diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.scss
index 1ba79ed72..5089581be 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.scss
@@ -103,4 +103,12 @@
   {
     padding:10px;
   }
+}
+
+// creates styles for text in the navbar that is not a link
+.navbar .nav > li > span
+{
+	padding: 10px 15px 10px;
+	color:#DE9292;
+	display:block;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_navigation.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_navigation.html.haml
index 982845ec8..220640c59 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_navigation.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_navigation.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 %ul.nav
   - if user_signed_in?
     %li
-      = link_to "Logged in as #{current_user.name}", ""
+      %span
+        Logged in as #{current_user.name}
     %li
       = link_to 'Sign out', destroy_user_session_path, :method=>'delete'
   - else