diff -r 763c925e7a9c -r 70e577b0cdc6 client/js/renderer/scene.js
--- a/client/js/renderer/scene.js	Sun Jan 04 22:41:27 2015 +0100
+++ b/client/js/renderer/scene.js	Sun Jan 04 22:42:49 2015 +0100
@@ -309,9 +309,30 @@
         _thRedrawUsers();
 
         // register model events
+        this.renkan.project.on("change:save_status", function(){
+        	switch (_this.renkan.project.get("save_status")) {
+	            case 0: //clean
+	            	_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").removeClass("to-save");
+	            	_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").removeClass("saving");
+	        		_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").addClass("saved");
+	                break;
+	            case 1: //dirty
+	            	_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").removeClass("saved");
+	            	_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").removeClass("saving");
+	        		_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").addClass("to-save");
+	                break;
+	            case 2: //saving
+	            	_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").removeClass("saved");
+	            	_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").removeClass("to-save");
+	        		_this.$.find(".Rk-Save-Button").addClass("saving");
+	                break;
+        	}
+        });
+        
         this.renkan.project.on("add:users remove:users", _thRedrawUsers);
 
         this.renkan.project.on("add:views remove:views", function(_node) {
+        	_this.renkan.project.set({dirty:true});
             if(_this.renkan.project.get('views').length > 0) {
                 _this.$.find(".Rk-ZoomSetSaved").show();
             }
@@ -321,14 +342,17 @@
         });
 
         this.renkan.project.on("add:nodes", function(_node) {
+        	_this.renkan.project.set({dirty:true});
             _this.addRepresentation("Node", _node);
             _thRedraw();
         });
         this.renkan.project.on("add:edges", function(_edge) {
+        	_this.renkan.project.set({dirty:true});
             _this.addRepresentation("Edge", _edge);
             _thRedraw();
         });
         this.renkan.project.on("change:title", function(_model, _title) {
+        	_this.renkan.project.set({dirty:true});
             var el = _this.$.find(".Rk-PadTitle");
             if (el.is("input")) {
                 if (el.val() !== _title) {