diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd694136..c66dd0d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     "redux": "^1.0.0 || 1.0.0-rc"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "lodash.assign": "^3.2.0",
     "react-mixin": "^1.7.0",
     "react-redux": "^0.2.2",
     "redux": "^1.0.0-rc"
diff --git a/src/react/DebugPanel.js b/src/react/DebugPanel.js
index c87fff6c..c81a91f9 100644
--- a/src/react/DebugPanel.js
+++ b/src/react/DebugPanel.js
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ export function getDefaultStyle(props) {
     position: 'fixed',
     zIndex: 999,
     fontSize: 17,
-    overflow: 'auto',
+    overflow: 'hidden',
     opacity: 0.92,
-    background: 'black',
+    background: '#181d20',
     color: 'white',
     left: left ? 0 : undefined,
     right: right ? 0 : undefined,
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ export function getDefaultStyle(props) {
     bottom: bottom ? 0 : undefined,
     maxHeight: (bottom && top) ? '100%' : '20%',
     maxWidth: (left && right) ? '100%' : '20%',
-    wordWrap: 'break-word'
+    minWidth: 260,
+    wordWrap: 'break-word',
+    boxSizing: 'border-box'
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrayNode.js b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrayNode.js
index 1b1e305c..e7075453 100644
--- a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrayNode.js
+++ b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrayNode.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
 import { ExpandedStateHandlerMixin } from './mixins';
 import JSONArrow from './JSONArrow';
 import grabNode from './grab-node';
-import assign from 'lodash.assign';
 
 const styles = {
   base: {
@@ -90,8 +89,14 @@ export default class JSONArrayNode extends React.Component {
       listStyle: 'none',
       display: (this.state.expanded) ? 'block' : 'none'
     };
-    let containerStyle = assign({}, styles.base, styles.parentNode);
-    let spanStyle = assign({}, styles.span, this.state.expanded ? styles.spanExpanded : {});
+    let containerStyle = {...styles.base, ...styles.parentNode};
+    let spanStyle = { ...styles.span };
+    if (this.state.expanded) {
+      spanStyle = {
+        ...spanStyle,
+        ...styles.spanExpanded
+      };
+    }
     return (
       <li style={containerStyle} onClick={::this.handleClick}>
         <JSONArrow open={this.state.expanded}/>
diff --git a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrow.js b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrow.js
index c7df7871..6a18cc37 100644
--- a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrow.js
+++ b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONArrow.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import assign from 'lodash.assign';
 
 const styles = {
   base: {
@@ -26,7 +25,13 @@ const styles = {
 
 export default class JSONArrow extends React.Component {
   render() {
-    const style = assign({}, styles.base, this.props.open ? styles.open : {});
+    let style = { ...styles.base };
+    if (this.props.open) {
+      style = {
+        ...style,
+        ...styles.open
+      };
+    }
     return <div style={style}/>;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONObjectNode.js b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONObjectNode.js
index b86ad962..9adaf263 100644
--- a/src/react/JSONTree/JSONObjectNode.js
+++ b/src/react/JSONTree/JSONObjectNode.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
 import { ExpandedStateHandlerMixin } from './mixins';
 import JSONArrow from './JSONArrow';
-import assign from 'lodash.assign';
 import grabNode from './grab-node';
 
 const styles = {
@@ -92,8 +91,14 @@ export default class JSONObjectNode extends React.Component {
       listStyle: 'none',
       display: (this.state.expanded) ? 'block' : 'none'
     };
-    let containerStyle = assign({}, styles.base, styles.parentNode);
-    let spanStyle = assign({}, styles.span, this.state.expanded ? styles.spanExpanded : {});
+    let containerStyle = {...styles.base, ...styles.parentNode};
+    let spanStyle = { ...styles.span };
+    if (this.state.expanded) {
+      spanStyle = {
+        ...spanStyle,
+        ...styles.spanExpanded
+      };
+    }
     return (
       <li style={containerStyle} onClick={::this.handleClick}>
         <JSONArrow open={this.state.expanded}/>
diff --git a/src/react/JSONTree/index.js b/src/react/JSONTree/index.js
index 9808ad33..f40005cd 100644
--- a/src/react/JSONTree/index.js
+++ b/src/react/JSONTree/index.js
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ const styles = {
       border: 0,
       padding: 0,
       margin: 0,
-      fontSize: 14,
+      fontSize: '0.90em',
       listStyle: 'none',
-      fontFamily: '"Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif',
+      fontFamily: 'monospace',
       MozUserSelect: 'none',
       WebkitUserSelect: 'none'
     }
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ export default class JSONTree extends React.Component {
   render() {
     const nodeType = objectType(this.props.data);
     let rootNode = false;
+    const keyName = this.props.keyName || 'root';
     if (nodeType === 'Object') {
-      rootNode = <JSONObjectNode data={this.props.data} keyName="(root)" initialExpanded={true} />;
+      rootNode = <JSONObjectNode data={this.props.data} keyName={keyName} initialExpanded={true} />;
     } else if (nodeType === 'Array') {
-      rootNode = <JSONArrayNode data={this.props.data} initialExpanded={true} keyName="(root)" />;
+      rootNode = <JSONArrayNode data={this.props.data} initialExpanded={true} keyName={keyName} />;
     }
     return (
       <ul style={styles.tree}>
diff --git a/src/react/LogMonitor.js b/src/react/LogMonitor.js
index 99691c9b..28954757 100644
--- a/src/react/LogMonitor.js
+++ b/src/react/LogMonitor.js
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 import React, { PropTypes, findDOMNode } from 'react';
 import LogMonitorEntry from './LogMonitorEntry';
+import LogMonitorButton from './LogMonitorButton';
+
+const styles = {
+  container: {
+    fontFamily: 'monospace',
+    position: 'relative',
+    overflowY: 'hidden'
+  },
+  buttonBarWrapper: {
+    backgroundColor: '#343c45',
+    borderBottom: '1px solid #3f464d',
+    marginBottom: 1
+  },
+  buttonBar: {
+    paddingLeft: 2
+  },
+  bordering: {
+    'float': 'left',
+    height: 1,
+    border: '1px solid #20262c',
+    width: '100%'
+  }
+}
 
