diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
index e6909cbe1..0bd12c350 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/vaults/Vault.java
@@ -22,19 +22,20 @@ import org.cryptomator.cryptofs.event.FilesystemEvent;
 import org.cryptomator.cryptolib.api.CryptoException;
 import org.cryptomator.cryptolib.api.MasterkeyLoader;
 import org.cryptomator.cryptolib.api.MasterkeyLoadingFailedException;
+import org.cryptomator.event.Event;
+import org.cryptomator.event.VaultEvent;
 import org.cryptomator.integrations.mount.MountFailedException;
 import org.cryptomator.integrations.mount.Mountpoint;
 import org.cryptomator.integrations.mount.UnmountFailedException;
 import org.cryptomator.integrations.quickaccess.QuickAccessService;
 import org.cryptomator.integrations.quickaccess.QuickAccessServiceException;
-import org.cryptomator.event.Event;
-import org.cryptomator.event.VaultEvent;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
+import javafx.application.Platform;
 import javafx.beans.Observable;
 import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
 import javafx.beans.binding.BooleanBinding;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.ReadOnlyFileSystemException;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -91,8 +93,7 @@ public class Vault {
 		  @Named("lastKnownException") ObjectProperty<Exception> lastKnownException, //
 		  VaultStats stats, //
 		  Mounter mounter, Settings settings, //
-		  ObservableList<Event> eventQueue
-		   ) {
+		  ObservableList<Event> eventQueue) {
 		this.vaultSettings = vaultSettings;
 		this.configCache = configCache;
 		this.cryptoFileSystem = cryptoFileSystem;
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ public class Vault {
 				.withFlags(flags) //
 				.withMaxCleartextNameLength(vaultSettings.maxCleartextFilenameLength.get()) //
 				.withVaultConfigFilename(Constants.VAULTCONFIG_FILENAME) //
-				.withFilesystemEventConsumer(this::consumeVaultEvent)
+				.withFilesystemEventConsumer(this::consumeVaultEvent) //
 				.build();
 		return CryptoFileSystemProvider.newFileSystem(getPath(), fsProps);
 	}
@@ -261,7 +262,8 @@ public class Vault {
 	}
 
 	private void consumeVaultEvent(FilesystemEvent e) {
-		eventQueue.addLast(new VaultEvent(vaultSettings.id, vaultSettings.path.get().toString(), e));
+		long timestamp = Instant.now().toEpochMilli();
+		Platform.runLater(() -> eventQueue.addLast(new VaultEvent(timestamp, vaultSettings.id, vaultSettings.path.get().toString(), e)));
 	}
 
 	// ******************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/eventview/EventListCellController.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/eventview/EventListCellController.java
index b813bc3d5..78b454661 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/eventview/EventListCellController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/eventview/EventListCellController.java
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package org.cryptomator.ui.eventview;
 
 import org.cryptomator.common.ObservableUtil;
 import org.cryptomator.event.Event;
+import org.cryptomator.event.UpdateEvent;
+import org.cryptomator.event.VaultEvent;
 import org.cryptomator.ui.common.FxController;
+import org.cryptomator.ui.controls.FontAwesome5Icon;
 import org.cryptomator.ui.controls.FontAwesome5IconView;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -10,25 +13,56 @@ import javafx.beans.property.ObjectProperty;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
 import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
 import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
 public class EventListCellController implements FxController {
 
+	private final ResourceBundle resourceBundle;
 	private final ObjectProperty<Event> event;
+	private final ObservableValue<String> message;
 	private final ObservableValue<String> description;
+	private final ObservableValue<FontAwesome5Icon> icon;
 
 	public FontAwesome5IconView eventIcon;
 	public HBox eventListCell;
 
 	@Inject
-	public EventListCellController() {
+	public EventListCellController(ResourceBundle resourceBundle) {
+		this.resourceBundle = resourceBundle;
 		this.event = new SimpleObjectProperty<>(null);
-		this.description = ObservableUtil.mapWithDefault(event, e -> e.getClass().getName(),"");
+		this.message = ObservableUtil.mapWithDefault(event, e -> e.getClass().getName(),"");
+		this.description = ObservableUtil.mapWithDefault(event, this::selectDescription,"");
+		this.icon = ObservableUtil.mapWithDefault(event, this::selectIcon, FontAwesome5Icon.BELL);
 	}
 
