diff --git a/src/app/components/vertical-icons-component.js b/src/app/components/vertical-icons-component.js
index e81c34c068..bc0ecdb00d 100644
--- a/src/app/components/vertical-icons-component.js
+++ b/src/app/components/vertical-icons-component.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var yo = require('yo-yo')
 var csjs = require('csjs-inject')
+var helper = require('../../lib/helper')
 
 const EventEmitter = require('events')
 
@@ -11,33 +12,75 @@ class VerticalIconComponent {
     this.events = new EventEmitter()
     this.icons = {}
     this.iconKind = {}
+    this.iconStatus = {}
     this.name = name
 
     this.store.event.on('activate', (name) => {
-      const { profile } = this.store.getOne(name)
-      if (!profile.icon) return
-      if (profile.location === this.name || !profile.location) {
-        this.addIcon(profile)
+      const api = this.store.getOne(name)
+      if (!api.profile.icon) return
+      if (api.profile.location === this.name || !api.profile.location) {
+        this.addIcon(api.profile)
+        this.listenOnStatus(api)
       }
     })
     this.store.event.on('deactivate', (name) => {
       const api = this.store.getOne(name)
-      if (api && this.icons[name]) this.removeIcon(api.profile)
+      if (api && this.icons[name]) {
+        this.removeIcon(api.profile)
+        this.stopListenOnStatus(api)
+      }
     })
     this.store.event.on('add', (api) => { })
     this.store.event.on('remove', (api) => { })
   }
 
+  stopListenOnStatus (api) {
+    if (!api.events) return
+    let fn = this.iconStatus[api.profile.name]
+    if (fn) {
+      api.events.remove('statusChanged', fn)
+      delete this.iconStatus[api.profile.name]
+    }
+  }
+
+  listenOnStatus (api) {
+    if (!api.events) return
+    const fn = (status) => {
+      this.setIconStatus(api.profile.name, status)
+    }
+    this.iconStatus[api.profile.name] = fn
+    api.events.on('statusChanged', this.iconStatus[api.profile.name])
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add an icon to the map
    * @param {ModuleProfile} profile The profile of the module
    */
   addIcon ({kind, name, icon}) {
     this.icons[name] = yo`<div class="${css.icon}" onclick="${(e) => { this._iconClick(name) }}" title="${name}" ><img src="${icon}" alt="${name}" /></div>`
-
     this.iconKind[kind || 'other'].appendChild(this.icons[name])
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set a new status for the @arg name
+   * @param {String} name
+   * @param {Object} status
+   */
+  setIconStatus (name, status) {
+    const el = this.icons[name]
+    if (!el) return
+    let statusEl = el.querySelector('i')
+    if (statusEl) {
+      el.removeChild(statusEl)
+    }
+    if (status.key) {
+      let key = helper.checkSpecialChars(status.key) ? '' : status.key
+      let type = helper.checkSpecialChars(status.type) ? '' : status.type
+      let title = helper.checkSpecialChars(status.title) ? '' : status.title
+      el.appendChild(yo`<i title="${title}" class="fa fa-${key} ${css.status} text-${type}" aria-hidden="true"></i>`)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Remove an icon from the map
    * @param {ModuleProfile} profile The profile of the module
@@ -136,6 +179,7 @@ const css = csjs`
     width: 36px;
     height: 36px;
     padding: 3px;
+    position: relative;
   }
   .icon img {
     width: 28px;
@@ -152,9 +196,14 @@ const css = csjs`
     border-radius: 8px;
     padding-top: 1px;
     padding-left: 1px;
-}
+  }
   .icon[title='settings'] {
     position: absolute;
     bottom: 0;
   }
+  .status {
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: 0;
+    right: 0;
+  }
 `
diff --git a/src/app/editor/contextualListener.js b/src/app/editor/contextualListener.js
index dcbc60077c..7673e1d7d9 100644
--- a/src/app/editor/contextualListener.js
+++ b/src/app/editor/contextualListener.js
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class ContextualListener {
       this.currentPosition = cursorPosition
       return
     }
+    this._stopHighlighting()
     this.currentPosition = cursorPosition
     this.currentFile = file
     if (compilationResult && compilationResult.data && compilationResult.data.sources[file]) {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class ContextualListener {
         this._highlightExpressions(nodes[nodes.length - 1], compilationResult)
       }
       this.event.trigger('contextChanged', [nodes])
-    } else this._stopHighlighting()
+    }
   }
 
   _buildIndex (compilationResult, source) {
diff --git a/src/app/staticanalysis/staticAnalysisView.js b/src/app/staticanalysis/staticAnalysisView.js
index e00676a4ea..699387b61a 100644
--- a/src/app/staticanalysis/staticAnalysisView.js
+++ b/src/app/staticanalysis/staticAnalysisView.js
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ staticAnalysisView.prototype.run = function () {
     })
   } else {
     warningContainer.html('No compiled AST available')
+    self.event.trigger('staticAnaysisWarning', [0])
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/tabs/analysis-tab.js b/src/app/tabs/analysis-tab.js
index 390082c84c..2b663cf594 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs/analysis-tab.js
+++ b/src/app/tabs/analysis-tab.js
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ var EventManager = require('../../lib/events')
 var css = require('./styles/analysis-tab-styles')
 
 import { ApiFactory } from 'remix-plugin'
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
 
 class AnalysisTab extends ApiFactory {
 
   constructor (registry) {
     super()
     this.event = new EventManager()
+    this.events = new EventEmitter()
     this.registry = registry
   }
 
@@ -27,6 +29,13 @@ class AnalysisTab extends ApiFactory {
 
   render () {
     var staticanalysis = new StaticAnalysis()
+    staticanalysis.event.register('staticAnaysisWarning', (count) => {
+      if (count) {
+        this.events.emit('statusChanged', {key: 'exclamation-triangle', title: count + ' warnings', type: 'warning'})
+      } else {
+        this.events.emit('statusChanged', {key: 'check', title: 'no warning', type: 'success'})
+      }
+    })
     this.registry.put({api: staticanalysis, name: 'staticanalysis'})
 
     if (this.el) return this.el
diff --git a/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js b/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
index f87d43f61a..764a0442b6 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
+++ b/src/app/tabs/compile-tab.js
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class CompileTab extends ApiFactory {
       if (this._view.errorContainer) {
         this._view.errorContainer.innerHTML = ''
       }
+      this.events.emit('statusChanged', {key: 'spinner', title: 'compiling...', type: 'info'})
     })
 
     this.fileManager.events.on('currentFileChanged', (name) => {
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ class CompileTab extends ApiFactory {
       if (success) {
         // forwarding the event to the appManager infra
         this.events.emit('compilationFinished', source.target, source, 'soljson', data)
+        this.events.emit('statusChanged', {key: 'check', title: 'compilation successful', type: 'success'})
         // Store the contracts
         this.data.contractsDetails = {}
         this.compiler.visitContracts((contract) => {
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ class CompileTab extends ApiFactory {
             this.compiler.getSource(contract.file)
           )
         })
+      } else {
+        this.events.emit('statusChanged', {key: 'exclamation', title: 'compilation failed', type: 'danger'})
       }
       // Update contract Selection
       let contractMap = {}