diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/Snark.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/Snark.java
index c7272eca6..83c839fd2 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/Snark.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/Snark.java
@@ -1029,6 +1029,8 @@ public class Snark
     //if (debug >= INFO && t != null)
     //  t.printStackTrace();
     stopTorrent();
+    if (t != null)
+        s += ": " + t;
     throw new RuntimeException(s, t);
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/SnarkManager.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/SnarkManager.java
index 4c46ec6f0..f08e07c71 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/SnarkManager.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/SnarkManager.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class SnarkManager implements Snark.CompleteListener {
     private Properties _config;
     private final I2PAppContext _context;
     private final Log _log;
-    private final List _messages;
+    private final List<String> _messages;
     private final I2PSnarkUtil _util;
     private PeerCoordinatorSet _peerCoordinatorSet;
     private ConnectionAcceptor _connectionAcceptor;
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ public class SnarkManager implements Snark.CompleteListener {
     public I2PSnarkUtil util() { return _util; }
 
     private static final int MAX_MESSAGES = 5;
+
     public void addMessage(String message) {
         synchronized (_messages) {
             _messages.add(message);
@@ -167,12 +168,19 @@ public class SnarkManager implements Snark.CompleteListener {
     }
     
     /** newest last */
-    public List getMessages() {
+    public List<String> getMessages() {
         synchronized (_messages) {
             return new ArrayList(_messages);
         }
     }
     
+    /** @since 0.9 */
+    public void clearMessages() {
+        synchronized (_messages) {
+            _messages.clear();
+        }
+    }
+    
     /**
      *  @return default false
      *  @since 0.8.9
diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/web/I2PSnarkServlet.java b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/web/I2PSnarkServlet.java
index c0c370337..db4827dfc 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/web/I2PSnarkServlet.java
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/java/src/org/klomp/snark/web/I2PSnarkServlet.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class I2PSnarkServlet extends DefaultServlet {
             PrintWriter out = resp.getWriter();
             //if (_log.shouldLog(Log.DEBUG))
             //    _manager.addMessage((_context.clock().now() / 1000) + " xhr1 p=" + req.getParameter("p"));
-            writeMessages(out);
+            writeMessages(out, false);
             writeTorrents(out, req);
             return;
         }
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class I2PSnarkServlet extends DefaultServlet {
             _manager.addMessage(_("Click \"Add torrent\" button to fetch torrent"));
         out.write("<div class=\"page\"><div id=\"mainsection\" class=\"mainsection\">");
 
-        writeMessages(out);
+        writeMessages(out, isConfigure);
 
         if (isConfigure) {
             // end of mainsection div
@@ -297,14 +297,20 @@ public class I2PSnarkServlet extends DefaultServlet {
         out.write(FOOTER);
     }
 
-    private void writeMessages(PrintWriter out) throws IOException {
-        out.write("<div class=\"snarkMessages\"><table><tr><td align=\"left\"><pre>");
-        List msgs = _manager.getMessages();
-        for (int i = msgs.size()-1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            String msg = (String)msgs.get(i);
-            out.write(msg + "\n");
+    private void writeMessages(PrintWriter out, boolean isConfigure) throws IOException {
+        List<String> msgs = _manager.getMessages();
+        if (!msgs.isEmpty()) {
+            out.write("<div class=\"snarkMessages\"><ul>");
+            for (int i = msgs.size()-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                String msg = (String)msgs.get(i);
+                out.write("<li>" + msg + "</li>\n");
+            }
+            // lazy GET, lose p parameter
+            out.write("</ul><p><a href=\"/i2psnark/");
+            if (isConfigure)
+                out.write("configure");
+            out.write("?action=Clear&amp;nonce=" + _nonce + "\">" + _("clear messages") + "</a></p></div>");
         }
-        out.write("</pre></td></tr></table></div>");
     }
 
     private void writeTorrents(PrintWriter out, HttpServletRequest req) throws IOException {
@@ -751,6 +757,8 @@ public class I2PSnarkServlet extends DefaultServlet {
                 if (snark.isStopped())
                     snark.startTorrent();
             }
+        } else if ("Clear".equals(action)) {
+            _manager.clearMessages();
         } else {
             _manager.addMessage("Unknown POST action: \"" + action + '\"');
         }
diff --git a/installer/resources/themes/snark/ubergine/snark.css b/installer/resources/themes/snark/ubergine/snark.css
index 560a21220..2a870c83f 100644
--- a/installer/resources/themes/snark/ubergine/snark.css
+++ b/installer/resources/themes/snark/ubergine/snark.css
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .snarkMessages {
-     font: bold 9pt "Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",Courier,mono !important;
+     font: bold 8pt "Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",Courier,mono !important;
      text-align: left;
      margin: 0 0 10px 0;
      padding: 3px 5px;
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ body {
      border: 1px solid #000;
      overflow: auto;
      color: #26f;
-     height: 70px;
+     max-height: 76px;
+     min-height: 45px;
      width: auto;
      background: #2a192a url('/themes/snark/ubergine/images/hat.png') no-repeat scroll right center;
 }
@@ -106,6 +107,17 @@ body {
      color: #f90 !important;
 }
 
+.snarkMessages ul {
+     margin: 0;
+     padding: 0 0 0 16px;
+}
+
+.snarkMessages p {
+     font-style: italic;
+     margin: 0;
+     text-align: right;
+}
+
 .logshim {
      margin-top: -10px !important;
 }
diff --git a/installer/resources/themes/snark/vanilla/snark.css b/installer/resources/themes/snark/vanilla/snark.css
index efd061582..29190dca7 100644
--- a/installer/resources/themes/snark/vanilla/snark.css
+++ b/installer/resources/themes/snark/vanilla/snark.css
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .snarkMessages {
-     font: bold 9pt "Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",Courier,mono !important;
+     font: bold 8pt "Lucida Console","DejaVu Sans Mono",Courier,mono !important;
      text-align: left;
      margin: 0 0 10px 0;
      padding: 3px 5px;
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ body {
      border: 1px solid #000;
      overflow: auto;
      color: #26f;
-     height: 70px;
+     max-height: 76px;
+     min-height: 45px;
      width: auto;
      background: #eda url('/themes/snark/ubergine/images/hat.png') no-repeat scroll right center;
 }
@@ -108,6 +109,18 @@ body {
 .snarkMessages a:visited {
      color: #d30 !important;
 }
+
+.snarkMessages ul {
+     margin: 0;
+     padding: 0 0 0 16px;
+}
+
+.snarkMessages p {
+     font-style: italic;
+     margin: 0;
+     text-align: right;
+}
+
 .logshim {
      margin-top: -10px !important;
 }