diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/boards_bundle.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/boards_bundle.js.es6
index 9b6331d54d870d9f3ae5db86f7383aa0acbcbbc9..bae7fa153d76cef71ebaa6127668518174afbb5f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/boards_bundle.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/boards_bundle.js.es6
@@ -7,15 +7,23 @@
 //= require_tree ./components
 
 $(function () {
-  window.service = new BoardService($('#board-app').data('endpoint'));
+  if (!window.gl) {
+    window.gl = {};
+  }
+  gl.boardService = new BoardService($('#board-app').data('endpoint'));
 
-  new Vue({
+  if (gl.IssueBoardsApp) {
+    gl.IssueBoardsApp.$destroy(true);
+    BoardsStore.reset();
+  }
+
+  gl.IssueBoardsApp = new Vue({
     el: '#board-app',
     data: {
       state: BoardsStore.state
     },
     ready: function () {
-      service.all()
+      gl.boardService.all()
         .then((resp) => {
           const boards = resp.json();
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.js.es6
index 6208a8e039af8f651b79ec055a3ee178426d079b..61cf3282c02d5f263169a77a20a38f0c0f4157ba 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.js.es6
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   const BoardBlankState = Vue.extend({
     methods: {
       addDefaultLists: function () {
-        
+
       },
       clearBlankState: function () {
-        BoardsStore.removeList('blank');
+        BoardsStore.removeBlankState();
       }
     }
   });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/models/list.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/models/list.js.es6
index 6482eda828caf0f8675fbd2baa6fbf5c11bd5ff5..0e62987dbb8700f28cc57fe30a94d6fbc13b1598 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/models/list.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/models/list.js.es6
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class List {
 
     if (this.type !== 'blank') {
       this.loading = true;
-      service.getIssuesForList(this.id)
+      gl.boardService.getIssuesForList(this.id)
         .then((resp) => {
           const data = resp.json();
           this.loading = false;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class List {
   }
 
   save () {
-    service.createList(this.label.id)
+    gl.boardService.createList(this.label.id)
       .then((resp) => {
         const data = resp.json();
 
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ class List {
   }
 
   destroy () {
-    service.destroyList(this.id);
+    if (this.type !== 'blank') {
+      gl.boardService.destroyList(this.id);
+    }
   }
 
   update () {
-    service.updateList(this);
+    gl.boardService.updateList(this);
   }
 
   canSearch () {
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ class List {
 
     issue.addLabel(this.label);
 
-    service.moveIssue(issue.id, listFrom.id, this.id);
+    gl.boardService.moveIssue(issue.id, listFrom.id, this.id);
   }
 
   findIssue (id) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/stores/boards_store.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/stores/boards_store.js.es6
index 9612d82788ad5360bea1819d74360e9c77005b13..4d430f2a77bcbc8d159bbf63ebba74563feae860 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/stores/boards_store.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/stores/boards_store.js.es6
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
         label: []
       }
     },
+    reset: function () {
+      this.state.lists = [];
+      this.state.filters = {
+        author: {},
+        assignee: {},
+        milestone: {},
+        label: []
+      };
+    },
     new: function (board, persist = true) {
       const doneList = this.getDoneList(),
             list = new List(board);
@@ -35,6 +44,8 @@
       return addBlankState;
     },
     addBlankState: function () {
+      if ($.cookie('issue_board_welcome_hidden') === 'true') return;
+
       const doneList = this.getDoneList(),
             addBlankState = this.shouldAddBlankState();
 
@@ -49,24 +60,22 @@
     },
     removeBlankState: function () {
       this.removeList('blank');
+
+      $.cookie('issue_board_welcome_hidden', 'true', {
+        path: '/',
+        expires: 365 * 10
+      });
     },
     getDoneList: function () {
       return this.findList('type', 'done');
     },
     removeList: function (id) {
       const list = this.findList('id', id);
-
-      if (id !== 'blank') {
-        list.destroy();
-      }
+      list.destroy();
 
       this.state.lists = _.reject(this.state.lists, (list) => {
         return list.id === id;
       });
-
-      if (id !== 'blank') {
-        this.addBlankState();
-      }
     },
     moveList: function (oldIndex, newIndex) {
       const listFrom = this.findList('position', oldIndex),
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/components/_blank_state.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/components/_blank_state.html.haml
index 6e25aa966e1601524877464706edd8bdf54c1f91..1379a295912eac5c10860ff9d992bc9e08169e7b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/components/_blank_state.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/components/_blank_state.html.haml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
     %button.btn.btn-create.btn-inverted.btn-block{ type: "button", "@click" => "addDefaultLists" }
       Add default lists
     %button.btn.btn-default.btn-block{ type: "button", "@click" => "clearBlankState" }
-      Nevermind, i'll use my own
+      Nevermind, I'll use my own
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/components/_board.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/components/_board.html.haml
index 31b2305edca4ac10b600d83c941f29295440ade5..318050d585048e9aaec6fac490bd9972f1d3eec4 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/components/_board.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/components/_board.html.haml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
       %header.board-inner-container.board-header{ ":class" => "{ 'has-border': board.label }", ":style" => "{ borderTopColor: board.label.color }" }
         %h3.board-title
           {{ board.title }}
-          %span.pull-right
+          %span.pull-right{ "v-if" => "board.type !== 'blank'" }
             {{ board.issues.length }}
           %board-delete{ "inline-template" => true, "v-if" => "!isPreset", ":board-id" => "board.id" }
             %button.board-delete.has-tooltip.pull-right{ type: "button", title: "Delete board", "aria-label" => "Delete board", data: { placement: "bottom" }, "@click" => "deleteBoard" }
               = icon("trash")
       .board-inner-container.board-search-container{ "v-if" => "board.canSearch()" }
-        %input.form-control{ type: "text", placeholder: "Search issues", "v-model" => "query" }
+        %input.form-control{ type: "text", placeholder: "Search issues", "v-model" => "query", "debounce" => "250" }
         = icon("search", class: "board-search-icon", "v-show" => "!query")
         %button.board-search-clear-btn{ type: "button", role: "button", "aria-label" => "Clear search", "@click" => "clearSearch", "v-show" => "query" }
           = icon("times", class: "board-search-clear")
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@
           "v-show" => "!loading",
           ":data-board" => "boardId" }
           = render "projects/boards/components/card"
-      = render "projects/boards/components/blank_state"
+      - if current_user
+        = render "projects/boards/components/blank_state"