diff --git a/extensions/admin_ui/controllers/panel/index.html b/extensions/admin_ui/controllers/panel/index.html
index dbc9a42ef..0e111307b 100644
--- a/extensions/admin_ui/controllers/panel/index.html
+++ b/extensions/admin_ui/controllers/panel/index.html
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 <body>
 	<%= nonce_tag %>	
 	<div id="header">
+		<div class="left-menu" id="header-right">
+		</div>
 		<div class="right-menu">
 			<img src="/ui/media/images/favicon.ico" alt="BeEF" title="BeEF" /> 
 			BeEF <%= BeEF::Core::Configuration.instance.get('beef.version') %> | 
diff --git a/extensions/admin_ui/media/css/base.css b/extensions/admin_ui/media/css/base.css
index 037945ad1..805780fed 100644
--- a/extensions/admin_ui/media/css/base.css
+++ b/extensions/admin_ui/media/css/base.css
@@ -5,13 +5,24 @@
  */
 
 #header .right-menu {
+	width: 300px;
 	float: right;
-	margin: 10px;
+	margin: 3px 3px 0 4px;
 	word-spacing: 5px;
 	font: 11px arial, tahoma, verdana, helvetica;
 	color:#000;
 }
 
+#header .left-menu {
+	width: 300px;
+	float: left;
+	margin: 10px 4px 0 20px;
+	word-spacing: 5px;
+	font: 11px arial, tahoma, verdana, helvetica;
+	font-weight: bolder;
+	color:red;
+}
+
 #header a:link,
 #header a:visited {
 	color:#000;
diff --git a/extensions/admin_ui/media/javascript/ui/panel/PanelViewer.js b/extensions/admin_ui/media/javascript/ui/panel/PanelViewer.js
index 91a33acd4..19442d570 100644
--- a/extensions/admin_ui/media/javascript/ui/panel/PanelViewer.js
+++ b/extensions/admin_ui/media/javascript/ui/panel/PanelViewer.js
@@ -42,19 +42,39 @@ Ext.onReady(function() {
  * This event updater retrieves updates every 8 seconds. Those updates
  * are then pushed to various managers (i.e. the zombie manager).
  */
+var lastpoll = new Date().getTime();
+
 Ext.TaskMgr.start({
 	run: function() {
 		Ext.Ajax.request({
 			url: '/ui/panel/hooked-browser-tree-update.json',
 			method: 'POST',
 			success: function(response) {
-				var updates = Ext.util.JSON.decode(response.responseText);
+				var updates;
+				try {
+					updates = Ext.util.JSON.decode(response.responseText);
+				} catch (e) {
+					//The framework has probably been reset and you're actually logged out
+					var hr = document.getElementById("header-right");
+					hr.innerHTML = "You appear to be logged out. <a href='/ui/panel/'>Login</a>";
+				}
 				var distributed_engine_rules = (updates['ditributed-engine-rules']) ? updates['ditributed-engine-rules'] : null;
 				var hooked_browsers = (updates['hooked-browsers']) ? updates['hooked-browsers'] : null;
 				
 				if(zombiesManager && hooked_browsers) {
 					zombiesManager.updateZombies(hooked_browsers, distributed_engine_rules);
 				}
+				lastpoll = new Date().getTime();
+				var hr = document.getElementById("header-right");
+				hr.innerHTML = "";
+			},
+			failure: function(response) {
+				var timenow = new Date().getTime();
+
+				if ((timenow - lastpoll) > 60000) {
+					var hr = document.getElementById("header-right");
+					hr.innerHTML = "Framework is down";
+				}
 			}
 		});
 	},
