diff --git a/view/css/widgets.css b/view/css/widgets.css
index 1992aa0fd..593e051da 100644
--- a/view/css/widgets.css
+++ b/view/css/widgets.css
@@ -81,13 +81,8 @@
 
 
 /* group */
-input.group-edit-checkbox {
-	margin: unset;
-	height: 1em;
-	width: 1em;
-}
 
-a.group-edit-link {
+a.group-edit-tool {
 	z-index: 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/view/js/main.js b/view/js/main.js
index f58d3756b..32db7ccb7 100644
--- a/view/js/main.js
+++ b/view/js/main.js
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ function updateConvItems(mode,data) {
 		$('body').css('cursor', 'wait');
 		$.get('contactgroup/' + gid + '/' + cid, function(data) {
 				$('body').css('cursor', 'auto');
+				$('#group-' + gid).toggleClass('icon-check icon-check-empty');
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/group_side.tpl b/view/tpl/group_side.tpl
index 6c5edba27..4afe1286f 100755
--- a/view/tpl/group_side.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/group_side.tpl
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@
 			{{foreach $groups as $group}}
 			<li>
 				{{if $group.cid}}
-				<a class="pull-right group-edit-link">
-					<input type="checkbox" 
-						class="{{if $group.selected}}ticked{{else}}unticked {{/if}} group-edit-checkbox" 
-						onclick="contactgroupChangeMember('{{$group.id}}','{{$group.enc_cid}}');return true;"
-						{{if $group.ismember}}checked="checked"{{/if}}
-					/>
+				<a class="pull-right group-edit-tool fakelink" onclick="contactgroupChangeMember('{{$group.id}}','{{$group.enc_cid}}'); return true;"/>
+					<i id="group-{{$group.id}}" class="{{if $group.ismember}}icon-check{{else}}icon-check-empty{{/if}}"></i>
 				</a>
 				{{/if}}
 				{{if $group.edit}}
-				<a class="pull-right group-edit-link" href="{{$group.edit.href}}" title="{{$edittext}}"><i class="group-edit-icon icon-pencil"></i></a>
+				<a class="pull-right group-edit-tool" href="{{$group.edit.href}}" title="{{$edittext}}"><i class="group-edit-icon icon-pencil"></i></a>
 				{{/if}}
 				<a{{if $group.selected}} class="group-selected"{{/if}} href="{{$group.href}}">{{$group.text}}</a>
 			</li>