diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index 406b9b8..09b3bfc 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -1028,6 +1028,8 @@ class Interface(object):
         error_win.run()
         error_win.hide()
         self._update_statusbar('Auto-update disabled')
+        if self._statusicon:
+            self._statusicon.set_from_file(find_image('mitter-error.png'))
         return
 
     ### image download function
diff --git a/pixmaps/mitter-error.png b/pixmaps/mitter-error.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f172cae
Binary files /dev/null and b/pixmaps/mitter-error.png differ