diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/lang/de.hdf b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/lang/de.hdf
index b3773d8..322bd12 100644
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/lang/de.hdf
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/lang/de.hdf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Lang {
   }
 
 
-  Warning {
+  WarningMessage {
     InitNotConfirmed {
     	Title =	Bestätigung schlug fehl
 	Text  =	Der Bestätigungssatz muss exakt eingegeben werden!
@@ -89,7 +89,30 @@ Lang {
     }
 
 
-  Error {
+  SuccessMessage {
+    InitRunning {
+    	Title =	Initialisierung läuft
+	Text  =	Die Initialisierung der CryptoBox wird im Hintergrund abgeschlossen.
+    }
+
+    ConfigSaved {
+    	Title =	Konfiguration gespeichert
+	Text  =	Falls du die Netzwerkadresse der CryptoBox geändert hast, wird diese erst beim nächsten Neustart gesetzt.
+    }
+
+    MountDone {
+    	Title = Crypto-Daten aktiviert
+	Text  =	Das verschlüsselte Dateisystem ist nun verfügbar.
+    }
+
+    UmountDone {
+    	Title = Crypto-Daten deaktiviert
+	Text  =	Das verschlüsselte Dateisystem ist nun vor jedem Zugriff geschützt.
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  ErrorMessage {
 
     UnknownAction {
     	Title =	Unbekannte Aktion
@@ -101,6 +124,11 @@ Lang {
 	Text  = Die CryptoBox akzeptiert nur verschlüsselte Verbindungen (https). So bleibt dein Passwort vor neugierigen Augen geschützt.
     }
 
+    InitFailed {
+	Title =	Initialisierung fehlgeschlagen
+	Text  =	Sende bitte den Inhalt des Protokolls (siehe oben) an die Entwickler der CryptoBox.
+    }
+
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/macros.cs b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/macros.cs
index 5b45034..8c46e3b 100644
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/macros.cs
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/macros.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?cs def:warning(warnname) ?><?cs
-    each:item = Lang.Warning ?><?cs 
+    each:item = Lang.WarningMessage ?><?cs 
       if:(name(item) == warnname)
         ?><div class="warning">
 		<h1><?cs var:item.Title ?></h1>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 
 <?cs def:error(errname) ?><?cs
-    each:item = Lang.Error ?><?cs 
+    each:item = Lang.ErrorMessage ?><?cs 
       if:(name(item) == errname)
         ?><div class="error">
 		<h1><?cs var:item.Title ?></h1>
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@
 /def ?>
 
 
+<?cs def:success(succname) ?><?cs
+    each:item = Lang.SuccessMessage ?><?cs 
+      if:(name(item) == succname)
+        ?><div class="success">
+		<h1><?cs var:item.Title ?></h1>
+		<p><?cs var:item.Text ?></p>
+	<?cs
+      /if ?><?cs
+    /each ?><?cs
+/def ?>
+
+
 <?cs def:parseTree(root) ?>
 <!-- the output looks quite ugly and is not very helpful as there are only a few values -->
     <!-- data tree
diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/main.cs b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/main.cs
index df372b2..9a8e0fc 100644
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/main.cs
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/usr/share/cryptobox/templates/main.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	<?cs include:TemplateDir + '/error.cs' ?>
 <?cs else ?>
 	<?cs if:Data.Warning ?><?cs call:warning(Data.Warning) ?><?cs /if ?>
+	<?cs if:Data.Success ?><?cs call:success(Data.Success) ?><?cs /if ?>
 	<?cs include:TemplateDir + '/' + Data.Action + '.cs' ?>
 <?cs /if ?>
 
diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/var/www/cgi-bin/cryptobox.pl b/cryptobox.conf.d/var/www/cgi-bin/cryptobox.pl
index 9dcc22d..ed341c5 100755
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/var/www/cgi-bin/cryptobox.pl
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/var/www/cgi-bin/cryptobox.pl
@@ -169,11 +169,6 @@ sub umount_vol
 	# TODO: check if "system" returns output
 	my $output = `$CB_SCRIPT crypto-umount`;
 	$pagedata->setValue('Data.ProgOutput',"$output") if ($output);
-
-	if (!&check_mounted()) {
-	    	$pagedata->setValue('Data.Warning', 'UmountFailed');
-		$pagedata->setValue('Data.Action', 'mount_form');
-	}
 }
 
