diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/application.coffee
index 1b4445c6..549d0699 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.coffee
@@ -8,4 +8,34 @@
 #= require_tree .
 
 NProgress.configure
-  showSpinner: false
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+  showSpinner: false
+
+$(document).on "click", "button[name=qb-ask]", ->
+  btn = $(this)
+  btn.button "loading"
+  promote = btn[0].dataset.promote == "true"
+  $("textarea[name=qb-question]").attr "readonly", "readonly"
+  anonymousQuestion = if $("input[name=qb-anonymous]")[0] != undefined
+                        $("input[name=qb-anonymous]")[0].checked
+                      else
+                        true
+  console.log "some AJAX magic should happen here!"
+  btn.button "reset"
+  $("textarea[name=qb-question]").removeAttr "readonly"
+  if true # data.success
+    $("textarea[name=qb-question]").val ''
+    if promote
+      $("div#question-box").hide()
+      $("div#question-box-promote").show()
+    else
+      $.snackbar # allahu snackbar
+        content: "Successfully asked question"
+        style: "snackbar"
+        timeout: 5000
+
+$(document).on "click", "button#create-account", ->
+  Turbolinks.visit "/sign_up"
+
+$(document).on "click", "button#new-question", ->
+  $("div#question-box").show()
+  $("div#question-box-promote").hide()
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_questionbox.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_questionbox.html.haml
index 1c7c4ee2..f7108d66 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_questionbox.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_questionbox.html.haml
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
     #question-box.row
       .row
         .col-xs-12
-          %textarea.form-control{:name => "qb_question", :placeholder => "Type your question here…"}
+          %textarea.form-control{:name => "qb-question", :placeholder => "Type your question here…"}
       .row{:style => "padding-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"}
         .col-xs-6
           - if user_signed_in? # and @user.allow_anonymous
-            %input{:name => "qb_hidename", :type => "checkbox"}/
+            %input{:name => "qb-anonymous", :type => "checkbox"}/
             Hide your name
             %br/
         .col-xs-6
           %p.pull-right
-            %input{:name => "qb_to", :type => "hidden", :value => @user.id}/
-            %button#qb_ask.btn.btn-primary{"data-loading-text" => "Asking...", "data-promote" => user_signed_in? ? "true" : "false", :type => "button"} Ask
+            %input{name: 'qb-to', type: 'hidden', :value => @user.id}/
+            %button.btn.btn-primary{name: 'qb-ask', 'data-loading-text' => "Asking...", "data-promote" => user_signed_in? ? "false" : "true", :type => "button"} Ask
     - unless user_signed_in?
       #question-box-promote.row{:style => "display: none;"}
         .row