diff --git a/common/locales/en/tasks.json b/common/locales/en/tasks.json
index 1249c3c1fa..8ee8d1cd50 100644
--- a/common/locales/en/tasks.json
+++ b/common/locales/en/tasks.json
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@
     "streakCoins": "Streak Bonus!",
     "pushTaskToTop": "Push task to top",
     "pushTaskToBottom": "Push task to bottom",
-    "emptyTask": "Please enter a <%= taskType %>."
+    "emptyTask": "Enter the task's title first."
 }
diff --git a/website/public/css/tasks.styl b/website/public/css/tasks.styl
index c715681af8..43e848be81 100644
--- a/website/public/css/tasks.styl
+++ b/website/public/css/tasks.styl
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ for $stage in $stages
         &:focus
           border-color: darken($stage[1], 61.8%) !important
           outline: none;
-      
+
 // completed has to be outside the loop to override the color class
 .completed
   color: darken($completed,30%)
@@ -105,18 +105,18 @@ for $stage in $stages
 
 .reward, .reward-item
   background-color: white
-  border: 1px solid $completed !important  
+  border: 1px solid $completed !important
 
 // 2. Columns & Tasks
 // ===================
 
 .tasks-lists
-  
+
   .row
     margin-left: -5px
     margin-right: -5px
 
-    .col-md-3 
+    .col-md-3
       padding-left: 10px // Override Bootstrap 15px padding
       padding-right: 10px // Override Bootstrap 15px padding
       margin-bottom: 15px
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ for $stage in $stages
     font-weight: 300
 
 // 50% width columns with scrollbars for tablets
-@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 970px) 
+@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 970px)
   .task-column
     max-height: 18.6em
     overflow-y: scroll
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ for $stage in $stages
     border: 0
     float: right
     font-size: 0.85em
+  .empty-task-notification
+    height: 100%;
 
 // an individual task entry
 // ------------------------
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ for $stage in $stages
 
   label
     font-weight: 400
-  
+
   input[type="text"], input[type="number"], textarea.option-content
     border: 1px solid #aaa
     border-radius: 0.382em
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ for $stage in $stages
 
   a
     text-decoration: none
-    
+
   // improve alignment of task icons
   .glyphicon-signal
     margin-left: 0.25em
@@ -483,7 +485,7 @@ form
 .task-options
   .task-action-btn.tile
     margin: 3px
-      
+
   form
     padding-bottom: 1em
   .priority-multiplier, .task-attributes, .repeat-days
@@ -498,24 +500,24 @@ form
   .repeat-days
     li
       button
-        min-width: 2.5em      
+        min-width: 2.5em
   .save-close
     text-align: center
     @extend $hrpg-button
-          
+
 // Habits – task button styles (+ -)
 .habits
   .task-actions
     width: 3em
     height: 100%
-    
+
     a
       display: block
       width: 100%
       height: 100%
       position: relative
       font-size: 0.8em
-      
+
       span
         position: absolute
         margin: auto
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ form
         left: 0
         bottom: 0
         right: 0
-        
+
       &:hover, &:focus
         color: #222
         text-decoration: none
@@ -576,14 +578,14 @@ form
       line-height: 1.5
       float: left
       padding: 0.25em 0.5em
-      
+
     li
       margin-bottom: 1em
       &:hover .checklist-icon
         opacity:1
 
 // Task filters
-// --------    
+// --------
 .task-filter
   margin: 1.5em 0 1em 0
   hrpg-button-bar-mixin($color-tasks)
@@ -594,7 +596,7 @@ form
     hrpg-button-color-mixin($color-tasks)
     width: 33.333%
     text-align: center
-    &:nth-child(3n + 1):nth-last-child(2), 
+    &:nth-child(3n + 1):nth-last-child(2),
     &:nth-child(3n + 1):nth-last-child(2) + li
       width: 50%;
     a
@@ -605,7 +607,7 @@ form
     min-height: 3.07em  // Temp fix for slight misalignment of btn-buy
   .task-filter
     li:nth-child(3n + 1):nth-last-child(2)
-      width: 33.333% 
+      width: 33.333%
     li:nth-child(3n + 1):nth-last-child(2) + li
       width: 66.666%
   .btn-buy
@@ -619,7 +621,7 @@ form
       &:only-child
         position: static
         padding-left: 0.75em
-    
+
     &.highValue  // If reward value exceeds three digits, drop the number below the coin icon
       padding: 0.3em
       text-align: center
@@ -628,4 +630,4 @@ form
         margin: auto
     .shop_gold + .reward-cost
       line-height: 1
-      top: -0.1em  
+      top: -0.1em
diff --git a/website/views/shared/tasks/lists.jade b/website/views/shared/tasks/lists.jade
index f60fe1e58e..963190c2cf 100644
--- a/website/views/shared/tasks/lists.jade
+++ b/website/views/shared/tasks/lists.jade
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ script(id='templates/habitrpg-tasks.html', type="text/ng-template")
             textarea(rows='6', task-focus='list.bulk && list.focus', ng-model='list.newTask', placeholder='{{list.placeHolderBulk}}', ng-if='list.bulk', ui-keydown='{"meta-enter ctrl-enter":"addTask(obj[list.type+\'s\'],list)"}', required)
             input(type='text', task-focus='!list.bulk && list.focus', ng-model='list.newTask', placeholder='{{list.placeHolder}}', ng-if='!list.bulk', required)
             button(type='submit', ng-disabled='new{{list.type}}form.$invalid')
-             div( ng-show='new{{list.type}}form.$invalid', tooltip=env.t("emptyTask", {taskType: "{{list.type}}"}) )
+             div.empty-task-notification( ng-show='new{{list.type}}form.$invalid', tooltip=env.t("emptyTask") )
                span.glyphicon.glyphicon-plus
              span.glyphicon.glyphicon-plus(ng-show='!new{{list.type}}form.$invalid')
             small.help-block.btn-link.pull-right(ng-click='toggleBulk(list)')