diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #add bootstrap
 gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.2.0'
 gem 'bootstrap-switch-rails'
+gem 'bootstrap-toggle-rails'
 gem 'autoprefixer-rails'
 
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     bootstrap-sass (3.2.0.2)
       sass (~> 3.2)
     bootstrap-switch-rails (3.3.3)
+    bootstrap-toggle-rails (2.2.1.0)
     builder (3.0.4)
     coffee-rails (3.2.2)
       coffee-script (>= 2.2.0)
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@
   best_in_place (~> 3.0.1)
   bootstrap-sass (~> 3.2.0)
   bootstrap-switch-rails
+  bootstrap-toggle-rails
   coffee-rails (~> 3.2.2)
   dynamic_form
   haml
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 //= require jquery_ujs
 //= require jquery.ui.all
 //= require bootstrap-sprockets
-//= require bootstrap-switch
+//x= require bootstrap-switch
+//= require bootstrap-toggle
 //= require select2
 //= require custom
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/custom.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/custom.js.coffee
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/custom.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/custom.js.coffee
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 
 $ ->
   $(".select2").select2()
-  $(".bootstrap-switch").bootstrapSwitch()
+  #$(".bootstrap-switch").bootstrapSwitch()
+  $(".bootstrap-toggle").bootstrapToggle()
   $('.btn-file :file').on 'fileselect', (event, numFiles, label) ->
     input = $(this).parents('.input-group').find(':text')
     log = if numFiles > 1 then numFiles + ' files selected' else label
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css.sass
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 @import bootstrap
 @import select2
 @import select2-bootstrap
-@import bootstrap3-switch
+//@import bootstrap3-switch
+@import bootstrap-toggle
 
 .secondnavbar
   top: 50px
diff --git a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
--- a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -69,14 +69,24 @@
       if @announcement.update_attributes(params[:announcement])
         flash[:notice] = 'Announcement was successfully updated.'
         format.html { redirect_to(@announcement) }
+        format.js   {}
         format.xml  { head :ok }
       else
         format.html { render :action => "edit" }
+        format.js   {}
         format.xml  { render :xml => @announcement.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
       end
     end
   end
 
+  def toggle
+    @announcement = Announcement.find(params[:id])
+    @announcement.update_attributes( published: params[:published] == 1)
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.js {}
+    end
+  end
+
   # DELETE /announcements/1
   # DELETE /announcements/1.xml
   def destroy
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
   # Returns the current logged-in user (if any).
   def current_user
+    return nil unless session[:user_id]
     @current_user ||= User.find(session[:user_id])
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       <%=h announcement.body %>
     </td>
     <td><%=h announcement.author %></td>
-    <td><%= check_box_tag :published, 1, announcement.published, class: 'bootstrap-switch', data: {size: 'small'} %></td>
+    <td><%= check_box_tag :published, 1, announcement.published, { class: 'bootstrap-toggle', id: "published-#{announcement.id}", data: {remote: true, method: 'PUT', url: url_for(controller: :announcements, action: :toggle, id: announcement), size: 'small', toggle: 'toggle' } } %></td>
     <!-- <td><%= in_place_editor_field :announcement, :published, {}, :rows => 1 %></td> -->
     <td><%= link_to 'Show', announcement %></td>
     <td><%= link_to 'Edit', edit_announcement_path(announcement) %></td>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   resources :contests
 
   resources :announcements
+  match 'announcements/toggle/:id' => 'announcements#toggle', via: :put
+
   resources :sites
 
   resources :grader_configuration, controller: 'configurations'