diff --git a/code/boot.js b/code/boot.js
index 246d6c1f..dbd9b265 100644
--- a/code/boot.js
+++ b/code/boot.js
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ window.setupStyles = function() {
       '#chatcontrols { bottom: '+(CHAT_SHRINKED+24)+'px; }',
       '#chat { height: '+CHAT_SHRINKED+'px; } ',
       '.leaflet-right { margin-right: '+(SIDEBAR_WIDTH+1)+'px } ',
-      '#updatestatus { width:'+(SIDEBAR_WIDTH-2*4)+'px;  } ',
+      '#updatestatus { width:'+(SIDEBAR_WIDTH-2*4+1)+'px;  } ',
       '#sidebar { width:'+(SIDEBAR_WIDTH + HIDDEN_SCROLLBAR_ASSUMED_WIDTH + 1 /*border*/)+'px;  } ',
       '#sidebartoggle { right:'+SIDEBAR_WIDTH+'px;  } ',
       '#scrollwrapper  { width:'+(SIDEBAR_WIDTH + 2*HIDDEN_SCROLLBAR_ASSUMED_WIDTH)+'px; right:-'+(2*HIDDEN_SCROLLBAR_ASSUMED_WIDTH-2)+'px } ',
-      '#sidebar input, h2, #updatestatus  { width:'+(SIDEBAR_WIDTH - 2*4)+'px !important } ',
+      '#sidebar input, h2  { width:'+(SIDEBAR_WIDTH - 2*4)+'px !important } ',
       '#sidebar > *, #gamestat span, .imgpreview img { width:'+SIDEBAR_WIDTH+'px;  }'].join("\n")
     + '</style>');
 }
diff --git a/code/request_handling.js b/code/request_handling.js
index 60aa00f6..042fc397 100644
--- a/code/request_handling.js
+++ b/code/request_handling.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ window.renderUpdateStatus = function() {
     t += ' <span style="color:red" class="help" title="Can only render so much before it gets unbearably slow. Not all entities are shown. Zoom in or increase the limit (search for MAX_DRAWN_*).">RENDER LIMIT</span> '
 
   if(window.failedRequestCount > 0)
-    t += ' <span style="color:red">' + window.failedRequestCount + ' requests failed</span>.'
+    t += ' <span style="color:red">' + window.failedRequestCount + ' failed</span>.'
 
   t += '<br/>(';
   var minlvl = getMinPortalLevel();
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 6f722903..a9242ec3 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -49,14 +49,13 @@ for(var i = 0; i < d.length; i++) {
 // player information is now available in a hash like this:
 // window.PLAYER = {"ap": "123", "energy": 123, "available_invites": 123, "nickname": "somenick", "team": "ALIENS||RESISTANCE"};
 
-
 // remove complete page. We only wanted the user-data and the page’s
 // security context so we can access the API easily. Setup as much as
 // possible without requiring scripts.
 document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].innerHTML = ''
-  //~ + '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://0.0.0.0:8000/style.css"/>'
+  + '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://0.0.0.0:8000/style.css"/>'
   + '<title>Ingress Intel Map</title>'
-  + '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://breunigs.github.com/ingress-intel-total-conversion/style.css?@@BUILDDATE@@"/>'
+  //~ + '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://breunigs.github.com/ingress-intel-total-conversion/style.css?@@BUILDDATE@@"/>'
   + '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://cdn.leafletjs.com/leaflet-0.5/leaflet.css"/>'
   + '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Coda"/>';
 
@@ -81,9 +80,9 @@ document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML = ''
   + '    <input id="redeem" placeholder="Redeem code…" type="text"/>'
   + '    <div id="toolbox"><a onmouseover="setPermaLink(this)">permalink</a></div>'
   + '    <div id="spacer"></div>'
-  + '    <div id="updatestatus"></div>'
-  + '  </div>';
-  + '</div>';
+  + '  </div>'
+  + '</div>'
+  + '<div id="updatestatus"></div>';
 
 // putting everything in a wrapper function that in turn is placed in a
 // script tag on the website allows us to execute in the site’s context
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 3f79011c..f23b7799 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ body {
 }
 
 #scrollwrapper {
-  height: 100%;
   overflow: hidden;
   position: fixed;
   right: -38px;
   top: 0;
   width: 340px;
+  bottom: 45px;
 }
 
 #sidebar {
   background-color: rgba(8, 48, 78, 0.9);
   border-left: 1px solid #20A8B1;
   color: #888;
-  height: 100%;
   position: relative;
   left: 0;
   top: 0;
+  max-height: 100%;
   overflow-y:scroll;
   overflow-x:hidden;
   z-index: 3000;
@@ -523,16 +523,14 @@ aside:nth-child(odd) span {
 }
 
 #spacer {
-  /* cheap hack to prevent sidebar content being overlayed by the map
-   * status box */
-  height: 55px;
+  height: 10px;
 }
 
 /* a common portal display takes this much space (prevents moving
  * content when first selecting a portal) */
 
 #portaldetails {
-  min-height: 532px;
+  min-height: 553px;
 }
 
 
@@ -541,12 +539,14 @@ aside:nth-child(odd) span {
   background-color: rgba(8, 48, 78, 1);
   border-bottom: 0;
   border-top: 1px solid #20A8B1;
+  border-left: 1px solid #20A8B1;
   bottom: 0;
   color: #ffce00;
   font-size:13px;
   padding: 4px;
   position: fixed;
   right: 0;
+  z-index:3002;
 }