++ b/core/server/views/default.hbs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
         <main role="main" id="main">
             <aside id="flashbar">
-                {{> flashes}}
+                {{> notifications}}
             </aside>
 
             {{{body}}}
diff --git a/core/server/views/partials/flashes.hbs b/core/server/views/partials/notifications.hbs
similarity index 100%
rename from core/server/views/partials/flashes.hbs
rename to core/server/views/partials/notifications.hbs
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9eaa3b08c0..bbac7c720d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ var express = require('express'),
     admin = require('./core/server/controllers/admin'),
     frontend = require('./core/server/controllers/frontend'),
     api = require('./core/server/api'),
-    flash = require('connect-flash'),
     Ghost = require('./core/ghost'),
     I18n = require('./core/shared/lang/i18n'),
     filters = require('./core/server/filters'),
@@ -39,14 +38,37 @@ v.error = function () {
 function auth(req, res, next) {
     if (!req.session.user) {
         var path = req.path.replace(/^\/ghost\/?/gi, ''),
-            redirect = '';
+            redirect = '',
+            msg;
 
         if (path !== '') {
-            req.flash('warn', "Please login");
+            msg = {
+                type: 'error',
+                message: 'Please Log In',
+                status: 'passive',
+                id: 'failedauth'
+            };
+            // let's only add the notification once
+            if (!_.contains(_.pluck(ghost.notifications, 'id'), 'failedauth')) {
+                ghost.notifications.push(msg);
+            }
             redirect = '?r=' + encodeURIComponent(path);
         }
         return res.redirect('/ghost/login/' + redirect);
     }
+
+    next();
+}
+
+
+// While we're here, let's clean up on aisle 5
+// That being ghost.notifications, and let's remove the passives from there
+// plus the local messages, as the have already been added at this point
+// otherwise they'd appear one too many times
+function cleanNotifications(req, res, next) {
+    ghost.notifications = _.reject(ghost.notifications, function (notification) {
+        return notification.status === 'passive';
+    });
     next();
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +187,6 @@ ghost.app().configure(function () {
     ghost.app().use(express.cookieParser('try-ghost'));
     ghost.app().use(express.cookieSession({ cookie: { maxAge: 60000000 }}));
     ghost.app().use(ghost.initTheme(ghost.app()));
-    ghost.app().use(flash());
 
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {
         ghost.app().use(express.logger());
@@ -187,6 +208,8 @@ when.all([ghost.init(), filters.loadCoreFilters(ghost), helpers.loadCoreHelpers(
 
     // post init config
     ghost.app().use(ghostLocals);
+    // because science
+    ghost.app().use(cleanNotifications);
 
 
     // ## Routing
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b68a9d2cac..9add69045b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "express": "3.3.4",
         "express-hbs": "0.2.0",
-        "connect-flash": "0.1.1",
         "node-polyglot": "0.2.1",
         "moment": "2.1.0",
         "underscore": "1.5.1",