diff --git a/app/models/sponsor.rb b/app/models/sponsor.rb
index 0981f24a..8b360c6d 100644
--- a/app/models/sponsor.rb
+++ b/app/models/sponsor.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class Sponsor < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates_attachment_content_type :logo,
                                     content_type: [/jpg/, /jpeg/, /png/, /gif/],
-                                    size: { in: 0..500.kilobytes }
+                                    size: { in: 0..500.kilobytes },
+                                    presence: true
+
   validates_presence_of :name, :website_url, :sponsorship_level
 end
diff --git a/app/views/conference/_sponsors.html.haml b/app/views/conference/_sponsors.html.haml
index 6ce4bc84..22db2916 100644
--- a/app/views/conference/_sponsors.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/conference/_sponsors.html.haml
@@ -6,28 +6,17 @@
   .row
     .col-md-12
       %h2 Sponsors
-      %p.lead
-        whom without,
-        %span.notranslate
-          = @conference.short_title
-        wouldn't be possible! 
   - @conference.sponsorship_levels.each do |sponsorship_level|
     -if sponsorship_level.sponsors.any?
+      %h4
+        = sponsorship_level.title
       - sponsorship_level.sponsors.each_slice(3) do |slice|
-        .row.row-centered
+        .row
           - slice.each do |sponsor|
-            .col-md-4.col-sm-4.col-centered.col-top
-              .thumbnail
-                - if sponsor.logo.blank?
-                  %h3.text-center
-                    = link_to(sponsor.website_url, title: "#{sponsor.name}") do
-                      = sponsor.name
-                - else
-                  = link_to(sponsor.website_url, class: 'thumbnail') do
-                    = image_tag sponsor.logo, class: "img-responsive img-sponsor img-sponsor-#{sponsorship_level.position}", title: "#{sponsor.name}"
-                .caption
-                  -if sponsor.description.present?
-                    = markdown(sponsor.description)
+            .col-md-4.col-sm-4.col-top
+              - if sponsor.logo.present?
+                = link_to(sponsor.website_url, class: 'thumbnail') do
+                  = image_tag sponsor.logo, class: "img-responsive img-sponsor img-sponsor-#{sponsorship_level.position}", title: "#{sponsor.description}"
   -if @conference.contact and !@conference.contact.sponsor_email.blank?
     .row
       .col-md-12
diff --git a/spec/views/conference/show.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/conference/show.html.haml_spec.rb
index 31b1cdea..04951b64 100644
--- a/spec/views/conference/show.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/conference/show.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ describe 'conference/show.html.haml' do
   it 'renders sponsors partial' do
     expect(view).to render_template(partial: 'conference/_sponsors')
     expect(rendered).to match(/example@example.com/)
-    expect(rendered).to match(/Example sponsor/)
     expect(rendered).to match(/www.example.com/)
     expect(rendered).to match(/Lorem Ipsum Dolor/)
     expect(rendered).to match(/rails.jpg/)