diff --git a/javascript/ImageEditor/Crop.js b/javascript/ImageEditor/Crop.js
index 1c5930fa..afafd253 100644
--- a/javascript/ImageEditor/Crop.js
+++ b/javascript/ImageEditor/Crop.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ var Crop = {
 				imageTransformation.crop(startTop,startLeft,newWidth,newHeight,Crop.cropCallback.bind(this));
 				this.disable();
 			} else {
-				alert('Crop area too small');
+				statusMessageWrapper.statusMessage("Crop area too small","bad");
 				return false;
 			}
 			$('image').style.visibility = 'visible';//hack for IE for not selecting image during crop
diff --git a/javascript/ImageEditor/ImageHistory.js b/javascript/ImageEditor/ImageHistory.js
index 4a67d7ee..c7ae80d8 100644
--- a/javascript/ImageEditor/ImageHistory.js
+++ b/javascript/ImageEditor/ImageHistory.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ ImageHistory = {
 		this.disable = ImageHistory.disable.bind(this);
 		this.clear = ImageHistory.clear.bind(this);
 		this.addListeners();
-		statusMessage = new StatusMessage.initialize();	
 	},
 		
 	undo: function() {
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ ImageHistory = {
 			this.historyPointer = this.historyPointer - 1;
 			this.image.src = this.history[this.historyPointer].fileUrl;
 		} else {
-			statusMessage.statusMessage("No more undo","bad");
+			statusMessageWrapper.statusMessage("No more undo","bad");
 		}
 	},
 	
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ ImageHistory = {
 			this.historyPointer = this.historyPointer + 1;
 			this.image.src = this.history[this.historyPointer].fileUrl;
 		} else {
-			statusMessage.statusMessage("No more redo","bad");
+			statusMessageWrapper.statusMessage("No more redo","bad");
 		}
 	},
 	
diff --git a/javascript/ImageEditor/Utils.js b/javascript/ImageEditor/Utils.js
index 581af5da..e0626862 100644
--- a/javascript/ImageEditor/Utils.js
+++ b/javascript/ImageEditor/Utils.js
@@ -87,16 +87,18 @@ Random = {
 StatusMessage = {
     initialize: function() {
         this.statusMessage = StatusMessage.statusMessage.bind(this);
-        window.frameElement.statusMessage = statusMessage;
+        window.frameElement.statusMessage = window.top.statusMessage;
         var s1 = $('statusMessage');
         var s2 = window.top.document.getElementById('statusMessage');
         s1.showMessage = s2.showMessage;
         s1.clearMessage = s2.clearMessage;
         s1.fade = s2.fade;
         s1.afterFade = s2.afterFade;
+        this.statusMessageContainer = s1;
     },
     
     statusMessage: function(msg, type, clearManually) {
-        window.frameElement.statusMessage(msg, type, clearManually);
-    }
-}
+        window.frameElement.statusMessage(msg, type, clearManually,this.statusMessageContainer);
+    } 
+}   
+Event.observe(window,'load',function(e) {statusMessageWrapper = new StatusMessage.initialize();});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/javascript/LeftAndMain.js b/javascript/LeftAndMain.js
index 8023472f..9ca6e5d3 100644
--- a/javascript/LeftAndMain.js
+++ b/javascript/LeftAndMain.js
@@ -409,9 +409,11 @@ Behaviour.register({
  * @param msg String
  * @param type String (optional) can be 'good' or 'bad'
  * @param clearManually boolean Don't automatically fade message.
+ * @param container custom #statusMessage element to show message.
  */
-function statusMessage(msg, type, clearManually) {
+function statusMessage(msg, type, clearManually, container) {
 	var statusMessageEl = $('statusMessage');
+	if(container != null) statusMessageEl = container; 
 	if(statusMessageEl) {
 		if(msg) {
 			statusMessageEl.showMessage(msg, type, msg.length / 20, clearManually);