diff --git a/application/controllers/IndexController.php b/application/controllers/IndexController.php
index 2f222de84..24f74986f 100644
--- a/application/controllers/IndexController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/IndexController.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class IndexController extends ActionController
     public function preDispatch()
     {
         if ($this->getRequest()->getActionName() !== 'welcome') {
-            $this->redirect('index/welcome');
+            $this->redirect('dashboard/index');
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Component.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Component.php
index 1712d3682..6ca0370fb 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Component.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/Dashboard/Component.php
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ class Component implements Widget
      */
     private $url;
 
+    /**
+     * Determines whether this spans a complete row
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $fullsize = false;
+
     /**
      * The title being displayed on top of the component
      * @var
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ class Component implements Widget
      */
     private $template =<<<'EOD'
 
-    <div data-icinga-component="app/dashboard" style="overflow:hidden" class="dashboard-component" data-icinga-url="{URL}">
+    <div data-icinga-component="app/dashboard" style="overflow:hidden" class="dashboard-component {{IS_FULL}}" data-icinga-url="{URL}">
         <h1 class="pull-left"><a  data-icinga-target="self" href="{FULL_URL}"> {TITLE}</a></h1>
         {REMOVE_BTN}
         <div class="container" >
@@ -205,6 +212,7 @@ EOD;
         $html = str_replace('{FULL_URL}', $url->getUrlWithout('view')->getAbsoluteUrl(), $html);
         $html = str_replace('{REMOVE_BTN}', $this->getRemoveForm($view), $html);
         $html = str_replace('{DIMENSION}', $this->getBoxSizeAsCSS(), $html);
+        $html = str_replace('{{IS_FULL}}', $this->fullsize ? 'row' : '' , $html);
         $html = str_replace('{TITLE}', htmlentities($this->getTitle()), $html);
         return $html;
     }
@@ -238,6 +246,11 @@ EOD;
         return $form->render($view);
     }
 
+    public function setFullsize($bool)
+    {
+        $this->fullsize = $bool;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the height and width deifnition (if given) in CSS format
      *
@@ -283,6 +296,9 @@ EOD;
         }
 
         $cmp = new Component($title, Url::fromPath($url, $parameters), $pane);
+        if (isset($parameters['row'])) {
+            $cmp->setFullsize(true);
+        }
         $cmp->setHeight($height);
         $cmp->setWidth($width);
         return $cmp;
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/application/views/scripts/chart/hostgroup.phtml b/modules/monitoring/application/views/scripts/chart/hostgroup.phtml
index ad8a21ab0..4ad5f61dc 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/application/views/scripts/chart/hostgroup.phtml
+++ b/modules/monitoring/application/views/scripts/chart/hostgroup.phtml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-<div style="width:<?= $this->width; ?>px;height:<?= $this->height; ?>px">
+<div style="width:<?= $this->width; ?>px;height:<?= $this->height; ?>px;margin:auto;">
 <?=
 $chart->render();
 ?>
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/public/css/main.less b/modules/monitoring/public/css/main.less
index 3582dde32..0013e3692 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/public/css/main.less
+++ b/modules/monitoring/public/css/main.less
@@ -88,32 +88,32 @@
    ========================================================================== */
 
 .status-up {
-  background-color: @colorUp;
+  background-color: @colorUp!important;
 }
 
 .status-warning {
-  background-color: @colorWarning;
+  background-color: @colorWarning!important;
 }
 
 .status-critical {
-  background-color: @colorCritical;
+  background-color: @colorCritical!important;
 }
 
 .status-unknown {
-  background-color: @colorUnknown;
+  background-color: @colorUnknown!important;
 }
 
 .status-pending {
-  background-color: @colorPending;
+  background-color: @colorPending!important;
 }
 
 /** Service status **/
 .tacheader-status-pending {
-  background-color: @colorPending;
+  background-color: @colorPending!important;
 }
 
 .tacheader-status-critical {
-  background-color: @colorCritical;
+  background-color: @colorCritical!important;
 }
 
 .tacheader-status-ok {
@@ -121,21 +121,21 @@
 }
 
 .tacheader-status-warning {
-  background-color: @colorWarning;
+  background-color: @colorWarning!important;
 }
 
 .tacheader-status-unknown {
-  background-color: @colorUnknown;
+  background-color: @colorUnknown!important;
 }
 
 /** Host status **/
 
 .tacheader-status-unreachable {
-  background-color: @colorUnreachable;
+  background-color: @colorUnreachable!important;
 }
 
 .tacheader-status-down {
-  background-color: @colorDown;
+  background-color: @colorDown!important;
 }
 
 .tacheader-status-up {
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/main.less b/public/css/icinga/main.less
index f6ce0bf18..9a82bc302 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/main.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/main.less
@@ -466,3 +466,8 @@ select.input-sm {
   padding:1%;
   margin:1%;
 }
+
+.dashboard-component.row {
+  width:98%;
+}
+
diff --git a/public/js/icinga/components/mainDetailGrid.js b/public/js/icinga/components/mainDetailGrid.js
index 5596ceea0..98053698b 100644
--- a/public/js/icinga/components/mainDetailGrid.js
+++ b/public/js/icinga/components/mainDetailGrid.js
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function(Container, $, logger, URI, tpl, urlMgr, Selectable, TableMultiSelection
                         }
                         break;
 
-                    case 'none':
+                    default:
                         // don't open the link
                         return;
                 }
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ function(Container, $, logger, URI, tpl, urlMgr, Selectable, TableMultiSelection
 			this.initRowSelection();
             this.registerControls();
         };
-
-        this.construct(gridDomNode);
+        if (typeof $(gridDomNode).attr('id') === 'undefined') {
+            this.construct(gridDomNode);
+        }
     };
 });