diff --git a/pace-gui/images/Makefile.am b/pace-gui/images/Makefile.am
index 827c09f..69e74c3 100644
--- a/pace-gui/images/Makefile.am
+++ b/pace-gui/images/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 pixmapsdir = $(datadir)/pace-gui/
 pixmaps_DATA = \
 	OpenPACElogo.png \
-	apply.png
+	apply.png \
+	error.png
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	$(pixmaps_DATA)
diff --git a/pace-gui/images/error.png b/pace-gui/images/error.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0152da
Binary files /dev/null and b/pace-gui/images/error.png differ
diff --git a/pace-gui/src/pace-gui.py b/pace-gui/src/pace-gui.py
index 7c17042..71723bc 100644
--- a/pace-gui/src/pace-gui.py
+++ b/pace-gui/src/pace-gui.py
@@ -378,7 +378,11 @@ class PinpadGTK:
 
         #Look for card and set the label accordingly
         lbl_cardStatus = self.builder.get_object("lbl_cardStatus")
-        self.cardChecker = cardChecker(lbl_cardStatus, ePA_ATR)
+        #Fetch the status image
+        img_cardStatus = self.builder.get_object("img_cardStatus")
+        img_cardStatus.set_from_file(image_dir + "/error.png")
+
+        self.cardChecker = cardChecker(lbl_cardStatus, img_cardStatus, ePA_ATR)
         gobject.idle_add(self.cardChecker.start)
 
         #Change the font for the buttons
@@ -526,11 +530,12 @@ class cardChecker(Thread):
     """ This class searches for a card with a given ATR and displays
         wether or not it was found on the label of a widget """
 
-    def __init__(self, widget, atr, intervall=1):
+    def __init__(self, lbl, img, atr, intervall=1):
         Thread.__init__(self)
         self._finished = Event()
         self._paused = Event()
-        self.widget = widget
+        self.lbl = lbl
+        self.img = img
         self.targetATR = atr
         self.intervall = intervall
 
@@ -546,9 +551,11 @@ class cardChecker(Thread):
 
             line = p.stdout.readline().rstrip()
             if line == self.targetATR:
-                gobject.idle_add(self.widget.set_label, STR_CARD_FOUND)
+                gobject.idle_add(self.lbl.set_label, STR_CARD_FOUND)
+                gobject.idle_add(self.img.set_from_file, FILE_CARD_FOUND)
             else:
-                gobject.idle_add(self.widget.set_label, STR_NO_CARD)
+                gobject.idle_add(self.lbl.set_label, STR_NO_CARD)
+                gobject.idle_add(self.img.set_from_file, FILE_NO_CARD)
 
         except OSError, e:
             pass #FIXME
diff --git a/pace-gui/src/pace_gui_globals.py.in b/pace-gui/src/pace_gui_globals.py.in
index 7d8924d..b2e648f 100644
--- a/pace-gui/src/pace_gui_globals.py.in
+++ b/pace-gui/src/pace_gui_globals.py.in
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 name = "pace-gui"
 version = "@VERSION@"
-image_dir = "@prefix@/share/pixmaps"
+image_dir = "@prefix@/share/" + name
 glade_dir = "@prefix@/share/" + name
 
 STR_NO_CARD = "<span fgcolor=\"red\" font=\"12\">Ausweis</span>"
 STR_CARD_FOUND = "<span fgcolor=\"green\" font=\"12\">Ausweis</span>"
+
+FILE_NO_CARD = image_dir + "/error.png"
+FILE_CARD_FOUND = image_dir + "/apply.png"
+
 ePA_ATR = "3b:84:80:01:00:00:90:00:95"
 
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