diff --git a/app/views/application/_flash.html.slim b/app/views/application/_flash.html.slim
index 2b8563a4..a391ee23 100644
--- a/app/views/application/_flash.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/application/_flash.html.slim
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#flash.fixed_error_messages data-message-failure=t('shared.message_failure')
+#flash.fixed_error_messages.clickthrough data-message-failure=t('shared.message_failure')
   - %w[alert danger info notice success warning].each do |severity|
     p.alert.flash class="alert-#{{'alert' => 'warning', 'notice' => 'success'}.fetch(severity, severity)}" id="flash-#{severity}" = flash[severity]
diff --git a/lib/assets/stylesheets/flash.css.scss b/lib/assets/stylesheets/flash.css.scss
index 8d2899bf..21ca7ec5 100644
--- a/lib/assets/stylesheets/flash.css.scss
+++ b/lib/assets/stylesheets/flash.css.scss
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
 
 .fixed_error_messages {
   position: fixed;
-  top: 0;
+  z-index: 1000;
+  top: 110px;
   left: 0;
   width: 100%;
   padding-left: 10%;
   padding-right: 10%;
-  padding-top: 2%;
+  padding-top: 0;
 }
+
+.clickthrough {
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+