diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e4d366793be43321fa66da60851a2cb473e9186..3329ba8f1fbb76bb5b5b6284fa774a529f44218d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* [#207](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-webui/-/issues/207) - Error message
+  is present but invisible.
 * [#212](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-webui/-/issues/212) - Searching for
   double values in scientific notation fails
 * [#199](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-webui/-/issues/199) - Linkify creates
diff --git a/src/core/css/webcaosdb.css b/src/core/css/webcaosdb.css
index ba4bedebc95f571fb09ee73dea0781cf94e7f8b3..6ab5ed65e281a521193af909295f9fa7f2edd36c 100644
--- a/src/core/css/webcaosdb.css
+++ b/src/core/css/webcaosdb.css
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ footer {
   margin-right: 8px;
 }
 
+.caosdb-messages .caosdb-v-message-badge {
+  background-color: var(--bs-alert-bg);
+  color: var(--bs-alert-color);
+}
+
 div.export-data {
     display: none;
 }
@@ -446,6 +451,11 @@ body[data-hidden-properties="true"] .caosdb-v-entity-being-edited .caosdb-v-hidd
     border: 1px solid #C92E86;
 }
 
+.caosdb-label-entity {
+    background-color: #666;
+    border: 1px solid #666;
+}
+
 .caosdb-parents-heading {
     padding-top: 2px;
     padding-bottom: 2px;