diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/member/create.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/member/create.html
index 815cdd74a0..a44369daa7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/member/create.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/member/create.html
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
     <div class="umb-pane">
 
         <h5>Create a new member</h5>
-        
         <ul class="umb-actions umb-actions-child">
 
             <li ng-repeat="docType in allowedTypes">
-                <a href="#members/member/edit/{{currentNode.id}}?doctype={{docType.alias}}&create=true" ng-click="nav.hideNavigation()">
+                <a href="#member/member/edit/{{currentNode.id}}?doctype={{docType.alias}}&create=true" ng-click="nav.hideNavigation()">
 
-                    <i class="large {{docType.icon}}"></i>
+                    <i class="large icon-users"></i>
 
                     <span class="menu-label">{{docType.name}}
-                                        <small>{{docType.description}}</small>
+                        <small>{{docType.description}}</small>
                     </span>
                 </a>
             </li>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/member/member.edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/member/member.edit.controller.js
index bd8730ec7a..ebed8a6da7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/member/member.edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/member/member.edit.controller.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 function MemberEditController($scope, $routeParams, $location, $q, $window, memberResource, entityResource, navigationService, notificationsService, angularHelper, serverValidationManager, contentEditingHelper, fileManager, formHelper, treeService) {
     
     $scope.nav = navigationService;
+    
 
     if ($routeParams.create) {
         //we are creating so get an empty member item
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ function MemberEditController($scope, $routeParams, $location, $q, $window, memb
                     $scope.loaded = true;
                     $scope.content = data;
 
+                    //build a path to sync the tree with
+                    var path = data.name[0]+"," + data.key;
+                    path = path.replace(/-/g,'');
+
+                    navigationService.setActiveTreeType("member");
+                    navigationService.syncPath(path.split(","), true);
+
                     //in one particular special case, after we've created a new item we redirect back to the edit
                     // route but there might be server validation errors in the collection which we need to display
                     // after the redirect, so we will bind all subscriptions which will show the server validation errors
@@ -47,6 +55,8 @@ function MemberEditController($scope, $routeParams, $location, $q, $window, memb
 
     }
 
+
+
     $scope.options = function(content){
             if(!content.id){
                 return;