diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
index c4eb7998..5ac1da15 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Build.pm
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ sub showLog {
         $c->forward('Hydra::View::Plain');
     }
 
+    elsif ($mode eq "tail-reload") {
+    	my $url = $c->request->uri->as_string;
+    	$url =~ s/tail-reload/tail/g;
+        $c->stash->{url} = $url;
+        $c->stash->{reload} = defined $c->stash->{build}->schedulingInfo && $c->stash->{build}->schedulingInfo->busy;
+        $c->stash->{title} = "";
+        $c->stash->{contents} = (scalar `$pipestart | tail -n 50`) || " ";
+        $c->stash->{template} = 'plain-reload.tt';
+    }
+
     elsif ($mode eq "tail") {
         $c->stash->{'plain'} = { data => (scalar `$pipestart | tail -n 50`) || " " };
         $c->forward('Hydra::View::Plain');
diff --git a/src/root/build.tt b/src/root/build.tt
index 8d778ad9..6b5ed9a5 100644
--- a/src/root/build.tt
+++ b/src/root/build.tt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		            <span class="error">Failed: [% HTML.escape(step.errormsg) %]</span>
 		          [% END %]
 		          [% IF step.logfile %]
-		            (<a href="[% log %]">log</a>, <a href="[% "$log/raw" %]">raw</a>, <a href="[% "$log/tail" %]">tail</a>)
+		            (<a href="[% log %]">log</a>, <a href="[% "$log/raw" %]">raw</a>, <a href="[% "$log/tail-reload" %]">tail</a>)
 		          [% END %]
 		        </td>
 		      </tr>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 				        <td>
 				          <a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log') %]"><strong>Available</strong></a>
 				          (<a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log' 'raw') %]">raw</a>,
-				           <a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log' 'tail') %]">tail</a>)
+				           <a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log' 'tail-reload') %]">tail</a>)
 				        </td>
 				      </tr>
 				  [% END %]
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 		        <td>
 		          <a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log') %]"><strong>Available</strong></a>
 		          (<a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log' 'raw') %]">raw</a>,
-		           <a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log' 'tail') %]">tail</a>)
+		           <a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id 'log' 'tail-reload') %]">tail</a>)
 		        </td>
 		      </tr>
 		    [% END %]
diff --git a/src/root/static/css/hydra.css b/src/root/static/css/hydra.css
index d3f3ed92..a740bc58 100644
--- a/src/root/static/css/hydra.css
+++ b/src/root/static/css/hydra.css
@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@ pre {
 }
 
 pre.buildlog {
-    border: 1px solid black;
+    border: 3px solid darkblue;
     padding: 0.3em;
     white-space: pre-wrap;
+    background: black;
+    color: #ffffff;    
 }
 
 div.buildlog {