     if @props.user?
       if @props.user.preferences.chimp?.skip_first_step is "true"
         @setState skipImages: true
-        @refs.skipCheckbox?.getDOMNode().setAttribute 'checked', 'true'
     else
       @openTutorial 'general'
 

          <p>
            <span className="bold">Site:</span> {@state.location}
            <label className="skip-checkbox-label" htmlFor="skip-checkbox">
              <input ref="skipCheckbox" type="checkbox" id="skip-checkbox" onClick={@onClickSkipCheckbox}/> Skip images?
            </label>
            <button className="tutorial-btn" onClick={@openTutorial.bind(null, "general")}>Tutorial</button>
            <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org" target="_blank"><button className="faq-btn">FAQs</button></a>

    checkbox = e.target

    if checkbox.checked is true
      @setUserSkipPreference(true)
      @setState skipImages: true
    else
      @setUserSkipPreference(false)
      @setState skipImages: false

  setUserSkipPreference: (value) ->
    User.current?.setPreference 'skip_first_step', value

  render: ->
    classifyClasses = cx
