diff --git a/app/View/Elements/galaxyQuickView.ctp b/app/View/Elements/galaxyQuickView.ctp
index ca26afec8..9d86f2a02 100644
--- a/app/View/Elements/galaxyQuickView.ctp
+++ b/app/View/Elements/galaxyQuickView.ctp
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
                     <a href="<?php echo $baseurl; ?>/events/index/searchtag:<?php echo h($cluster['tag_id']); ?>" class="icon-th-list" title="<?php echo __('View all events containing this cluster.');?>"></a>
                     <?php
                         if ($isSiteAdmin || ($mayModify && $isAclTagger)) {
-                            echo $this->Form->postLink('',
-                                $baseurl . '/galaxy_clusters/detach/' . ucfirst(h($target_id)) . '/' . h($target_type) . '/' . $cluster['tag_id'],
-                                array('class' => 'icon-trash', 'title' => __('Delete'), 'div' => false),
-                                __('Are you sure you want to detach %s from this event?', h($cluster['value']))
-                            );
+                            echo $this->Form->create(false, array('url' => $baseurl . '/galaxy_clusters/detach/' . ucfirst(h($target_id)) . '/' . h($target_type) . '/' . $cluster['tag_id'], 'style' => 'display: inline-block; margin: 0px;'));
+                            echo '<it href="#" class="icon-trash useCursorPointer" title="' . __('Are you sure you want to detach %s from this event?', h($cluster['value'])) . '" onclick="popoverConfirm(this)"></it>';
+                            echo $this->Form->end();
                         }
                     ?>
                     <div style="margin-left:15px;display:none;" class="blue galaxy_data">
diff --git a/app/View/Elements/galaxyQuickViewMini.ctp b/app/View/Elements/galaxyQuickViewMini.ctp
index e2cc81287..646758c76 100644
--- a/app/View/Elements/galaxyQuickViewMini.ctp
+++ b/app/View/Elements/galaxyQuickViewMini.ctp
@@ -70,11 +70,9 @@
                 <a href="<?php echo $baseurl; ?>/events/index/searchtag:<?php echo h($cluster['tag_id']); ?>" class="icon-th-list" title="<?php echo __('View all events containing this cluster.');?>"></a>
                 <?php
                     if ($isSiteAdmin || ($mayModify && $isAclTagger)) {
-                        echo $this->Form->postLink('',
-                            $baseurl . '/galaxy_clusters/detach/' . ucfirst(h($target_id)) . '/' . h($target_type) . '/' . $cluster['tag_id'],
-                            array('class' => 'icon-trash', 'title' => 'Delete'),
-                            __('Are you sure you want to detach %s from this %s?', h($cluster['value']), h($target_type))
-                        );
+                        echo $this->Form->create(false, array('url' => $baseurl . '/galaxy_clusters/detach/' . ucfirst(h($target_id)) . '/' . h($target_type) . '/' . $cluster['tag_id'], 'style' => 'display: inline-block; margin: 0px;'));
+                        echo '<a href="#" class="icon-trash" title="' . __('Are you sure you want to detach %s from this %s?', h($cluster['value']), h($target_type)) . '" onclick="popoverConfirm(this)"></a>';
+                        echo $this->Form->end();
                     }
                 ?>
             </div>
diff --git a/app/webroot/js/misp.js b/app/webroot/js/misp.js
index 1c56d9e67..6616053cd 100644
--- a/app/webroot/js/misp.js
+++ b/app/webroot/js/misp.js
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ function openPopup(id) {
 function openPopover(clicked, data) {
 	// popup handling //
 	var loadingHtml = '<div style="height: 75px; width: 75px;"><div class="spinner"></div><div class="loadingText">Loading</div></div>';
-	var closeButtonHtml = '<button type="button" class="close" onclick="$(this).closest(\'div.popover\').prev().popover(\'destroy\');">×</button>';
+	var closeButtonHtml = '<button type="button" class="close" style="margin-left: 5px;" onclick="$(this).closest(\'div.popover\').prev().popover(\'destroy\');">×</button>';
 	$clicked = $(clicked);
 	var title = $clicked.attr('title');
 	var origTitle = $clicked.attr('data-original-title');
@@ -1497,6 +1497,22 @@ function popoverPopup(clicked, id, context, target, admin) {
 	});
 }
 
+// create a confirm popover on the clicked html node.
+function popoverConfirm(clicked) {
+    var $clicked = $(clicked);
+	var popoverContent = '<div>';
+		popoverContent += '<span class="btn btn-primary" onclick=submitClosestForm(this)>Yes</span>';
+		popoverContent += '<span class="btn btn-inverse" style="float: right;" onclick=cancelPrompt()>Cancel</span>';
+	popoverContent += '</div>';
+	openPopover($clicked, popoverContent);
+}
+
+function submitClosestForm(clicked) {
+	$clicked = $(clicked);
+	$form = $clicked.closest('form');
+	$form.submit();
+}
+
 function simplePopup(url) {
 	$("#gray_out").fadeIn();
 	$.ajax({