diff --git a/planetstack/templates/admin/base.html b/planetstack/templates/admin/base.html
index 5672812..f11c05c 100644
--- a/planetstack/templates/admin/base.html
+++ b/planetstack/templates/admin/base.html
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         {% endblock %}
       </div>
 
-      <div class="statusMsg">
+      <div class="statusMsg" id="statusMsg">
       <!-- this is a placeholder for xoslib views to display status messages -->
       </div>