diff --git a/openslides/static/javascript/utils.js b/openslides/static/javascript/utils.js
index c45061b22..7c7602fa4 100644
--- a/openslides/static/javascript/utils.js
+++ b/openslides/static/javascript/utils.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $(function () {
 
 function new_message(text, type) {
     var message = $('#dummy-notification').clone(true);
-    $(message).removeAttr('id').addClass(type).children('em').html(text);
+    $(message).removeAttr('id').addClass(type).html(text);
     $('#notifications').append(message);
     message.slideDown('fast');
 }
diff --git a/openslides/templates/base.html b/openslides/templates/base.html
index 40fcb0584..f3ff5b207 100644
--- a/openslides/templates/base.html
+++ b/openslides/templates/base.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   <div class="row-fluid">
     <div class="span12">
       <div id="notifications">
-          <div id="dummy-notification" class="notification" style="display:none">
+          <div id="dummy-notification" class="alert" style="display:none">
               <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</button>
           </div>
           {% for message in messages %}