diff --git a/api/res/values/strings.xml b/api/res/values/strings.xml
index 63decbc80c..f9afe8555d 100644
--- a/api/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/api/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -137,8 +137,10 @@
   <string name="sync_status_ongoing">Sync Ongoing...</string>
   <!-- Sync Status: success status (%s -> last sync date). Keep it short!-->    
   <string name="sync_status_success">Last Sync: %s</string>
-  <!-- Sync Status: error status (%s -> last attempted sync date) -->    
+  <!-- Sync Status: failure status (%s -> last attempted sync date) -->    
   <string name="sync_status_failed">Failed On: %s</string>
+  <!-- Sync Status: error status (%s -> last sync date) -->    
+  <string name="sync_status_errors">Sync w/ Errors: %s</string>
   <!-- Sync Status: error subtitle (%s -> last successful sync date) -->    
   <string name="sync_status_failed_subtitle">Last Successful Sync: %s</string>
   <!-- Sync Status: never sync'd -->    
diff --git a/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/SyncProviderPreferences.java b/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/SyncProviderPreferences.java
index 389b169a24..8937292155 100644
--- a/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/SyncProviderPreferences.java
+++ b/api/src/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/SyncProviderPreferences.java
@@ -119,17 +119,26 @@ else if(getUtilities().isOngoing()) {
                 status = r.getString(R.string.sync_status_ongoing);
                 statusColor = Color.rgb(0, 0, 100);
             }
-            // last sync was error
-            else if(getUtilities().getLastAttemptedSyncDate() != 0) {
-                status = r.getString(R.string.sync_status_failed,
+            // last sync had errors
+            else if(getUtilities().getLastError() != null || getUtilities().getLastAttemptedSyncDate() != 0) {
+                // last sync was failure
+                if(getUtilities().getLastAttemptedSyncDate() != 0) {
+                    status = r.getString(R.string.sync_status_failed,
                         DateUtilities.getDateStringWithTime(SyncProviderPreferences.this,
                         new Date(getUtilities().getLastAttemptedSyncDate())));
-                if(getUtilities().getLastSyncDate() > 0) {
-                    subtitle = r.getString(R.string.sync_status_failed_subtitle,
+                    statusColor = Color.rgb(100, 0, 0);
+
+                    if(getUtilities().getLastSyncDate() > 0) {
+                        subtitle = r.getString(R.string.sync_status_failed_subtitle,
+                                DateUtilities.getDateStringWithTime(SyncProviderPreferences.this,
+                                        new Date(getUtilities().getLastSyncDate())));
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    status = r.getString(R.string.sync_status_errors,
                             DateUtilities.getDateStringWithTime(SyncProviderPreferences.this,
-                            new Date(getUtilities().getLastSyncDate())));
+                                    new Date(getUtilities().getLastSyncDate())));
+                    statusColor = Color.rgb(100, 100, 0);
                 }
-                statusColor = Color.rgb(100, 0, 0);
                 preference.setOnPreferenceClickListener(new OnPreferenceClickListener() {
                     public boolean onPreferenceClick(Preference p) {
                         String error = getUtilities().getLastError();
@@ -138,7 +147,8 @@ public boolean onPreferenceClick(Preference p) {
                         return true;
                     }
                 });
-            } else if(getUtilities().getLastSyncDate() > 0) {
+            }
+            else if(getUtilities().getLastSyncDate() > 0) {
                 status = r.getString(R.string.sync_status_success,
                         DateUtilities.getDateStringWithTime(SyncProviderPreferences.this,
                         new Date(getUtilities().getLastSyncDate())));