diff --git a/src/connect/behavior.js b/src/connect/behavior.js
index caa7148bec3..04060b96c51 100644
--- a/src/connect/behavior.js
+++ b/src/connect/behavior.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ module.exports = State.extend({
     switch (action) {
       case 'new connection clicked':
         newState = 'NEW_EMPTY';
-        view.authMethod = 'MONGODB';
+        view.authMethod = 'NONE';
         view.sslMethod = 'NONE';
         view.form.reset();
         view.message = '';
diff --git a/src/connect/connect-form-view.js b/src/connect/connect-form-view.js
index d1e1a3d1999..026d0f087c5 100644
--- a/src/connect/connect-form-view.js
+++ b/src/connect/connect-form-view.js
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ var ConnectFormView = FormView.extend({
         // you can pass in a collection here too
         options: enabledAuthOptions,
         // and pick an item from the collection as the selected one
-        // @todo thomasr: pick the "model.selected" one (via .find() ?)
-        value: enabledAuthOptions.get('MONGODB'),
+        value: enabledAuthOptions.get('NONE'),
         // here you specify which attribute on the objects in the collection
         // to use for the value returned.
         idAttribute: '_id',
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ var ConnectFormView = FormView.extend({
         template: require('./input-default.jade'),
         el: this.parent.queryByHook('saveas-subview'),
         name: 'name',
-        label: 'Name',
+        label: 'Favorite Name',
         placeholder: 'e.g. Shared Dev, QA Box, PRODUCTION',
         required: false
       })
diff --git a/src/connect/filereader-view.js b/src/connect/filereader-view.js
index 31066f4c266..7af4be0ef23 100644
--- a/src/connect/filereader-view.js
+++ b/src/connect/filereader-view.js
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ var BrowserWindow = remote.require('browser-window');
 var format = require('util').format;
 var bindings = require('ampersand-dom-bindings');
 var fileReaderTemplate = require('./filereader-default.jade');
+var assert = require('assert');
 
 // var debug = require('debug')('scout:connect:filereader-view');
 
 module.exports = InputView.extend({
   template: fileReaderTemplate,
   props: {
+    multi: {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      required: true,
+      default: false
+    },
     inputValue: {
       type: 'array',
       required: true,
@@ -31,10 +37,11 @@ module.exports = InputView.extend({
       deps: ['inputValue'],
       fn: function() {
         if (this.inputValue.length === 0) {
-          return 'Choose certificate(s)';
+          return this.multi ? 'Choose file(s)' : 'Choose file';
         } else if (this.inputValue.length === 1) {
           return path.basename(this.inputValue[0]);
         }
+        assert.equal(this.multi, true);
         return format('%d files selected', this.inputValue.length);
       }
     },
@@ -78,6 +85,9 @@ module.exports = InputView.extend({
    */
   initialize: function(spec) {
     spec = spec || {};
+    if (spec.multi) {
+      this.multi = spec.multi;
+    }
     _.defaults(spec, {value: []});
     this.invalidClass = 'has-error';
     this.validityClassSelector = '.form-item-file';
@@ -173,8 +183,12 @@ module.exports = InputView.extend({
     this.runTests();
   },
   loadFileButtonClicked: function() {
+    var properties = ['openFile'];
+    if (this.multi) {
+      properties.push('multiSelections');
+    }
     dialog.showOpenDialog(BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow(), {
-      properties: ['openFile', 'multiSelections']
+      properties: properties
     }, function(filenames) {
       this.inputValue = filenames || [];
       this.handleChange();
diff --git a/src/connect/index.js b/src/connect/index.js
index f2a81c8dca5..463bbdc4c18 100644
--- a/src/connect/index.js
+++ b/src/connect/index.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var ConnectView = View.extend({
     },
     authMethod: {
       type: 'string',
-      default: 'MONGODB'
+      default: 'NONE'
     },
     previousAuthMethod: {
       type: 'string',
diff --git a/src/connect/index.less b/src/connect/index.less
index 4c3e311f74b..bc09bed0e67 100644
--- a/src/connect/index.less
+++ b/src/connect/index.less
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
   .form-item {
     margin: 15px auto 15px;
-    width: 425px;
+    width: 450px;
     overflow: auto;
 
     > * {
diff --git a/src/connect/ssl.js b/src/connect/ssl.js
index b90de9ea9e8..c1f2faaf0d4 100644
--- a/src/connect/ssl.js
+++ b/src/connect/ssl.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ var SERVER = {
   fields: [
     new FileReaderView({
       name: 'ssl_ca',
+      multi: true,
       label: 'Certificate Authority',
       required: true
     })
@@ -56,23 +57,24 @@ var ALL = {
   fields: [
     new FileReaderView({
       name: 'ssl_ca',
+      multi: true,
       label: 'Certificate Authority',
       required: true
     }),
     new FileReaderView({
       name: 'ssl_private_key',
-      label: 'Certificate Key',
+      label: 'Client Certificate Key',
       required: true
     }),
     new FileReaderView({
       name: 'ssl_certificate',
-      label: 'Certificate',
+      label: 'Client Certificate',
       required: true
     }),
     new InputView({
       template: inputTemplate,
       name: 'ssl_private_key_password',
-      label: 'Private Key Password',
+      label: 'Client Key Password',
       required: false
     })
   ]