diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Projects/ProjectDetails.cshtml b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Projects/ProjectDetails.cshtml
index 617dc359..87436e34 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Projects/ProjectDetails.cshtml
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Projects/ProjectDetails.cshtml
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@
 <section class="package-detail">
     <div class="container">
         <div class="row">
-
             <div class="col-md-7">
                 <div class="package-detail-content">
-
+                    
                     <div class="vote">
                         <i class="icon-Hearts @(hasMemberVoted ? "liked" : null)"></i>
-                        @if (Members.IsLoggedIn() == false || currentMember.Id == owner.Id || currentMember.GetPropertyValue<int>("reputationCurrent") < 70 || hasMemberVoted)
+                        @if (Members.IsLoggedIn() == false || currentMember.Id == owner.Id || hasMemberVoted)
                         {
                             <span>@totalVotes votes</span>
                         }
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@
                                 @foreach (var image in screenshots)
                                 {
                                     <a class="fancybox" rel="gallery1" href="@our.Utils.GetScreenshotPath(image.Path)" title="">
-                                        <img src="@our.Utils.GetScreenshotPath(image.Path)" alt="" />
+                                        <img src="@our.Utils.GetScreenshotPath(image.Path)" alt=""/>
                                     </a>
                                 }
 
diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/config/uPowers.config b/OurUmbraco.Site/config/uPowers.config
index 7b595708..f2709541 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/config/uPowers.config
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/config/uPowers.config
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <action type="wiki" alias="WikiUp" performerReward="1" receiverReward="0" weight="1" minReputation="70" />
     <action type="wiki" alias="WikiDown" performerReward="0" mandatoryComment="true" receiverReward="0" weight="-1" minReputation="70" />
 
-    <action type="project" alias="ProjectUp" performerReward="0" receiverReward="5" weight="1" minReputation="70" />
+    <action type="project" alias="ProjectUp" performerReward="0" receiverReward="5" weight="1" minReputation="0" />
     <action type="project" alias="ProjectDown" mandatoryComment="true" performerReward="0" receiverReward="0" weight="-1" minReputation="70" />
 
     <action type="project" alias="ProjectApproval" mandatoryComment="false" allowedGroups="admin,HQ" performerReward="0" receiverReward="0" weight="10" minReputation="0" />
diff --git a/our.umbraco.org/CustomHandlers/projectVote.cs b/our.umbraco.org/CustomHandlers/projectVote.cs
index 2ef6e07b..6e0630d0 100644
--- a/our.umbraco.org/CustomHandlers/projectVote.cs
+++ b/our.umbraco.org/CustomHandlers/projectVote.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using System;
-using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
 using uPowers.BusinessLogic;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Web;
 
 namespace our.CustomHandlers
 {
@@ -20,20 +20,13 @@ namespace our.CustomHandlers
 
             if (a.Alias == "ProjectUp")
             {
-                Document d = new Document(e.ItemId);
-
-                if (d.getProperty("approved").Value != null &&
-                     d.getProperty("approved").Value.ToString() != "1" &&
-                     uPowers.Library.Xslt.Score(d.Id, "powersProject") >= 15)
+                var contentService = UmbracoContext.Current.Application.Services.ContentService;
+                var content = contentService.GetById(e.ItemId);
+                if (content.GetValue<bool>("approved") == false &&
+                    uPowers.Library.Xslt.Score(content.Id, "powersProject") >= 15)
                 {
-                    //set approved flag
-                    d.getProperty("approved").Value = true;
-
-                    d.Save();
-                    d.Publish(new umbraco.BusinessLogic.User(0));
-
-                    umbraco.library.UpdateDocumentCache(d.Id);
-                    umbraco.library.RefreshContent();
+                    content.SetValue("approved", true);
+                    contentService.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(content);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -44,12 +37,12 @@ namespace our.CustomHandlers
 
             if (a.Alias == "ProjectUp" || a.Alias == "ProjectDown")
             {
+                var contentService = UmbracoContext.Current.Application.Services.ContentService;
+                var content = contentService.GetById(e.ItemId);
 
-                Document d = new Document(e.ItemId);
+                e.ReceiverId = content.GetValue<int>("owner");
 
-                e.ReceiverId = (int)d.getProperty("owner").Value;
-
-                e.ExtraReceivers = Utils.GetProjectContributors(d.Id);
+                e.ExtraReceivers = Utils.GetProjectContributors(content.Id);
             }
         }
     }