diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/util/ParsingUtilities.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/util/ParsingUtilities.java
index 7754de196..990ae7e90 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/util/ParsingUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/util/ParsingUtilities.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.json.JSONTokener;
 
 public class ParsingUtilities {
-    static public SimpleDateFormat s_sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
+    static public SimpleDateFormat s_sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
     
     static public String inputStreamToString(InputStream is) throws IOException {
         Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8");
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/index.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/index.js
index 108662116..b80e31e27 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/scripts/index.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/index.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function renderProjects(data) {
         if (data.projects.hasOwnProperty(n)) {
             var project = data.projects[n];
             project.id = n;
-            project.date = new Date(project.modified);
+            project.date = Date.parseExact(project.modified, "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ");
             projects.push(project);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
index c657d763a..5ef5078d0 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ BrowsingEngine.prototype.removeFacet = function(facet) {
     for (var i = this._facets.length - 1;i >= 0; i--) {
         if (this._facets[i].facet === facet) {
             this._facets[i].elmt.remove();
-            this._facets.splice(i, 1);console.log("removed");
+            this._facets.splice(i, 1);
             break;
         }
     }