diff --git a/src/app/analysisResults/fileList/fileList.tpl.html b/src/app/analysisResults/fileList/fileList.tpl.html
index 8008954f..3a78e74d 100644
--- a/src/app/analysisResults/fileList/fileList.tpl.html
+++ b/src/app/analysisResults/fileList/fileList.tpl.html
@@ -71,9 +71,13 @@ <h2>Files</h2>
             <tbody>
             <tr ng-if="!fileList.analysisResult.children || fileList.analysisResult.children.length === 0">
                 <td colspan="4">
-                        <span class="text-muted">
-                            No files in this folder
-                            </span>
+                    <p class="text-muted text-center">
+                        <small>
+                            <em>
+                                No files in this folder.
+                            </em>
+                        </small>
+                    </p>
                 </td>
             </tr>
             <tr ng-repeat="file in fileList.analysisResult.children">
diff --git a/src/app/jobs/list/jobsList.js b/src/app/jobs/list/jobsList.js
index 2d691867..63713463 100644
--- a/src/app/jobs/list/jobsList.js
+++ b/src/app/jobs/list/jobsList.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ angular
                         let controller = this;
 
 
-                        this.analysisJobs = [];
+                        this.analysisJobs = null;
 
                         this.newAnalysisJobRoute = paths.site.ngRoutes.analysisJobs.new;
 
diff --git a/src/app/jobs/list/jobsList.tpl.html b/src/app/jobs/list/jobsList.tpl.html
index 6b92c856..c41efeab 100644
--- a/src/app/jobs/list/jobsList.tpl.html
+++ b/src/app/jobs/list/jobsList.tpl.html
@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ <h1>Audio Analysis</h1>
 
     </p>
 
-
+    <div class="panel panel-default" ng-if="jobsList.analysisJobs && jobsList.analysisJobs.length === 0">
+        <p class="text-muted text-center">
+            <small>
+                <em>
+                    No existing analysis jobs are available to you - try creating a new one.
+                </em>
+            </small>
+        </p>
+    </div>
     <div class="panel panel-default" ng-repeat="analysisJob in jobsList.analysisJobs">
         <div class="panel-heading">
             <a href="{{ analysisJob.viewUrl }}" class="list-item-header-a">
diff --git a/src/app/jobs/new/jobNew.js b/src/app/jobs/new/jobNew.js
index 33915e21..4e367f80 100644
--- a/src/app/jobs/new/jobNew.js
+++ b/src/app/jobs/new/jobNew.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class JobNewController {
         this.analysisJob = new AnalysisJobModel();
 
         // the available scripts
-        this.scripts = [];
+        this.scripts = null;
 
         // download available scripts
         ScriptService
diff --git a/src/app/jobs/new/jobNew.tpl.html b/src/app/jobs/new/jobNew.tpl.html
index b5977cf4..01af3be4 100644
--- a/src/app/jobs/new/jobNew.tpl.html
+++ b/src/app/jobs/new/jobNew.tpl.html
@@ -99,30 +99,42 @@ <h2>2. Select analysis type</h2>
                 </tr>
                 </thead>
                 <tbody>
-                <tr ng-repeat="script in jobNew.scripts"
-                    ng-class="{active: jobNew.analysisJob.scriptId === script.id }"
-                    ng-click="jobNew.scriptSelect(script.id)">
-                    <td>
-                        <label>
+                    <tr ng-if="jobNew.scripts && jobNew.scripts.length === 0">
+                        <td colspan="5">
+                            <p class="text-muted text-center">
+                                <small>
+                                    <em>
+                                        No analysis scripts are available yet.
+                                        Please contact the site administrator and ask them to add some.
+                                    </em>
+                                </small>
+                            </p>
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr ng-repeat="script in jobNew.scripts"
+                        ng-class="{active: jobNew.analysisJob.scriptId === script.id }"
+                        ng-click="jobNew.scriptSelect(script.id)">
+                        <td>
+                            <label>
 
-                            <input type="radio" name="analysisType"
-                                   ng-value="script.id"
-                                   ng-model="jobNew.analysisJob.scriptId">
-                        </label>
-                    </td>
-                    <td>
-                        {{ script.name }}
-                    </td>
-                    <td>
-                        {{ script.version }}
-                    </td>
-                    <td>
-                        {{ script.description }}
-                    </td>
-                    <td>
-                        <user-tile mode="created" resource="script" skinny></user-tile>
-                    </td>
-                </tr>
+                                <input type="radio" name="analysisType"
+                                       ng-value="script.id"
+                                       ng-model="jobNew.analysisJob.scriptId">
+                            </label>
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            {{ script.name }}
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            {{ script.version }}
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            {{ script.description }}
+                        </td>
+                        <td>
+                            <user-tile mode="created" resource="script" skinny></user-tile>
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
                 </tbody>
             </table>
             <div class="form-group">
diff --git a/src/app/savedSearches/widgets/listSavedSearches.tpl.html b/src/app/savedSearches/widgets/listSavedSearches.tpl.html
index 75508426..1e7a235b 100644
--- a/src/app/savedSearches/widgets/listSavedSearches.tpl.html
+++ b/src/app/savedSearches/widgets/listSavedSearches.tpl.html
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 <!-- TODO: add typeahead filter-->
 <!-- TODO: add paging -->
 <div ng-if="!$ctrl.savedSearchesExist">
-    <p class="text-muted">No data sets exist. Try creating a new one.</p>
+    <p class="text-muted text-center">
+        <small>
+            <em>
+                No data sets exist. Try creating a new one.
+            </em>
+        </small>
+    </p>
 </div>
 <table class="table table-hover" ng-if="$ctrl.savedSearchesExist">
     <caption>
diff --git a/src/components/services/analysisJob.js b/src/components/services/analysisJob.js
index 822b58a3..3e574076 100644
--- a/src/components/services/analysisJob.js
+++ b/src/components/services/analysisJob.js
@@ -17,130 +17,6 @@ angular
             function ($resource, bawResource, $http, $q, paths, _, casingTransformers,
                       QueryBuilder, AnalysisJobModel, SavedSearchService, $url) {
 
