diff --git a/login.html b/login.html
index 601df0a4c6..a36dc2ed28 100644
--- a/login.html
+++ b/login.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ${ error }
 <div id="login_div">
   <h1>Log in to MITx</h1>
   <form id="login_form" method="post">
-    <div id="login_error"></div>
     <ol>
       <li>
         <label>E-mail*</label>
diff --git a/marketing.html b/marketing.html
index d32a24e798..91401659cc 100644
--- a/marketing.html
+++ b/marketing.html
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
       function(json) {
         if(json.success) {
           location.href="/courseware";
+        } else if($('#login_error').length == 0) {
+          $('#login_form').prepend('<div id="login_error">Email or password is incorrect.</div>');
         } else {
-          $('#login_error').html("Invalid Login");
+          $('#login_error').stop().css("background-color", "#933").animate({ backgroundColor: "#333"}, 2000);
         }
       }
     );
diff --git a/sass/_leanmodal.scss b/sass/_leanmodal.scss
index db8b0950f5..32b45bb7de 100644
--- a/sass/_leanmodal.scss
+++ b/sass/_leanmodal.scss
@@ -65,14 +65,17 @@ div.leanModal_box {
     text-align: left;
 
     div#enroll_error, div#login_error, div#pwd_error {
+      $error-color: #333;
       -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-      background-color: #F50200;
+      background-color: $error-color;
+      border: darken($error-color, 20%);
       color: #fff;
+      text-shadow: 0 1px 0 darken($error-color, 10%);
+      font-family: "Open sans";
       font-weight: bold;
       letter-spacing: 1px;
-      margin-bottom: lh();
-      padding: lh(.2);
-      text-transform: uppercase;
+      margin: (-(lh())) (-(lh())) lh();
+      padding: lh(.5);
 
       &:empty {
         padding: 0;