 export default class LogMonitor {
   constructor() {
@@ -24,11 +47,11 @@ export default class LogMonitor {
 
   static defaultProps = {
     select: (state) => state,
-    monitorState: { isVisible: true }
+    monitorState: { isVisible: true },
   };
 
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
-    const node = findDOMNode(this);
+    const node = findDOMNode(this.refs.elements);
     if (!node) {
       this.scrollDown = true;
     } else if (
@@ -46,7 +69,7 @@ export default class LogMonitor {
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate() {
-    const node = findDOMNode(this);
+    const node = findDOMNode(this.refs.elements);
     if (!node) {
       return;
     }
@@ -95,7 +118,6 @@ export default class LogMonitor {
   render() {
     const elements = [];
     const { monitorState, skippedActions, stagedActions, computedStates, select } = this.props;
-
     if (!monitorState.isVisible) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -117,52 +139,26 @@ export default class LogMonitor {
     }
 
     return (
-      <div style={{
-        fontFamily: 'monospace',
-        position: 'relative',
-        padding: '1rem'
-      }}>
-        <div>
-          <div style={{
-            paddingBottom: '.5rem'
-          }}>
-            <small>Press Ctrl+H to hide.</small>
-          </div>
-          <div>
-            <a onClick={::this.handleReset}
-               style={{ textDecoration: 'underline', cursor: 'hand' }}>
-              <small>Reset</small>
-            </a>
+      <div style={styles.container}>
+        <div style={styles.buttonBarWrapper}>
+          <div style={styles.buttonBar}>
+            <LogMonitorButton onClick={::this.handleReset}>Reset</LogMonitorButton>
+            {computedStates.length > 1 &&
+              <LogMonitorButton onClick={::this.handleRollback}>Revert</LogMonitorButton>
+            }
+            {Object.keys(skippedActions).some(key => skippedActions[key]) &&
+              <LogMonitorButton onClick={::this.handleSweep}>Sweep</LogMonitorButton>
+            }
+            {computedStates.length > 1 &&
+              <LogMonitorButton onClick={::this.handleCommit}>Commit</LogMonitorButton>
+            }
           </div>
         </div>
-        {elements}
-        <div>
-          {computedStates.length > 1 &&
-            <a onClick={::this.handleRollback}
-               style={{ textDecoration: 'underline', cursor: 'pointer' }}>
-              Rollback
-            </a>
-          }
-          {Object.keys(skippedActions).some(key => skippedActions[key]) &&
-            <span>
-              {' • '}
-              <a onClick={::this.handleSweep}
-                 style={{ textDecoration: 'underline', cursor: 'pointer' }}>
-                Sweep
-              </a>
-            </span>
-          }
-          {computedStates.length > 1 &&
-            <span>
-              <span>
-              {' • '}
-              </span>
-              <a onClick={::this.handleCommit}
-                 style={{ textDecoration: 'underline', cursor: 'pointer' }}>
-                Commit
-              </a>
-            </span>
-          }
+        <div styles={{
+          overflowX: 'hidden',
+          overflowY: 'auto'
+        }} ref="elements">
+          {elements}
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/src/react/LogMonitorButton.js b/src/react/LogMonitorButton.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1831000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/react/LogMonitorButton.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+const styles = {
+  base: {
+    paddingTop: 3,
+    paddingBottom: 3,
+    paddingLeft: 6,
+    paddingRight: 6,
+    marginTop: 2,
+    display: 'inline-block',
+    fontSize: "0.8em"
+  },
+  active: {
+    backgroundColor: "#252c33"
+  }
+}
+
+export default class LogMonitorButton extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      hovered: false,
+      active: false
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleMouseEnter() {
+    this.setState({ hovered: true });
+  }
+
+  handleMouseLeave() {
+    this.setState({ hovered: false });
+  }
+
+  handleMouseDown() {
+    this.setState({ active: true });
+  }
+
+  handleMouseUp() {
+    this.setState({ active: false });
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    let style = {
+      ...styles.base,
+    };
+    if (this.state.hovered) {
+      style = {
+        ...style,
+        ...styles.active
+      };
+    }
+    return (
+      <a onMouseEnter={::this.handleMouseEnter}
+          onMouseLeave={::this.handleMouseLeave}
+          onMouseDown={::this.handleMouseDown}
+          onMouseUp={::this.handleMouseUp}
+          style={style} onClick={this.props.onClick}>
+        {this.props.children}
+      </a>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/react/LogMonitorEntry.js b/src/react/LogMonitorEntry.js
index e8bb4377..bb47b3be 100644
--- a/src/react/LogMonitorEntry.js
+++ b/src/react/LogMonitorEntry.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
 import JSONTree from './JSONTree';
+import LogMonitorEntryAction from "./LogMonitorEntryAction";
 
