diff --git a/app/views/layouts/base.rhtml b/app/views/layouts/base.rhtml
index e69712c4..52c8ce6b 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/base.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/base.rhtml
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@
       <%= yield %>
       <%= call_hook :view_layouts_base_content %>
       <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
 
-  <div id="ajax-indicator" style="display:none;"><span><%= l(:label_loading) %></span></div>
+    </div>
+
+  </div>
 
   <div id="footer">
     <div class="bgl"><div class="bgr">
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@
       </div></div>
   </div>
 
+  <div id="ajax-indicator" style="display:none;"><span><%= l(:label_loading) %></span></div>
+
 </div>
 <%= call_hook :view_layouts_base_body_bottom %>
 </body>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index a7087308..89d32fd8 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ html>body #content { min-height: 600px; }
 #main.nosidebar #sidebar{ display: none; }
 #main.nosidebar #content{ width: auto; border-right: 0; }
 
-#footer {clear: both; border-top: 1px solid #bbb; font-size: 0.9em; color: #aaa; padding: 5px; text-align:center; background:#fff;}
+#footer {clear: both; font-size: 0.9em; color: #aaa; padding: 5px; text-align:center;}
 
 #login-form table {margin-top:5em; padding:1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #FDBF3B; background-color:#FFEBC1; }
 #login-form table td {padding: 6px;}