diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/httpManager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/httpManager.js
index 71692f478..c8f0a722f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/httpManager.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/httpManager.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class HttpManager {
        } else {
          console.error("Request error:", response);
          this.$timeout(function(){
-           onerror(response)
+           onerror(response, xmlhttp.status)
          })
        }
      }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/syncManager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/syncManager.js
index bb3870818..5615c5ac9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/syncManager.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/syncManager.js
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class SyncManager {
         ) {
           this.$rootScope.$broadcast("major-data-change");
         }
-        
+
         this.callQueuedCallbacksAndCurrent(callback, response);
         this.$rootScope.$broadcast("sync:completed", {retrievedItems: this.allRetreivedItems, savedItems: this.allSavedItems});
 
@@ -429,7 +429,10 @@ class SyncManager {
           console.log("Caught sync success exception:", e);
         }
 
-      }.bind(this), function(response){
+      }.bind(this), function(response, statusCode){
+        if(statusCode == 401) {
+          alert("Your session has expired. New changes will not be pulled in. Please sign out and sign back in to refresh your session.");
+        }
         console.log("Sync error: ", response);
         var error = response ? response.error : {message: "Could not connect to server."};
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_main.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_main.scss
index e90b32957..3037bd793 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_main.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_main.scss
@@ -87,13 +87,12 @@ $footer-height: 32px;
     top: 0;
     right: 0;
     z-index: 1;
-    width: 6px;
+    width: 8px;
     height: 100%;
     position: absolute;
     cursor: col-resize;
-    background-color: rgba(black, 0.05);
+    background-color: rgba(black, 0.1);
     opacity: 0;
-    border: 1px dashed rgba($blue-color, 0.15);
     border-top: none;
     border-bottom: none;