diff --git a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/web/main.css.scss b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/web/main.css.scss
index bd5bc2fc5..291f61967 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/web/main.css.scss
+++ b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/web/main.css.scss
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ body.web {
   .landing-content {
     background-color:black;
     width:100%;
-    min-height: 366px;
+    min-height: 460px;
     position:relative;
     padding-bottom:30px;
 
diff --git a/web/app/views/layouts/web.html.erb b/web/app/views/layouts/web.html.erb
index 62c2f1ec6..e3e828bc4 100644
--- a/web/app/views/layouts/web.html.erb
+++ b/web/app/views/layouts/web.html.erb
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
     <%= render "shared/ga" %>
     <%= render "shared/twttr" %>
     <%= render "shared/facebook_sdk" %>
+    <%= render "shared/google_nocaptcha" %>
     <!-- version: <%= version %> -->
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/web/app/views/shared/_google_nocaptcha.html.slim b/web/app/views/shared/_google_nocaptcha.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0df3c331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/app/views/shared/_google_nocaptcha.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js" async defer
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/app/views/users/new.html.erb b/web/app/views/users/new.html.erb
index 83f79f482..102fafd0b 100644
--- a/web/app/views/users/new.html.erb
+++ b/web/app/views/users/new.html.erb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
   <%= form_for(@user, :url => @signup_postback, :method => :post) do |f| %>
 
-      <!-- register left column -->
       <div class="register-left left w45">
         <div class="register-container">
           <div class="register-as">
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@
           <div class="field country right-side">
             <%= f.label :country, "Country:" %>
             <select id="country_select" name="jam_ruby_user[country]" autocomplete="off" class="easydropdown">
-              <option class="label" value="" <%= @location[:country].blank? ? "selected" : "" %>>Select Country</option>
+              <option class="label" value="" <%= (@location.nil? || @location[:country].nil? || @location[:country].blank?) ? "selected" : "" %>>Select Country</option>
               <% @countriesx.each do |country| %>
                   <% unless country[:countrycode].blank? %>
                       <option value="<%= country[:countrycode] %>" <%= @location[:country] == country[:countrycode] ? "selected" : "" %>><%= country[:countryname] %></option>
@@ -125,9 +124,12 @@
           </small>
         </div>
 
-        <% if Rails.application.config.recaptcha_enable %>
-            <%= recaptcha_tags %>
-        <% end %>
+        <div class="field recaptcha">
+          <% if Rails.application.config.recaptcha_enable %>
+            <div id="recaptcha_select" name="recaptcha_response_field" class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="<%=Rails.application.config.recaptcha_public_key%>">
+            </div>
+          <% end %>
+        </div>
 
         <!--
       <img src="images/content/captcha.png" width="152" height="50" align="left" class="mr10" /><small>Enter the characters from the box to the left:<br />
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@
         var country = get_first_error("country")
         var state = get_first_error("state")
         var city = get_first_error("city")
+        var recaptcha = get_first_error("recaptcha")
 
 
         if (email) {
@@ -230,7 +233,12 @@
             cityInput.after("<div class='error-text'>" + city + "</div>")
         }
 
-
+        if (recaptcha) {
+            var recaptchaInput = $('#recaptcha_select');
+            recaptchaInput.closest('div.field').addClass('error')
+            recaptchaInput.after("<div class='error-text'>" + recaptcha + "</div>")
+        }
+        
         if (musician_instruments) {
             var musicianInstrumentsInput = $('#instrument_selector');
             musicianInstrumentsInput.closest('div.ftue-instrumentlist-wrapper').addClass('error')