 	public void setEvent(Event item) {
 		event.set(item);
 	}
 
+	private FontAwesome5Icon selectIcon(Event e) {
+		return switch (e) {
+			case UpdateEvent _ -> FontAwesome5Icon.BELL;
+			case VaultEvent _ -> FontAwesome5Icon.FILE;
+		};
+	}
+
+	private String selectDescription(Event e) {
+		return switch (e) {
+			case UpdateEvent(_,String newVersion) -> resourceBundle.getString("preferences.updates.updateAvailable").formatted(newVersion);
+			case VaultEvent _ -> "A vault is weird!";
+		};
+	}
+
+
+	//-- property accessors --
+	public ObservableValue<String> messageProperty() {
+		return message;
+	}
+
+	public String getMessage() {
+		return message.getValue();
+	}
+
 	public ObservableValue<String> descriptionProperty() {
 		return description;
 	}
@@ -36,4 +70,13 @@ public class EventListCellController implements FxController {
 	public String getDescription() {
 		return description.getValue();
 	}
+
+	public ObservableValue<FontAwesome5Icon> iconProperty() {
+		return icon;
+	}
+
+	public FontAwesome5Icon getIcon() {
+		return icon.getValue();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/css/light_theme.css b/src/main/resources/css/light_theme.css
index ffa9604f1..9f9d83fb1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/css/light_theme.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/css/light_theme.css
@@ -215,9 +215,17 @@
 	-fx-background-color: CONTROL_BORDER_NORMAL, CONTROL_BG_ARMED;
 }
 
+.event-window .button-bar {
+	-fx-min-height:42px;
+	-fx-max-height:42px;
+	-fx-background-color: MAIN_BG;
+	-fx-border-color: transparent transparent CONTROL_BORDER_NORMAL transparent;
+	-fx-border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
+}
+
 .event-window .button-bar .button-right {
 	-fx-border-color: CONTROL_BORDER_NORMAL;
-	-fx-border-width: 0 0 0 1px;
+	-fx-border-width: 0 0 1px 1px;
 	-fx-background-color: MAIN_BG;
 	-fx-background-radius: 0px;
 	-fx-min-height: 42px;
@@ -227,14 +235,6 @@
 .event-window .button-bar .button-right:armed {
 	-fx-background-color: CONTROL_BORDER_NORMAL, CONTROL_BG_ARMED;
 }
-
-.event-window .button-bar {
-	-fx-min-height:42px;
-	-fx-max-height:42px;
-	-fx-background-color: MAIN_BG;
-	-fx-border-color: CONTROL_BORDER_NORMAL transparent transparent transparent;
-	-fx-border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
-}
 /*******************************************************************************
  *                                                                             *
  * TabPane                                                                     *
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/eventview_cell.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/eventview_cell.fxml
index 354b387f1..b76ece770 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/eventview_cell.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/eventview_cell.fxml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
+<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
 <HBox xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml"
 	  xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx"
 	  fx:id="eventListCell"
@@ -12,11 +13,15 @@
 	  prefWidth="200"
 	  spacing="12"
 	  alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+	<padding>
+		<Insets topRightBottomLeft="12"/>
+	</padding>
 	<!-- Remark Check the containing list view for a fixed cell size before editing height properties -->
 	<VBox alignment="CENTER" minWidth="20">
 		<FontAwesome5IconView fx:id="eventIcon" glyph="BELL" HBox.hgrow="NEVER" glyphSize="16"/>
 	</VBox>
 	<VBox spacing="4" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS">
-		<Label styleClass="header-label" text="Hey, listen!"/>
+		<Label styleClass="header-label" text="${controller.message}"/>
+		<Label styleClass="detail-label" text="${controller.description}" textOverrun="CENTER_ELLIPSIS" />
 	</VBox>
 </HBox>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/vault_list_cell.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/vault_list_cell.fxml
index 20df9b924..11bfd5927 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/vault_list_cell.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/vault_list_cell.fxml
@@ -14,17 +14,15 @@
 	  spacing="12"
 	  alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
 	<!-- Remark Check the containing list view for a fixed cell size before editing height properties -->
-	<children>
-		<VBox alignment="CENTER" minWidth="20">
-			<FontAwesome5IconView fx:id="vaultStateView" glyph="${controller.glyph}" HBox.hgrow="NEVER" glyphSize="16"/>
-		</VBox>
-		<VBox spacing="4" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS">
-			<Label styleClass="header-label" text="${controller.vault.displayName}"/>
-			<Label styleClass="detail-label" text="${controller.vault.displayablePath}" textOverrun="CENTER_ELLIPSIS" visible="${!controller.compactMode}" managed="${!controller.compactMode}">
-				<tooltip>
-					<Tooltip text="${controller.vault.displayablePath}"/>
-				</tooltip>
-			</Label>
-		</VBox>
-	</children>
+	<VBox alignment="CENTER" minWidth="20">
+		<FontAwesome5IconView fx:id="vaultStateView" glyph="${controller.glyph}" HBox.hgrow="NEVER" glyphSize="16"/>
+	</VBox>
+	<VBox spacing="4" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS">
+		<Label styleClass="header-label" text="${controller.vault.displayName}"/>
+		<Label styleClass="detail-label" text="${controller.vault.displayablePath}" textOverrun="CENTER_ELLIPSIS" visible="${!controller.compactMode}" managed="${!controller.compactMode}">
+			<tooltip>
+				<Tooltip text="${controller.vault.displayablePath}"/>
+			</tooltip>
+		</Label>
+	</VBox>
 </HBox>