diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
index 312041d6ba..164ab77d1d 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ def get_threads(request, course_id, discussion_id):
     query_params = {
         'page': request.GET.get('page', 1),
         'per_page': THREADS_PER_PAGE, #TODO maybe change this later
-        'sort_key': request.GET.get('sort_key', ''),
-        'sort_order': request.GET.get('sort_order', ''),
+        'sort_key': request.GET.get('sort_key', 'date'),
+        'sort_order': request.GET.get('sort_order', 'desc'),
         'text': request.GET.get('text', ''), 
         'tags': request.GET.get('tags', ''),
     }
diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/customwmd.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/customwmd.coffee
index c1ea7b867e..524fdf32cb 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/customwmd.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/customwmd.coffee
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ $ ->
     replaceMath: (text) ->
       text = text.replace /@@(\d+)@@/g, ($0, $1) => @math[$1]
       @math = null
+      console.log text
       text
 
     @replaceMathWrapper: (_this) ->
@@ -110,11 +111,11 @@ $ ->
   if Markdown?
     
     Markdown.getMathCompatibleConverter = ->
-        converter = Markdown.getSanitizingConverter()
-        processor = new MathJaxProcessor()
-        converter.hooks.chain "preConversion", MathJaxProcessor.removeMathWrapper(processor)#processor.removeMath
-        converter.hooks.chain "postConversion", MathJaxProcessor.replaceMathWrapper(processor)#.replaceMath
-        converter
+      converter = Markdown.getSanitizingConverter()
+      processor = new MathJaxProcessor()
+      converter.hooks.chain "preConversion", MathJaxProcessor.removeMathWrapper(processor)
+      converter.hooks.chain "postConversion", MathJaxProcessor.replaceMathWrapper(processor)
+      converter
 
     Markdown.makeWmdEditor = (elem, appended_id, imageUploadUrl) ->
       $elem = $(elem)
diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/content.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/content.coffee
index a0f49cd356..b98c5eb7f0 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/content.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/content.coffee
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ initializeFollowThread = (thread) ->
           $discussionContent.attr("status", "normal")
         )
 
-    handleUnvote = (elem) ->
-
     handleVote = (elem, value) ->
       contentType = if $content.hasClass("thread") then "thread" else "comment"
       url = Discussion.urlFor("#{value}vote_#{contentType}", id)
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_js_dependencies.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_js_dependencies.html
index fdc05dcf2d..0e5e6aa19f 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_js_dependencies.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_js_dependencies.html
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     MathJax.Hub.Config({
       tex2jax: {
         inlineMath: [
-          ["$","$"],
+          ["\\(","\\)"],
         ],
         displayMath: [
-          ["$$","$$"],
+          ["\\[","\\]"],
         ]
       }
     });
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   ## This must appear after all mathjax-config blocks, so it is after the imports from the other templates.
   ## It can't be run through static.url because MathJax uses crazy url introspection to do lazy loading of MathJax extension libraries
   <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/js/vendor/mathjax-MathJax-c9db6ac/MathJax.js?config=TeX-MML-AM_HTMLorMML-full"></script>
+  <!---<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js"> </script>-->
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/split.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/jquery.ajaxfileupload.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/Markdown.Converter.js')}"></script>