diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index b6169196c..f651c197d 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
           };
           });
   %body
+  
+    - flash.each do |name, msg|
+      = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
+    
     %header
       %a#diaspora_text{:href => root_path}
         %img{:src => '/images/diaspora_white.png'}
@@ -73,8 +77,6 @@
             %a{ :href => friends_path, :title => "Your list of connections with other seeds."}
               %li friends
 
-    - flash.each do |name, msg|
-      = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
 
     #content
       = yield
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index f657d5bbe..af9682e05 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 		$(this).val("")
 	});
 	
-	
-	$(".button").click(function() {
-		$('button[type=submit] .default').click(function() {
-			$('#status_message_message').delay(2000).val("");
-		})
+	$('#status_message_submit').click(function() {
+		$('#status_message_message').val("");
 	});
 	
+	$('#flash_notice, #flash_error, #flash_alert').delay(1500).slideUp(130);
+	
 	
 	
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index c8304d1ad..9cfea05eb 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ a {
 #flash_notice,
 #flash_error,
 #flash_alert {
+  z-index: 60;
+  position: fixed;
   padding: 5px 8px;
-  margin: 10px 0; }
+  margin: 0;
+  width: 400px;
+  top: 0px;
+  left: 200px; }
 
 #flash_notice {
   background-color: #ccffcc;
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 3915ee700..ff34a7565 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ a
 #flash_notice,
 #flash_error,
 #flash_alert
+  :z-index 60
+  :position fixed
   :padding 5px 8px
-  :margin 10px 0
+  :margin 0
+  :width 400px
+  :top 0px
+  :left 200px
 
 #flash_notice
   :background-color #CFC