diff --git a/web/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js b/web/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js
index 13d38866..b67e2247 100644
--- a/web/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js
+++ b/web/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ var realtimeGraph = function(updatePath) {
       Sidekiq.failed = data.failed;
 
       updateStatsSummary(data);
+      pulseBeacon();
     });
     i++;
   }, timeInterval);
@@ -114,6 +115,14 @@ var updateStatsSummary = function(data) {
   $('ul.summary li.enqueued span.count').html(data.enqueued.numberWithDelimiter())
 }
 
+var pulseBeacon = function(){
+  $beacon = $('.beacon')
+  $beacon.addClass('pulse').delay(1000).queue(function(){
+    $(this).removeClass('pulse');
+    $(this).dequeue();
+  })
+}
+
 Number.prototype.numberWithDelimiter = function(delimiter) {
   var number = this + '', delimiter = delimiter || ',';
   var split = number.split('.');
diff --git a/web/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/web/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 2b3fd470..6f97ddce 100755
--- a/web/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/web/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -268,6 +268,92 @@ img.smallogo {
   font-size: 0.9em;
 }
 
+.beacon {
+  width: 10px;
+  height: 10px;
+  background-color: #80002d;
+  display: inline-block;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  margin-left: 10px;
+  margin-bottom: 5px;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  border: 3px solid transparent;
+}
+
+.beacon.pulse {
+  -webkit-animation: beacon-pulse 1s ease-out;
+  -moz-animation: beacon-pulse 1s ease-out;
+  animation: beacon-pulse 1s ease-out;
+  -webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1;
+  -moz-animation-iteration-count: 1;
+  animation-iteration-count: 1;
+}
+
+@-webkit-keyframes beacon-pulse {
+  from {
+    background-color: #80002d;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  }
+  50% {
+    background-color: #c90047;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+  }
+  to {
+    background-color: #80002d;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  }
+}
+
+@-moz-keyframes beacon-pulse {
+  from {
+    background-color: #80002d;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  }
+  50% {
+    background-color: #c90047;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+  }
+  to {
+    background-color: #80002d;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes beacon-pulse {
+  from {
+    background-color: #80002d;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  }
+  50% {
+    background-color: #c90047;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 18px #666;
+  }
+  to {
+    background-color: #80002d;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 9px #666;
+  }
+}
+
 .history-heading {
   padding-right: 15px;
 }
@@ -343,7 +429,6 @@ img.smallogo {
 }
 
 /* Rickshaw */
-
 .rickshaw_graph .detail {
   pointer-events: none;
   position: absolute;
diff --git a/web/views/dashboard.slim b/web/views/dashboard.slim
index 2d1324c0..0f8124e3 100644
--- a/web/views/dashboard.slim
+++ b/web/views/dashboard.slim
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 script type="text/javascript" src="#{{root_path}}javascripts/dashboard.js"
 
-h3 Dashboard
+h3
+  | Dashboard
+  span.beacon
 
 h5 Real-time
 #realtime