diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/TopicCard.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/TopicCard.js
index 8c19bbdd..c1814f68 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/TopicCard.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Views/TopicCard.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
 
 import Active from '../Active'
+import Visualize from '../Visualize'
 
 import ReactTopicCard from '../../components/TopicCard'
 
@@ -16,16 +17,18 @@ const TopicCard = {
   },
   populateShowCard: function(topic) {
     const self = TopicCard
-    const topicCardObj = {
-      topic: topic,
-      ActiveMapper: Active.Mapper,
-      updateTopic: obj => {
-        topic.save(obj, { success: topic => self.populateShowCard(topic) })
-      },
-      metacodeSets: self.metacodeSets
-    }
     ReactDOM.render(
-      React.createElement(ReactTopicCard, topicCardObj),
+      React.createElement(ReactTopicCard, {
+        topic: topic,
+        ActiveMapper: Active.Mapper,
+        updateTopic: obj => {
+          topic.save(obj, { success: topic => self.populateShowCard(topic) })
+        },
+        metacodeSets: self.metacodeSets,
+        redrawCanvas: () => {
+          visualize.mGraph.plot()
+        }
+      }),
       document.getElementById('showcard')
     )
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Attachments.js b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Attachments.js
index 5769f420..94f60897 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Attachments.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Attachments.js
@@ -41,11 +41,7 @@ class Attachments extends Component {
 
     if (!hasAttachment && !authorizedToEdit) return null
 
-    const embedlyLinkLoaded = 'TODO how to get this value'
-
-    const className = hasAttachment
-      ? `embeds ${embedlyLinkLoaded ? '' : 'nonEmbedlyLink'}`
-      : 'attachments'
+    const className = hasAttachment ? 'embeds' : 'attachments'
 
     return (
       <div className={className}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Links.js b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Links.js
index 659beb90..02fd7281 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Links.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Links.js
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import React, { PropTypes, Component } from 'react'
 import MetacodeSelect from '../MetacodeSelect'
 import Permission from './Permission'
 
-// TODO use a callback instead of an import
-import Visualize from '../../Metamaps/Visualize'
-
 class Links extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ class Links extends Component {
     this.props.updateTopic({
       metacode_id: metacodeId
     })
-    Visualize.mGraph.plot()
+    this.props.redrawCanvas()
   }
 
   toggleShowMoreMaps = e => {
@@ -149,7 +146,8 @@ Links.propTypes = {
       icon_path: PropTypes.string, // url
       name: PropTypes.string
     }))
-  }))
+  })),
+  redrawCanvas: PropTypes.func
 }
 
 export default Links
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Permission.js b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Permission.js
index cc4e48db..d92ad72c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Permission.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/Permission.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import React, { PropTypes, Component } from 'react'
 // TODO how do we make it so that clicking elsewhere on the topic
 // card cancels this
 class Permission extends Component {
-
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
     this.state = {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/index.js b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/index.js
index 3c146ef2..c2183d77 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class ReactTopicCard extends Component {
     const { topic, ActiveMapper } = this.props
     const authorizedToEdit = topic.authorizeToEdit(ActiveMapper)
     const hasAttachment = topic.get('link') && topic.get('link') !== ''
-    const topicId = topic.isNew() ? topic.cid : topic.id // TODO should we be using cid here???
 
     let classname = 'permission'
     if (authorizedToEdit) {
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ class ReactTopicCard extends Component {
 
     return (
       <div className={classname}>
-        <div className={`CardOnGraph ${hasAttachment ? 'hasAttachment' : ''}`} id={`topic_${topicId}`}>
+        <div className={`CardOnGraph ${hasAttachment ? 'hasAttachment' : ''}`} id={`topic_${topic.id}`}>
           <Title name={topic.get('name')}
             authorizedToEdit={authorizedToEdit}
             onChange={this.props.updateTopic}
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ class ReactTopicCard extends Component {
             ActiveMapper={this.props.ActiveMapper}
             updateTopic={this.props.updateTopic}
             metacodeSets={this.props.metacodeSets}
+            redrawCanvas={this.props.redrawCanvas}
           />
           <Desc desc={topic.get('desc')}
             authorizedToEdit={authorizedToEdit}
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ ReactTopicCard.propTypes = {
       icon_path: PropTypes.string, // url
       name: PropTypes.string
     }))
-  }))
+  })),
+  redrawCanvas: PropTypes.func
 }
 
 export default ReactTopicCard