diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index c7c3afd..5e04562 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "manifest_version": 2,
     "name": "Slop Farmer",
-    "version": "0.4",
+    "version": "0.4.1",
 
     "author": "Jack Case",
     "description": "Crowd-source AI slop pages and domains",
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self'; worker-src 'self' blob:",
 
     "browser_action": {
-        "default_icon": "icons/virus-slash.png",
+        "default_icon": "icons/virus_black_32.png",
         "default_title": "Slop Farmer",
         "default_popup": "pages/action_popup.html",
         "default_area": "navbar",
diff --git a/pages/action_popup.html b/pages/action_popup.html
index e6ca568..9b3e7e8 100644
--- a/pages/action_popup.html
+++ b/pages/action_popup.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
             <altcha-widget challengeurl="https://api.slopfarmer.jack-case.pro/altcha-challenge"></altcha-widget>
             <button id="signup-button">sign up</button>
         </form>
+        <h2></h2>
     </div>
 
     <div id="login" style="visibility: collapse;">
diff --git a/src/browser-action.ts b/src/browser-action.ts
index 6e6799a..9779d9f 100644
--- a/src/browser-action.ts
+++ b/src/browser-action.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async function submit_signup_form() {
 
     console.log(response)
     if (response.ok) {
-        
+        popup_state.page_elements.get("signup_status").textContent = "check your email for a verification link from slopfarmer@jack-case.pro. It may be in your spam folder."
     }
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ async function initialize_popup() {
     const report_section = document.getElementById("report")
 
     const signup_button = document.getElementById("signup-select") as HTMLButtonElement
+    const signup_status = signup_section.querySelector("h2")
     const login_button = document.getElementById("login-select") as HTMLButtonElement
     const report_button = document.getElementById("report-button") as HTMLButtonElement
     const report_status = report_section.querySelector("h2")
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ async function initialize_popup() {
     page_elements.set("login_form", login_form as HTMLElement)
     page_elements.set("login_status", login_status)
     page_elements.set("signup_form", signup_form as HTMLElement)
+    page_elements.set("signup_status", signup_status)
     page_elements.set("report_button", report_button)
     page_elements.set("report_status", report_status)