diff --git a/voxygen/src/menu/main/mod.rs b/voxygen/src/menu/main/mod.rs
index 05412179d2..36d8781725 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/menu/main/mod.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/menu/main/mod.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl PlayState for MainMenuState {
             global_state.window.renderer_mut().clear(BG_COLOR);
 
             // Poll client creation
-            match client_init.as_ref().and_then(|init| init.poll())  {
+            match client_init.as_ref().and_then(|init| init.poll()) {
                 Some(Ok(client)) => {
                     self.main_menu_ui.connected();
                     return PlayStateResult::Push(Box::new(CharSelectionState::new(
@@ -72,11 +72,14 @@ impl PlayState for MainMenuState {
                 }
                 Some(Err(err)) => {
                     client_init = None;
-                    self.main_menu_ui.login_error(match err {
-                        InitError::BadAddress(_) | InitError::NoAddress => "No such host is known",
-                        InitError::ConnectionFailed(_) => "Could not connect to address",
-                    }.to_string());
-                },
+                    self.main_menu_ui.login_error(
+                        match err {
+                            InitError::BadAddress(_) | InitError::NoAddress => "Server not found",
+                            InitError::ConnectionFailed(_) => "Connection failed",
+                        }
+                        .to_string(),
+                    );
+                }
                 None => {}
             }
 
diff --git a/voxygen/src/menu/main/ui.rs b/voxygen/src/menu/main/ui.rs
index 6483690be5..2ea5c7d0e9 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/menu/main/ui.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/menu/main/ui.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ widget_ids! {
         servers_button,
         settings_button,
         quit_button,
+        // Error
+        error_frame,
     }
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ struct Imgs {
     button: ImgId,
     button_hover: ImgId,
     button_press: ImgId,
+
+    error_frame: ImgId,
 }
 impl Imgs {
     fn new(ui: &mut Ui, renderer: &mut Renderer) -> Imgs {
@@ -83,6 +87,9 @@ impl Imgs {
             button: load("element/buttons/button.png"),
             button_hover: load("element/buttons/button_hover.png"),
             button_press: load("element/buttons/button_press.png"),
+
+            //Error
+            error_frame: load("element/frames/skin_eyes.png"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -217,20 +224,24 @@ impl MainMenuUi {
         // Login error
         if let Some(msg) = &self.login_error {
             let text = Text::new(&msg)
-                .rgba(0.5, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
+                .rgba(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
                 .font_size(30)
                 .font_id(self.font_opensans);
             let x = match text.get_x_dimension(ui_widgets) {
                 Dimension::Absolute(x) => x + 10.0,
                 _ => 0.0,
             };
-            Rectangle::fill([x, 40.0])
-                .rgba(0.2, 0.3, 0.3, 0.7)
+            Rectangle::fill([x, 60.0])
+                .rgba(0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1.0)
                 .parent(ui_widgets.window)
-                .up_from(self.ids.username_bg, 35.0)
+                .mid_bottom_with_margin_on(self.ids.username_bg, 0.0)
                 .set(self.ids.login_error_bg, ui_widgets);
             text.middle_of(self.ids.login_error_bg)
                 .set(self.ids.login_error, ui_widgets);
+            Image::new(self.imgs.error_frame)
+                .h(60.0)
+                .middle_of(self.ids.login_error)
+                .set(self.ids.error_frame, ui_widgets);
         }
         // Server address
         Image::new(self.imgs.input_bg)