diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss.erb b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss.erb
index 216dbd9b..a2240e0a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss.erb
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.scss.erb
@@ -521,9 +521,6 @@ cursor: pointer;
   display: inline-block;
 }
 
-#metacodeOptions {
-  display:none;
-}
 .CardOnGraph .metacodeSelect {
   display:none;
   width:auto;
diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/index.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/index.js
index 0f7cf566..85a710c3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const Views = {
   init: (serverData) => {
     $(document).on(JUNTO_UPDATED, () => ExploreMaps.render())
     ChatView.init([serverData['sounds/MM_sounds.mp3'], serverData['sounds/MM_sounds.ogg']])
+    TopicCard.init(serverData)
   },
   ExploreMaps,
   ChatView,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Metacode.js b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Metacode.js
index 8ccd76a0..a242324b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Metacode.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Metacode.js
@@ -101,19 +101,19 @@ class Metacode extends Component {
       <div id="metacodeOptions">
         <ul>
           {this.props.metacodeSets.map(set => {
-            <li key={set.name}>
+            return (<li key={set.name}>
               <span>{set.name}</span>
-              <div class="expandMetacodeSet"></div>
+              <div className="expandMetacodeSet"></div>
               <ul>
                 {set.metacodes.map(m => {
-                  <li key={m.id} data-id={m.id}>
+                  return (<li key={m.id} data-id={m.id}>
                     <img width="24" height="24" src={m.icon_path} alt={m.name} />
-                    <div class="mSelectName">{m.name}</div>
-                    <div class="clearfloat"></div>
-                  </li>
+                    <div className="mSelectName">{m.name}</div>
+                    <div className="clearfloat"></div>
+                  </li>)
                 })}
               </ul>
-            </li>
+            </li>)
           })}
         </ul>
       </div>
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ class Metacode extends Component {
 
   render = () => {
     const { metacode } = this.props
-    // the code for this is stored in /views/main/_metacodeOptions.html.erb
-    const metacodeSelectHTML = $('#metacodeOptions').html()
 
     return (
       <div className="linkItem icon">