diff --git a/lms/templates/accounts_login.html b/lms/templates/accounts_login.html
index 011ca643c6..db9cca2b22 100644
--- a/lms/templates/accounts_login.html
+++ b/lms/templates/accounts_login.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     left: 0;
     margin: 100px auto;
     top: 0;
-    z-index: 200;
+    height:500px;
 }
 
 .login-box input[type=submit] {
@@ -18,75 +18,18 @@
     height: auto !important;
 }
 
-#lean_overlay {
-  display: block;
-  position: fixed;
-  left: 0px;
-  top: 0px;
-  z-index: 100;
-  width:100%;
-  height:100%;
-}
 </style>
 </%block>
 
-<section id="login-modal" class="modal login-modal login-box">
-  <div class="inner-wrapper">
-    <header>
-      <h2>Log In</h2>
-      <hr>
-    </header>
-
-    <form id="login_form" class="login_form" method="post" data-remote="true" action="/login">
-      <label>E-mail</label>
-      <input name="email" type="email">
-      <label>Password</label>
-      <input name="password" type="password">
-      <label class="remember-me">
-        <input name="remember" type="checkbox" value="true">
-        Remember me
-      </label>
-      <div class="submit">
-        <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Access My Courses">
-      </div>
-    </form>
-
-    <section class="login-extra">
-      <p>
-        <span>Not enrolled? <a href="#signup-modal" class="close-login" rel="leanModal">Sign up.</a></span>
-        <a href="#forgot-password-modal" rel="leanModal" class="pwd-reset">Forgot password?</a>
-      </p>
-% if settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('AUTH_USE_OPENID'):
-      <p>
-      <a href="${MITX_ROOT_URL}/openid/login/">login via openid</a>
-      </p>
-% endif
-    </section>
-
-    <div class="close-modal">
-      <div class="inner">
-        <p>&#10005;</p>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</section>
+<section class='login-box'></section>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
 (function() {
-   $(document).delegate('#login_form', 'ajax:success', function(data, json, xhr) {
-     if(json.success) {
-        next = getParameterByName('next');
-        if(next) {
-           location.href = next;
-       } else {
-           location.href = "${reverse('dashboard')}";
-       }
-     } else {
-       if($('#login_error').length == 0) {
-         $('#login_form').prepend('<div id="login_error" class="modal-form-error"></div>');
-       }
-       $('#login_error').html(json.value).stop().css("display", "block");
+ $(document).ready( 
+     function() {
+        // show dialog
+       $('#login').click();
      }
-   });
+ );
 })(this)
 </script>