diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/controllers/edit.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/controllers/edit.js.coffee
index fd426eb455..a17f52e42c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/controllers/edit.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/controllers/edit.js.coffee
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ angular.module('admin.orderCycles')
 
     $scope.StatusMessage = StatusMessage
 
+    $scope.$watch 'order_cycle_form.$dirty', (newValue) ->
+      StatusMessage.display 'notice', 'You have unsaved changes' if newValue
+
     $scope.loaded = ->
       Enterprise.loaded && EnterpriseFee.loaded && OrderCycle.loaded
 
@@ -81,4 +84,6 @@ angular.module('admin.orderCycles')
       OrderCycle.removeDistributionOfVariant(variant_id)
 
     $scope.submit = (destination) ->
+      StatusMessage.display 'progress', "Saving..."
       OrderCycle.update(destination)
+      this.order_cycle_form.$setPristine()
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/templates/admin/save_bar.html.haml b/app/assets/javascripts/templates/admin/save_bar.html.haml
index 452e81f6e3..ac4fa55de5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/templates/admin/save_bar.html.haml
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/templates/admin/save_bar.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#save-bar.animate-show{ ng: { show: 'form.$dirty || StatusMessage.active()' } }
+#save-bar.animate-show{ ng: { show: 'StatusMessage.active()' } }
   .twelve.columns.alpha
     %h5#status-message{ ng: { style: 'StatusMessage.statusMessage.style' } }
       {{ StatusMessage.statusMessage.text || " " }}
diff --git a/app/views/admin/order_cycles/edit.html.haml b/app/views/admin/order_cycles/edit.html.haml
index f3b0bdb721..6ecb65d87e 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/order_cycles/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/order_cycles/edit.html.haml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 
 
 - ng_controller = order_cycles_simple_form ? 'AdminSimpleEditOrderCycleCtrl' : 'AdminEditOrderCycleCtrl'
-= form_for [main_app, :admin, @order_cycle], :url => '', :html => {:class => 'ng order_cycle', 'ng-app' => 'admin.orderCycles', 'ng-controller' => ng_controller} do |f|
+= form_for [main_app, :admin, @order_cycle], :url => '', :html => {:class => 'ng order_cycle', 'ng-app' => 'admin.orderCycles', 'ng-controller' => ng_controller, name: 'order_cycle_form'} do |f|
+  %save-bar{ save: "submit()", form: "order_cycle_form" }
+
   - if order_cycles_simple_form
     = render 'simple_form', f: f
   - else