diff --git a/nw/gui/doceditor.py b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
index 175be69b..74554b4e 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         logger.debug("Initialising DocEditor ...")
         
         # Class Variables
-        self.mainConf  = nw.CONFIG
-        self.theParent = theParent
+        self.mainConf   = nw.CONFIG
+        self.theParent  = theParent
+        self.docChanged = False
 
         # Document Variables
         self.charCount = 0
@@ -92,11 +93,17 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
     #  Class Methods
     ##
 
+    def setDocumentChanged(self, bValue):
+        self.docChanged = bValue
+        self.theParent.statusBar.setDocumentStatus(self.docChanged)
+        return
+
     def setText(self, theText):
         self.setPlainText(theText)
         self.lastEdit = time()
         self._runCounter()
         self.wcTimer.start()
+        self.setDocumentChanged(False)
         return True
 
     def getText(self):
@@ -200,6 +207,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
     def _docChange(self, thePos, charsRemoved, charsAdded):
         self.lastEdit = time()
+        self.setDocumentChanged(True)
         if not self.wcTimer.isActive():
             self.wcTimer.start()
         if self.mainConf.doReplace and not self.hasSelection:
diff --git a/nw/gui/doctree.py b/nw/gui/doctree.py
index 1c60349c..c0fe0e6c 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doctree.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doctree.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
                 pItem.insertChild(nIndex, cItem)
             self.clearSelection()
             cItem.setSelected(True)
-            self.theProject.projChanged = True
+            self.theProject.setProjectChanged(True)
         return
 
     def saveTreeOrder(self):
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
             nwItemS.setParent(self.theProject.trashRoot)
             self.clearSelection()
             trItemP.setSelected(True)
-            self.theProject.projChanged = True
+            self.theProject.setProjectChanged(True)
 
         elif nwItemS.itemType == nwItemType.FOLDER:
             logger.debug("User requested folder %s deleted" % tHandle)
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
                 trItemP.takeChild(tIndex)
                 self.clearSelection()
                 trItemP.setSelected(True)
-                self.theProject.projChanged = True
+                self.theProject.setProjectChanged(True)
             else:
                 self.theParent.makeAlert(["Cannot delete folder.","It is not empty."],2)
                 return
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
             if trItemS.childCount() == 0:
                 self.takeTopLevelItem(tIndex)
                 self.theParent.mainMenu.setAvailableRoot()
-                self.theProject.projChanged = True
+                self.theProject.setProjectChanged(True)
             else:
                 self.theParent.makeAlert(["Cannot delete root folder.","It is not empty."],2)
                 return
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
         pHandle = trItemP.text(self.C_HANDLE)
         nwItemS.setParent(pHandle)
         self.setTreeItemValues(tHandle)
-        self.theProject.projChanged = True
+        self.theProject.setProjectChanged(True)
         return
 
     def _moveOrphanedItem(self, tHandle, dHandle):
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ class GuiDocTree(QTreeWidget):
         pHandle = trItemP.text(self.C_HANDLE)
         nwItemS.setParent(pHandle)
         self.setTreeItemValues(tHandle)
-        self.theProject.projChanged = True
+        self.theProject.setProjectChanged(True)
         return
 
     ##
diff --git a/nw/gui/statusbar.py b/nw/gui/statusbar.py
index f6a2aba9..6b29aef7 100644
--- a/nw/gui/statusbar.py
+++ b/nw/gui/statusbar.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import nw
 
 from os              import path
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QStatusBar, QLabel, QFrame
-from PyQt5.QtGui     import QIcon
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -29,9 +28,20 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
         self.mainConf = nw.CONFIG
 
         self.boxCounts = QLabel()
+        self.boxCounts.setToolTip("Character, Word, Paragraph Count")
         self.boxCounts.setFrameStyle(QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken);
         self.addPermanentWidget(self.boxCounts)
 
+        self.projChanged = QLabel("P")
+        self.projChanged.setToolTip("Project Changes Saved")
+        self.projChanged.setFrameStyle(QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken);
+        self.addPermanentWidget(self.projChanged)
+
+        self.docChanged = QLabel("D")
+        self.docChanged.setToolTip("Document Changes Saved")
+        self.docChanged.setFrameStyle(QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken);
+        self.addPermanentWidget(self.docChanged)
+
         self.boxDocHandle = QLabel()
         self.boxDocHandle.setFrameStyle(QFrame.Panel | QFrame.Sunken);
         if self.mainConf.debugGUI:
@@ -41,6 +51,8 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
 
         self.setCounts(0,0,0)
         self.setDocHandleCount(None)
+        self.setProjectStatus(None)
+        self.setDocumentStatus(None)
 
         self.setSizeGripEnabled(True)
 
