diff --git a/src/scripts/tutti/10_tasks.js b/src/scripts/tutti/10_tasks.js
index fe0a2bc..77a2ab3 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tutti/10_tasks.js
+++ b/src/scripts/tutti/10_tasks.js
@@ -45,17 +45,19 @@ function item_open(item_id, item_type, pushState, project_url)
     }
     item_url += '?context=' + ProjectUtils.context();
 
-    $('#status-bar').text('Loading ' + item_type + '…');
+    statusBarSet('default', 'Loading ' + item_type + '…');
 
     $.get(item_url, function(item_data) {
-        $('#status-bar').text('');
+        statusBarClear();
         $('#item-details').html(item_data);
     }).fail(function(xhr) {
         if (console) {
             console.log('Error fetching task', item_id, 'from', item_url);
             console.log('XHR:', xhr);
         }
-        $('#status-bar').text('Opening ' + item_type + ' failed.');
+
+        statusBarSet('error', 'Failed to open ' + item_type, 'pi-warning');
+
         if (xhr.status) {
             $('#item-details').html(xhr.responseText);
         } else {
@@ -233,15 +235,17 @@ function attract_form_save(form_id, item_id, item_save_url, options)
 
     $button.attr('disabled', true);
     $item.addClass('processing');
-    $('#status-bar').text('Saving ' + options.type + '...');
+
+    statusBarSet('', 'Saving ' + options.type + '…');
 
     if (console) console.log('Sending:', payload);
 
     $.post(item_save_url, payload)
         .done(function(saved_item) {
             if (console) console.log('Done saving', saved_item);
-            $('#status-bar')
-                .text('Saved ' + options.type + '. ' + saved_item._updated);
+
+            statusBarSet('success', 'Saved ' + options.type + '. ' + saved_item._updated, 'pi-check');
+
             $form.find("input[name='_etag']").val(saved_item._etag);
 
             if (options.done) options.done($item, saved_item);
@@ -251,7 +255,8 @@ function attract_form_save(form_id, item_id, item_save_url, options)
             if (console) console.log('Failed saving', options.type, xhr_or_response_data);
 
             $button.removeClass('btn-default').addClass('btn-danger');
-            $('#status-bar').text('Failed saving. ' + xhr_or_response_data.status);
+
+            statusBarSet('error', 'Failed saving. ' + xhr_or_response_data.status, 'pi-warning');
 
             if (options.fail) options.fail($item, xhr_or_response_data);
         })
@@ -338,7 +343,9 @@ function task_delete(task_id, task_etag, task_delete_url) {
         _remove_task_from_list(task_id);
     })
     .fail(function(xhr) {
-        $('#status-bar').text('Unable to delete task, code ' + xhr.status);
+
+        statusBarSet('error', 'Unable to delete task, code ' + xhr.status, 'pi-warning');
+
         if (xhr.status == 412) {
             alert('Someone else edited this task before you deleted it; refresh to try again.');
             // TODO: implement something nice here. Just make sure we don't throw
@@ -364,7 +371,9 @@ function load_activities(url)
 	        console.log('Error fetching activities');
 	        console.log('XHR:', xhr);
 	    }
-	    $('#status-bar').text('Opening activity log failed.');
+
+        statusBarSet('error', 'Opening activity log failed.', 'pi-warning');
+
 	    if (xhr.status) {
 	        $('#activities').html(xhr.responseText);
 	    } else {