diff --git a/config/cfgroot/header.pl b/config/cfgroot/header.pl
index a3949cba3..e30981778 100644
--- a/config/cfgroot/header.pl
+++ b/config/cfgroot/header.pl
@@ -331,16 +331,18 @@ sub connectionstatus
 
     my ($timestr, $connstate);
 
-		my $connstate = "<span class='ipcop_StatusBig'>$Lang::tr{'idle'} $profileused</span>";
+		my $connstate = "<span>$Lang::tr{'idle'} $profileused</span>";
 
 		if (-e "${General::swroot}/red/active") {
 			$timestr = &General::age("${General::swroot}/red/active");
-			$connstate = "<span class='ipcop_StatusBig'>$Lang::tr{'connected'} - (<span class='ipcop_StatusBigRed'>$timestr</span>) $profileused</span>";
+			$connstate = "<span>$Lang::tr{'connected'} - (<span>$timestr</span>) $profileused</span>";
 		} else {
-			if (($pppsettings{'RECONNECTION'} eq "dialondemand") && ( -e "${General::swroot}/red/dial-on-demand")) {
-				$connstate = "<span class='ipcop_StatusBig'>$Lang::tr{'dod waiting'} $profileused</span>";
+		  if ((open(KEEPCONNECTED, "</var/ipfire/red/keepconnected") == false) && ($pppsettings{'RECONNECTION'} eq "persistent")) {
+				$connstate = "<span>$Lang::tr{'connection closed'} $profileused</span>";
+      } elsif (($pppsettings{'RECONNECTION'} eq "dialondemand") && ( -e "${General::swroot}/red/dial-on-demand")) {
+				$connstate = "<span>$Lang::tr{'dod waiting'} $profileused</span>";
 			} else {
-				$connstate = "<span class='ipcop_StatusBig'>$Lang::tr{'connecting'} $profileused</span>" if (system("ps -ef | grep -q '[p]ppd'"));
+				$connstate = "<span>$Lang::tr{'connecting'} $profileused</span>" if (system("ps -ef | grep -q '[p]ppd'"));
 			}
 		}
 		
diff --git a/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl b/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
index b390605d7..4d2fc630f 100644
--- a/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
+++ b/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@
 'connected' => 'Verbunden',
 'connecting' => 'Baue Verbindung auf...',
 'connection' => 'Verbindung',
+'connection closed' => 'Nicht Verbunden...',
 'connection debugging' => 'Verbindungs-Debugging',
 'connection status and controlc' => 'Verbindungsstatus und -kontrolle:',
 'connection tracking' => 'IPTables-Verbindungsverfolgung',
diff --git a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
index 5c1a25f94..8a4dbcd64 100644
--- a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
+++ b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@
 'connected' => 'Connected',
 'connecting' => 'Connecting...',
 'connection' => 'Connection',
+'connection closed' => 'Not connected...',
 'connection debugging' => 'Connection debugging',
 'connection status and controlc' => 'Connection status and control:',
 'connection tracking' => 'IPTables Connection Tracking',