diff --git a/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/course_navigation.jinja.html b/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/course_navigation.jinja.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d39fd22166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/course_navigation.jinja.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
diff --git a/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/navigation.jinja.html b/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/navigation.jinja.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d69afbebc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/navigation.jinja.html
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+
diff --git a/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/widgets/header.html b/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/widgets/header.html
index 0280abeb66..a922e7cb2b 100644
--- a/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/widgets/header.html
+++ b/lms/askbot/skins/mitx/templates/widgets/header.html
@@ -1,40 +1,4 @@
{% import "macros.html" as macros %}
-
-
-
+{% include "navigation.jinja.html" %}
+{% include "course_navigation.jinja.html" %}
diff --git a/lms/envs/askbotsettings.py b/lms/envs/askbotsettings.py
index 681e65763d..57539a9ace 100644
--- a/lms/envs/askbotsettings.py
+++ b/lms/envs/askbotsettings.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ LIVESETTINGS_OPTIONS = {
'SHOW_LOGO' : False,
'LOCAL_LOGIN_ICON' : u'/images/pw-login.gif',
'ALWAYS_SHOW_ALL_UI_FUNCTIONS' : False,
- 'ASKBOT_DEFAULT_SKIN' : u'default',
+ 'ASKBOT_DEFAULT_SKIN' : u'mitx',
'USE_CUSTOM_HTML_HEAD' : False,
'FOOTER_MODE' : u'default',
'USE_CUSTOM_CSS' : False,
@@ -290,4 +290,4 @@ LIVESETTINGS_OPTIONS = {
},
},
},
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware-error.html b/lms/templates/courseware-error.html
index 0863ffe7e8..35865e58e1 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware-error.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware-error.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<%block name="bodyclass">courseware%block>
<%block name="title">Courseware – MITx 6.002x%block>
-<%include file="navigation.html" args="active_page='courseware'" />
+<%include file="course_navigation.html" args="active_page='courseware'" />