diff --git a/tracks/app/views/todo/check_tickler.rjs b/tracks/app/views/todo/check_tickler.rjs
index 7144f5c3..38bbb98d 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/todo/check_tickler.rjs
+++ b/tracks/app/views/todo/check_tickler.rjs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 unless @due_tickles.empty?
-  page.replace_html "info", content_tag("div", "#{@due_tickles.length.to_s} tickler items are now due - refresh the page to see them.", "class" => "warning")
+  #TODO: why not just add the new items here in addition to notifying?
+  page.notify :notice, "#{@due_tickles.length} tickler items are now due - refresh the page to see them.", 5.0
 end
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