diff --git a/css/80_app.css b/css/80_app.css
index 893e9f158..0aff3413d 100644
--- a/css/80_app.css
+++ b/css/80_app.css
@@ -2825,7 +2825,9 @@ div.full-screen > button:hover {
 }
 
 /* Issues List */
-
+.issues-list label {
+    padding: 5px;
+}
 .issues-list label > span {
     display: inline;
     white-space: normal;
@@ -2837,9 +2839,15 @@ div.full-screen > button:hover {
 .issues-list li.severity-warning {
     background: #ffb;
 }
+.issues-list li.severity-warning .icon {
+    color: #FFB300
+}
 .issues-list li.severity-error {
     background: #FFD5D4;
 }
+.issues-list li.severity-error .icon {
+    color: #DD1400
+}
 
 /* Background - Display Options Sliders
 ------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/modules/ui/issues.js b/modules/ui/issues.js
index 6edf81a4d..00d6631fb 100644
--- a/modules/ui/issues.js
+++ b/modules/ui/issues.js
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ export function uiIssues(context) {
         var label = enter
             .append('label');
 
-        label
-            .call(
-                svgIcon(function(d) {
-                    var iconSuffix = d.severity === 'warning' ? 'alert' : 'error';
-                    return '#iD-icon-'+iconSuffix;
-                }, 'pre-text'));
+        label.each(function(d) {
+            var iconSuffix = d.severity === 'warning' ? 'alert' : 'error';
+            d3_select(this)
+                .call(svgIcon('#iD-icon-' + iconSuffix, 'pre-text'));
+        });
+
         /*label
             .append('input')
             .attr('type', type)
diff --git a/modules/validations/disconnected_highway.js b/modules/validations/disconnected_highway.js
index 5de9d585e..86a2dd0c0 100644
--- a/modules/validations/disconnected_highway.js
+++ b/modules/validations/disconnected_highway.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function validationDisconnectedHighway(context) {
 
                 issues.push(new validationIssue({
                     type: ValidationIssueType.disconnected_highway,
-                    severity: ValidationIssueSeverity.error,
+                    severity: ValidationIssueSeverity.warning,
                     message: t('validations.disconnected_highway', {entityLabel: entityLabel}),
                     tooltip: t('validations.disconnected_highway_tooltip'),
                     entities: [entity],