diff --git a/app/views/main/list.html.haml b/app/views/main/list.html.haml
--- a/app/views/main/list.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/main/list.html.haml
@@ -50,3 +50,14 @@
   = "Announcement.refreshUrl = '#{url_for :controller => 'main', :action => 'announcements'}';"
   Announcement.registerRefreshEventTimer();
 
+.modal.fade#compiler{tabindex: -1,role: 'dialog'}
+  .modal-dialog.modal-lg{role:'document'}
+    .modal-content
+      .modal-header
+        %button.close{type: 'button', data: {dismissed: :modal}, aria: {label: 'close'}}
+          %span{aria: {hidden: 'true'}, data: {dismiss: 'modal'}} ×
+        %h4 Compiler message
+      .modal-body
+        %pre#compiler_msg
+      .modal-footer
+        %button.btn.btn-default{type: 'button', data: {dismiss: 'modal'}} Close
diff --git a/app/views/submissions/compiler_msg.js.haml b/app/views/submissions/compiler_msg.js.haml
--- a/app/views/submissions/compiler_msg.js.haml
+++ b/app/views/submissions/compiler_msg.js.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-:javascript
-  $("#compiler_msg").html("#{j @submissionhcompiler_msg}")
-  
+:plain
+  $("#compiler_msg").html("#{j @submission.compiler_message}");
+  $("#compiler").modal();
+
diff --git a/app/views/submissions/get_latest_submission_status.js.haml b/app/views/submissions/get_latest_submission_status.js.haml
--- a/app/views/submissions/get_latest_submission_status.js.haml
+++ b/app/views/submissions/get_latest_submission_status.js.haml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-:javascript
+:plain
   $("#latest_status").html("#{j render({partial: 'submission_short', locals: {submission: @submission, problem_name: @problem.name}})}")