 function hsvToRgb(h, s, v) {
   const i = Math.floor(h);
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ function colorFromString(token) {
   return hsvToRgb(h, s, v);
 }
 
+const styles = {
+  entry: {
+    display: 'block',
+    WebkitUserSelect: 'none'
+  }
+};
+
 export default class LogMonitorEntry {
   static propTypes = {
     index: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
@@ -50,14 +58,14 @@ export default class LogMonitorEntry {
     let errorText = error;
     if (!errorText) {
       try {
-        return <JSONTree data={this.props.select(state)} />
+        return <JSONTree keyName={'state'} data={this.props.select(state)} />
       } catch (err) {
         errorText = 'Error selecting state.';
       }
     }
-
     return (
       <span style={{
+        paddingLeft: 15,
         fontStyle: 'italic'
       }}>
         ({errorText})
@@ -73,49 +81,24 @@ export default class LogMonitorEntry {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { index, error, action, state, collapsed } = this.props;
-    const { r, g, b } = colorFromString(action.type);
-
-    return (
-      <div style={{
-        textDecoration: collapsed ? 'line-through' : 'none'
-      }}>
-        <a onClick={::this.handleActionClick}
-           style={{
-             opacity: collapsed ? 0.5 : 1,
-             marginTop: '1em',
-             display: 'block',
-             paddingBottom: '1em',
-             paddingTop: '1em',
-             color: `rgb(${r}, ${g}, ${b})`,
-             cursor: (index > 0) ? 'pointer' : 'default',
-             WebkitUserSelect: 'none'
-           }}>
-          {JSON.stringify(action)}
-        </a>
-
-        {!collapsed &&
-          <p style={{
-            textAlign: 'center',
-            transform: 'rotate(180deg)'
-          }}>
-            ⇧
-          </p>
-        }
-
-        {!collapsed &&
-          <div style={{
-            paddingBottom: '1em',
-            paddingTop: '1em',
-            color: 'lightyellow'
-          }}>
-            {this.printState(state, error)}
-          </div>
-        }
-
-        <hr style={{
-          marginBottom: '2em'
-        }} />
+   const { index, error, action, state, collapsed } = this.props;
+   const { r, g, b } = colorFromString(action.type);
+   const styleEntry = {
+     opacity: collapsed ? 0.5 : 1,
+     color: `rgb(${r}, ${g}, ${b})`,
+     cursor: (index > 0) ? 'pointer' : 'default'
+   };
+   return (
+    <div style={{textDecoration: collapsed ? 'line-through' : 'none'}}>
+      <LogMonitorEntryAction collapsed={collapsed} action={action} onClick={::this.handleActionClick} style={{...styles.entry, ...styleEntry}}/>
+      {!collapsed &&
+        <div style={{
+          borderBottom: '1px solid #20262c',
+          paddingLeft: 15
+        }}>
+          {this.printState(state, error)}
+        </div>
+      }
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/react/LogMonitorEntryAction.js b/src/react/LogMonitorEntryAction.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48911304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/react/LogMonitorEntryAction.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import React from "react";
+import JSONTree from './JSONTree';
+
+const styles = {
+  wrapper: {
+    backgroundColor: '#343c45',
+    borderTop: '1px solid #3f464d',
+    borderBottom: '1px solid #3f464d'
+  },
+  actionBar: {
+    paddingTop: 4,
+    paddingBottom: 4,
+    paddingLeft: 10,
+    marginBottom: 1
+  },
+  payload: {
+    backgroundColor: '#252c33',
+    paddingLeft: 15
+  }
+}
+export default class LogMonitorAction extends React.Component {
+  renderPayload(payload) {
+    return (
+      <div style={styles.payload}>
+        { Object.keys(payload).length > 0 ? <JSONTree keyName={'payload'} data={payload}/> : "" }
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+  render() {
+    const { type, ...payload } = this.props.action;
+    return (
+      <div style={{...styles.wrapper, ...this.props.style}} onClick={this.props.onClick}>
+        <div style={styles.actionBar}>{type}</div>
+        {!this.props.collapsed ? '' : ''}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
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