diff --git a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
index 82a426cf84..78b1671425 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 					<div class="col-sm-10">
 						<form class="form">
 							<div class="row">
-								<div class="col-sm-4 hidden-xs">
+								<div class="col-sm-4 col-xs-12">
 									<div class="form-group">
 										<label for="cid-{categories.cid}-name">Category Name</label>
 										<input id="cid-{categories.cid}-name" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Category Name" data-name="name" value="{categories.name}" />
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 										</div>
 									</div>
 								</div>
-								<div class="col-sm-4 col-xs-12">
+								<div class="col-sm-4 hidden-xs">
 									<div class="form-group">
 										<div class="form-group">
 											<label for="cid-{categories.cid}-color">Text Colour</label>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 								</div>
 							</div>
 							<div class="row">
-								<div class="col-sm-8">
+								<div class="col-md-8 col-sm-6">
 									<div class="form-group">
 										<div class="form-group">
 											<label for="cid-{categories.cid}-description">Description</label>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 										</div>
 									</div>
 								</div>
-								<div class="col-sm-4">
+								<div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6">
 									<div class="form-group">
 										<div class="form-group">
 											<label>&nbsp;</label>
diff --git a/public/templates/admin/header.tpl b/public/templates/admin/header.tpl
index 1b3ccaac12..9e9e393984 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/header.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/header.tpl
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 	<div class="container">
 		<div class="row">
-			<div class="col-md-3">
+			<div class="col-sm-3">
 				<div class="well sidebar-nav">
 					<ul class="nav nav-list">
 						<li class="nav-header">NodeBB</li>
@@ -146,4 +146,4 @@
 				</div><!--/.well -->
 			</div><!--/span-->
 
-			<div class="col-md-9" id="content">
+			<div class="col-sm-9" id="content">
diff --git a/src/groups.js b/src/groups.js
index 9dc6121107..daff7d744e 100644
--- a/src/groups.js
+++ b/src/groups.js
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@
 							gid: gid,
 							name: name,
 							description: description,
-							deleted: '0'
+							deleted: '0',
+							hidden: '0'
 						})
 						.exec(function (err) {
 							Groups.get(gid, {}, callback);
@@ -162,6 +163,16 @@
 		});
 	};
 
+	Groups.hide = function(gid) {
+		Groups.exists(gid, function(err, exists) {
+			if (exists) {
+				Groups.update(gid, {
+					hidden: '1'
+				});
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
 	Groups.update = function(gid, values, callback) {
 		RDB.exists('gid:' + gid, function (err, exists) {
 			if (!err && exists) {
@@ -186,6 +197,7 @@
 		Groups.getGidFromName(groupName, function(err, gid) {
 			if (err || !gid) {
 				Groups.create(groupName, '', function(err, groupObj) {
+					Groups.hide(groupObj.gid);
 					Groups.join(groupObj.gid, uid, callback);
 				});
 			} else {