diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
index 0a0a90f6a..4611cadb1 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
@@ -243,15 +243,14 @@
 	
 	<statusbar id="status-bar">
 		<statusbarpanel id="zotero-status-bar-icon"
-			src="chrome://zotero/skin/zotero_logo_18px.png"
-			class="statusbarpanel-iconic" onclick="ZoteroPane.toggleDisplay();"
-			hidden="true"/>
+			class="statusbarpanel-iconic" onclick="ZoteroPane.toggleDisplay();"/>
 	</statusbar>
 	
 	<script>
 	window.addEventListener('load', function(e){
-		if (Zotero){
-			document.getElementById('zotero-status-bar-icon').setAttribute('hidden', 'false');
+		if (!Zotero){
+			document.getElementById('zotero-status-bar-icon').setAttribute('error', 'true');
+			document.getElementById('zotero-status-bar-icon').setAttribute('tooltiptext', 'There was an error starting Zotero.');
 		}
 	}, false);
 	</script>
diff --git a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/overlay.css b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/overlay.css
index 815fc44e2..f47db4dd4 100644
--- a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/overlay.css
+++ b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/overlay.css
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 	width: 49px;
 	margin:0 0 -1px;
 	padding:0 5px 1px;
+	list-style-image: url(chrome://zotero/skin/zotero_logo_18px.png);
+}
+#zotero-status-bar-icon[error=true]
+{
+	list-style-image: url(chrome://zotero/skin/zotero_logo_18px_error.png);
 }
 
 #zotero-pane
diff --git a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/zotero_logo_18px_error.png b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/zotero_logo_18px_error.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a8f078e1
Binary files /dev/null and b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/zotero_logo_18px_error.png differ