@@ -50,6 +62,28 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
         self.showMessage(theMessage, int(timeOut*1000))
         return
 
+    def setProjectStatus(self, isChanged):
+        if isChanged is None:
+            self.projChanged.setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: rgba(120,120,120,1.0);}")
+        elif isChanged == True:
+            self.projChanged.setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: rgba(120,120,40,1.0);}")
+        elif isChanged == False:
+            self.projChanged.setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: rgba(40,120,0,1.0);}")
+        else:
+            self.projChanged.setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: rgba(120,120,120,1.0);}")
+        return
+
+    def setDocumentStatus(self, isChanged):
+        if isChanged is None:
+            self.docChanged.setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: rgba(120,120,120,1.0);}")
+        elif isChanged == True:
+            self.docChanged.setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: rgba(120,120,40,1.0);}")
+        elif isChanged == False:
+            self.docChanged.setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: rgba(40,120,0,1.0);}")
+        else:
+            self.docChanged.setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: rgba(120,120,120,1.0);}")
+        return
+
     def setCounts(self, cC, wC, pC):
         self.boxCounts.setText("<b>C:</b> {:n}&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>W:</b> {:n}&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>P:</b> {:n}".format(cC,wC,pC))
         return
diff --git a/nw/gui/winmain.py b/nw/gui/winmain.py
index 4b67339e..5467c0b4 100644
--- a/nw/gui/winmain.py
+++ b/nw/gui/winmain.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             self.theDocument.theItem.setWordCount(self.docEditor.wordCount)
             self.theDocument.theItem.setParaCount(self.docEditor.paraCount)
             self.theDocument.saveDocument(docHtml)
-            self.docEditor.theDoc.setModified(False)
+            self.docEditor.setDocumentChanged(False)
         return
 
     ##
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             return False
         if self.theDocument.theItem is None:
             return False
-        if not self.docEditor.theDoc.isModified():
+        if not self.docEditor.docChanged:
             return False
         return True
 
diff --git a/nw/project/project.py b/nw/project/project.py
index 79b22a05..1ba4685a 100644
--- a/nw/project/project.py
+++ b/nw/project/project.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class NWProject():
         # Internal
         self.mainConf     = nw.CONFIG
         self.theParent    = theParent
-        self.projChanged  = False
+        self.projChanged  = None
 
         # Project Settings
         self.projTree     = None
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class NWProject():
 
     def clearProject(self):
 
-        self.projChanged = False
+        self.projChanged = None
 
         # Project Settings
         self.projTree    = {}
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class NWProject():
         self.theParent.statusBar.setStatus("Opened Project: %s" % self.projName)
 
         self._scanProjectFolder()
-        self.projChanged = False
+        self.setProjectChanged(False)
 
         return True
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class NWProject():
 
         self.mainConf.setRecent(self.projPath)
         self.theParent.statusBar.setStatus("Saved Project: %s" % self.projName)
-        self.projChanged = False
+        self.setProjectChanged(False)
 
         return True
 
@@ -269,17 +269,17 @@ class NWProject():
 
     def setProjectPath(self, projPath):
         self.projPath = projPath
-        self.projChanged = True
+        self.setProjectChanged(True)
         return True
 
     def setProjectName(self, projName):
         self.projName = projName.strip()
-        self.projChanged = True
+        self.setProjectChanged(True)
         return True
 
     def setBookTitle(self, bookTitle):
         self.bookTitle = bookTitle.strip()
-        self.projChanged = True
+        self.setProjectChanged(True)
         return True
 
     def setBookAuthors(self, bookAuthors):
@@ -289,16 +289,21 @@ class NWProject():
             if bookAuthor == "":
                 continue
             self.bookAuthors.append(bookAuthor)
-        self.projChanged = True
+        self.setProjectChanged(True)
         return True
 
     def setTreeOrder(self, newOrder):
         if len(self.treeOrder) != len(newOrder):
             logger.warning("Size of new and old tree order does not match")
         self.treeOrder = newOrder
-        self.projChanged = True
+        self.setProjectChanged(True)
         return True
 
+    def setProjectChanged(self, bValue):
+        self.projChanged = bValue
+        self.theParent.statusBar.setProjectStatus(self.projChanged)
+        return
+
     ##
     #  Get Functions
     ##
@@ -402,7 +407,7 @@ class NWProject():
             else:
                 logger.error("Only one trash folder allowed")
 
-        self.projChanged = True
+        self.setProjectChanged(True)
 
         return