-                /*// FAKED!
-                 let fakedData = [
-                 {
-                 "id": 11111,
-                 "name": "fake 11111 new fake",
-                 "annotation_name": null,
-                 "custom_settings": "#custom settings 267",
-                 "script_id": 1,
-                 "creator_id": 144,
-                 "updater_id": 144,
-                 "deleter_id": null,
-                 "deleted_at": null,
-                 "created_at": "2016-01-18 06:03:10.047508",
-                 "updated_at": "2016-02-01 06:03:10.093619",
-                 "description": null,
-                 "saved_search_id": 1,
-                 "started_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028024",
-                 "overall_status": "new",
-                 "overall_status_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028276",
-                 "overall_progress": {},
-                 "overall_progress_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028776",
-                 "overall_count": 66,
-                 "overall_duration_seconds": 6600
-
-                 },
-                 {
-                 "id": 22222,
-                 "name": "fake 22222 fake fake 22222 fake fake 22222 fake ",
-                 "annotation_name": null,
-                 "custom_settings": "#custom settings 267",
-                 "script_id": 1,
-                 "creator_id": 9,
-                 "updater_id": 144,
-                 "deleter_id": null,
-                 "deleted_at": null,
-                 "created_at": "2016-01-18 06:03:10.047508",
-                 "updated_at": "2016-02-01 06:03:10.093619",
-                 "description": null,
-                 "saved_search_id": 1,
-                 "started_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028024",
-                 "overall_status": "preparing",
-                 "overall_status_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028276",
-                 "overall_progress": {},
-                 "overall_progress_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028776",
-                 "overall_count": 77,
-                 "overall_duration_seconds": 77700
-
-                 },
-                 {
-                 "id": 1,
-                 "name": "\"simulate work analysis\" run on the \"All sites in SERF Acoustic Study\" data",
-                 "annotation_name": null,
-                 "custom_settings": "#custom settings 267",
-                 "script_id": 1,
-                 "creator_id": 9,
-                 "updater_id": 9,
-                 "deleter_id": null,
-                 "deleted_at": null,
-                 "created_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.047508",
-                 "updated_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.093619",
-                 "description": null,
-                 "saved_search_id": 1,
-                 "started_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028024",
-                 "overall_status": "processing",
-                 "overall_status_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028276",
-                 "overall_progress": {"queued": 10, "working": 1, "successful": 35, "failed": 4, "total": 0},
-                 "overall_progress_modified_at": (new Date()).setMinutes(0, 0, 0),
-                 "overall_count": 50,
-                 "overall_duration_seconds": 88888,
-                 "overall_size_bytes": 123456789
-                 },
-                 {
-                 "id": 3600,
-                 "name": "fake 3600 completed fake",
-                 "annotation_name": null,
-                 "custom_settings": "#custom settings 267",
-                 "script_id": 1,
-                 "creator_id": 9,
-                 "updater_id": 144,
-                 "deleter_id": null,
-                 "deleted_at": null,
-                 "created_at": "2016-01-18 06:03:10.047508",
-                 "updated_at": "2016-02-01 06:03:10.093619",
-                 "description": null,
-                 "saved_search_id": 1,
-                 "started_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028024",
-                 "overall_status": "completed",
-                 "overall_status_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028276",
-                 "overall_progress": {"queued": 0, "working": 0, "successful": 90, "failed": 10, "total": 100},
-                 "overall_progress_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028776",
-                 "overall_count": 100,
-                 "overall_duration_seconds": 100 * 3600 * 2,
-                 "overall_size_bytes": 123456789
-
-                 },
-
-                 {
-                 "id": 99999,
-                 "name": "fake 99999 suspended fake",
-                 "annotation_name": null,
-                 "custom_settings": "#custom settings 267",
-                 "script_id": 1,
-                 "creator_id": 9,
-                 "updater_id": 144,
-                 "deleter_id": null,
-                 "deleted_at": null,
-                 "created_at": "2016-01-18 06:03:10.047508",
-                 "updated_at": "2016-02-01 06:03:10.093619",
-                 "description": null,
-                 "saved_search_id": 1,
-                 "started_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028024",
-                 "overall_status": "suspended",
-                 "overall_status_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028276",
-                 "overall_progress": {"queued": 10, "working": 0, "successful": 80, "failed": 10, "total": 100},
-                 "overall_progress_modified_at": "2016-02-18 06:03:10.028776",
-                 "overall_count": 99,
-                 "overall_duration_seconds": 99999
-
-                 }
-
-                 ];
-                 fakedData = casingTransformers.transformObject(fakedData, casingTransformers.camelize);
-                 */
-
                 function query() {
                     const url = paths.api.routes.analysisJobs.listAbsolute;
                     return $http