diff --git a/Assistant/Alert.hs b/Assistant/Alert.hs
index d4770f646f..944da07d96 100644
--- a/Assistant/Alert.hs
+++ b/Assistant/Alert.hs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ syncAlert rs = baseActivityAlert
 	, alertHeader = Just $ tenseWords
 		[Tensed "Syncing" "Synced", "with", showRemotes rs]
 	, alertPriority = Low
+	, alertIcon = Just SyncIcon
 	}
 
 syncResultAlert :: [Remote] -> [Remote] -> Alert
diff --git a/Assistant/Types/Alert.hs b/Assistant/Types/Alert.hs
index 34bbc1b08e..1ca8862421 100644
--- a/Assistant/Types/Alert.hs
+++ b/Assistant/Types/Alert.hs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ data Alert = Alert
 	, alertButton :: Maybe AlertButton
 	}
 
-data AlertIcon = ActivityIcon | SuccessIcon | ErrorIcon | InfoIcon | TheCloud
+data AlertIcon = ActivityIcon | SyncIcon | SuccessIcon | ErrorIcon | InfoIcon | TheCloud
 
 type AlertMap = M.Map AlertId Alert
 
diff --git a/Assistant/WebApp/SideBar.hs b/Assistant/WebApp/SideBar.hs
index 6c8137bd50..bf9d76ab08 100644
--- a/Assistant/WebApp/SideBar.hs
+++ b/Assistant/WebApp/SideBar.hs
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ getClickAlert i = do
 			redirect $ buttonUrl b
 		_ -> redirectBack
 
-htmlIcon :: AlertIcon -> GWidget sub master ()
-htmlIcon ActivityIcon = bootstrapIcon "refresh"
+htmlIcon :: AlertIcon -> GWidget WebApp WebApp ()
+htmlIcon ActivityIcon = [whamlet|<img src="@{StaticR activityicon_gif}" alt="">|]
+htmlIcon SyncIcon = [whamlet|<img src="@{StaticR syncicon_gif}" alt="">|]
 htmlIcon InfoIcon = bootstrapIcon "info-sign"
 htmlIcon SuccessIcon = bootstrapIcon "ok"
 htmlIcon ErrorIcon = bootstrapIcon "exclamation-sign"
diff --git a/static/activityicon.gif b/static/activityicon.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c14d37553e
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/activityicon.gif differ
diff --git a/static/syncicon.gif b/static/syncicon.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e192ca895c
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/syncicon.gif differ
diff --git a/templates/dashboard/transfers.hamlet b/templates/dashboard/transfers.hamlet
index f27709a0eb..c787a58528 100644
--- a/templates/dashboard/transfers.hamlet
+++ b/templates/dashboard/transfers.hamlet
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
             $else
               ^{actionButton (StartTransferR transfer) Nothing (Just "continue") "btn" "icon-play"}
             ^{actionButton (CancelTransferR transfer) Nothing (Just "cancel") "btn" "icon-remove"}
+  $if scanrunning
+    <img src="@{StaticR activityicon_gif}" alt=""> #
+    Scanning for files to transfer
   $else
-    $if scanrunning
-      <i .icon-refresh></i> Scanning for files to transfer
-    $else
+    $if (not transfersrunning)
       <i>
         (No file transfers running)