 
@@ -226,6 +221,11 @@ if ( ! &check_ssl()) {
 	} else {
 	    # unmounten
 	    &umount_vol();
+	    if (&check_mounted()) {
+		$pagedata->setValue('Data.Warning', 'UmountFailed');
+		$pagedata->setValue('Data.Action', 'umount_form');
+	}
+	    $pagedata->setValue('Data.Success', 'UmountDone');
 	    $pagedata->setValue('Data.Action', 'mount_form');
 	}
     ################ mount_do ########################
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ if ( ! &check_ssl()) {
 		$pagedata->setValue('Data.Warning', 'MountFailed');
 		$pagedata->setValue('Data.Action', 'mount_form');
 	    } else {
+		$pagedata->setValue('Data.Success', 'MountDone');
 		$pagedata->setValue('Data.Action', 'umount_form');
 	    }
 	}
@@ -307,7 +308,12 @@ if ( ! &check_ssl()) {
 	} else {
 		# do init
 		&box_init($query->param('password'));
-		$pagedata->setValue('Data.Action', 'config_form');
+		if (!&check_init_running()) {
+		    $pagedata->setValue('Data.Error', 'InitFailed');
+		} else {
+		    $pagedata->setValue('Data.Success', 'InitRunning');
+		    $pagedata->setValue('Data.Action', 'config_form');
+		}
     	}
     #################### config_ask ######################
     } elsif ($action eq 'config_ask') {
@@ -342,6 +348,8 @@ if ( ! &check_ssl()) {
 	    system("$CB_SCRIPT", "set_config", "language", $query->param('language'));
 	    system("$CB_SCRIPT", "set_config", "timeout", $query->param('timeout'));
 	    system("$CB_SCRIPT", "set_config", "ip", $query->param('ip'));
+	    # TODO: check for success by comparing with new config and report success
+	    $pagedata->setValue('Data.Success', 'ConfigSaved');
 	    $pagedata->setValue('Data.Action', 'intro');
 	}
     #################### show_log ########################
diff --git a/cryptobox.conf.d/var/www/cryptobox.css b/cryptobox.conf.d/var/www/cryptobox.css
index a1cc727..2dee408 100644
--- a/cryptobox.conf.d/var/www/cryptobox.css
+++ b/cryptobox.conf.d/var/www/cryptobox.css
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ body {
 
 /* --------------------=-=-=- Spezialkram -=-=-=------------------- */
 
-#words div.warning {
+#words div.warning,div.error,div.success {
 	margin-top: 20px;
 	margin-bottom: 20px;
 	padding-top: 10px;
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ body {
 	color: #707070;
 	}
 
-#words .warning {
-	background-color: #ffd0d0;
+#words .warning,.error,.success {
 	border: 2px dashed #5e5e5e;
 	text-align: center;
 	color: #5e5e5e;
@@ -174,11 +173,23 @@ body {
 	font-size: 0.9em;
 	}
 
-#words div.warning h1,h2 {
+#words .warning {
+	background-color: #ffd0d0;
+	}
+	
+#words .error {
+	background-color: #ff0000;
+	}
+	
+#words .success {
+	background-color: #90EE90;
+	}
+	
+#words div.warning,div.error,div.success h1,h2 {
 	color: #808080;
 	}
 
-#words .warning a {
+#words .warning,.error,.success a {
 // WHY line-height???
 //	line-height: 5em;
 	color: #5e5e5e;