diff --git a/functions.js b/functions.js
index 9e21e0d4e..b9becec50 100644
--- a/functions.js
+++ b/functions.js
@@ -1924,7 +1924,11 @@ Position.Center = function(element, parent) {
 function labeltest_callback() {
 	var container = document.getElementById('label_test_result');
 	if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) {
+
 		container.innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
+		if (!Element.visible(container)) {
+			Effect.SlideDown(container, { duration : 0.5 });
+		}
 		notify("");
 	}
 }
@@ -1932,14 +1936,14 @@ function labeltest_callback() {
 function labelTest() {
 
 	var container = document.getElementById('label_test_result');
-	container.style.display = "block";
-	container.innerHTML = "<p>Loading, please wait...</p>";
 
 	var form = document.forms['label_edit_form'];
 
 	var sql_exp = form.sql_exp.value;
 	var description = form.description.value;
 
+	notify_progress("Loading, please wait...");
+
 	xmlhttp.open("GET", "backend.php?op=pref-labels&subop=test&expr=" +
 		param_escape(sql_exp) + "&descr=" + param_escape(description), true);
 
diff --git a/modules/pref-labels.php b/modules/pref-labels.php
index aa6c4fa60..78a84ac67 100644
--- a/modules/pref-labels.php
+++ b/modules/pref-labels.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 			error_reporting (DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL);
 
 			if (!$result) {
-				print "<p>" . db_last_error($link) . "</p>";
+				print "<div class=\"labelTestError\">" . db_last_error($link) . "</div>";
 				print "</div>";
 				return;
 			}
diff --git a/tt-rss.css b/tt-rss.css
index 77be649f7..511e4f574 100644
--- a/tt-rss.css
+++ b/tt-rss.css
@@ -1032,6 +1032,11 @@ ul.userFeedList {
 	padding :0px;
 }*/
 
+div.labelTestError {
+	margin : 5px 0px 5px 0px;
+	color : #f04040;
+}
+
 ul.labelTestResults {
 	height : 100px;
 	overflow : auto;