diff --git a/eotimeseriesviewer/mapvisualization.py b/eotimeseriesviewer/mapvisualization.py
index ca1cf4418d6b49e5521fd8ba60c3b822303eba36..1c3cf34792c124034bff1a8ec3acda845b8603cb 100644
--- a/eotimeseriesviewer/mapvisualization.py
+++ b/eotimeseriesviewer/mapvisualization.py
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ class MapView(QFrame):
         self.mIsVisible = True
         self.setTitle(name)
         self.tbInfoExpression: QLineEdit
+        self.mDefaultInfoExpressionToolTip:str = self.tbInfoExpression.toolTip()
+
         self.tbInfoExpression.textChanged.connect(self.onMapInfoExpressionChanged)
         self.btnShowInfoExpression.setDefaultAction(self.optionShowInfoExpression)
         self.optionShowInfoExpression.toggled.connect(self.tbInfoExpression.setEnabled)
@@ -219,6 +221,16 @@ class MapView(QFrame):
 
         fixMenuButtons(self)
 
+    def setInfoExpressionError(self, error: str):
+
+        if error in ['', None]:
+            self.tbInfoExpression.setStyleSheet('')
+            self.tbInfoExpression.setToolTip(self.mDefaultInfoExpressionToolTip)
+        else:
+
+            self.tbInfoExpression.setStyleSheet('QLineEdit#tbInfoExpression{color:red; border: 2px solid red;}')
+            self.tbInfoExpression.setToolTip(f'<span style="color:red">{error}</span>')
+
     def onMapInfoExpressionChanged(self, text: str):
 
         self.sigCanvasAppearanceChanged.emit()
@@ -2155,7 +2167,7 @@ class MapWidget(QFrame):
             tf = mapView.mapTextFormat()
 
             infoItemVisible: bool = mapView.optionShowInfoExpression.isChecked()
-
+            errorText = ''
             for canvas in self.mCanvases[mapView]:
                 assert isinstance(canvas, MapCanvas)
 
@@ -2168,6 +2180,7 @@ class MapWidget(QFrame):
                 infoItem.setVisible(infoItemVisible)
 
                 expr = QgsExpression(mapView.mapInfoExpression())
+                infoItem.setInfoText(None)
                 if isinstance(expr, QgsExpression) and expr.expression() != '':
                     # context = QgsExpressionContext([QgsExpressionContextScope(canvas.expressionContextScope())])
                     context: QgsExpressionContext = QgsExpressionContext()
@@ -2182,13 +2195,17 @@ class MapWidget(QFrame):
                             # print(infoText)
                             infoItem.setInfoText(str(infoText))
                         else:
-                            # print(expr.evalErrorString(), file=sys.stderr)
-                            infoItem.setInfoText('')
+                            if errorText == '':
+                                errorText = expr2.evalErrorString()
+                    else:
+                        if errorText == '':
+                            errorText = expr.parserErrorString()
 
-                    canvas.addToRefreshPipeLine(MapCanvas.Command.UpdateMapItems)
+                canvas.addToRefreshPipeLine(MapCanvas.Command.UpdateMapItems)
                 if canvas.canvasColor() != bg:
                     canvas.addToRefreshPipeLine(mapView.mapBackgroundColor())
 
+            mapView.setInfoExpressionError(errorText)
 
 class MapViewDock(QgsDockWidget):
     sigMapViewAdded = pyqtSignal(MapView)
diff --git a/eotimeseriesviewer/ui/mapviewdock.ui b/eotimeseriesviewer/ui/mapviewdock.ui
index 0bae4ab89dbeab217df1fc05bf6733145372a673..0ef287eda01e1d96651e6c77cdf6ac2ba7351883 100644
--- a/eotimeseriesviewer/ui/mapviewdock.ui
+++ b/eotimeseriesviewer/ui/mapviewdock.ui
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ QToolBox::tab:selected { /* italicize selected tabs */
              <string/>
             </property>
             <property name="minimum">
-             <number>0</number>
+             <number>1</number>
             </property>
             <property name="maximum">
              <number>100</number>
diff --git a/eotimeseriesviewer/ui/mapwidget.ui b/eotimeseriesviewer/ui/mapwidget.ui
index e22faae3f0bb6e1beed091c46427843dd3eea7d0..3f3089c5879604316bffab627c7a08bc9f3a99db 100644
--- a/eotimeseriesviewer/ui/mapwidget.ui
+++ b/eotimeseriesviewer/ui/mapwidget.ui
@@ -83,11 +83,17 @@
          <height>100</height>
         </size>
        </property>
+       <property name="styleSheet">
+        <string notr="true"/>
+       </property>
        <property name="frameShape">
-        <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
+        <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="frameShadow">
-        <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
+        <enum>QFrame::Plain</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="lineWidth">
+        <number>0</number>
        </property>
        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="mGrid">
         <property name="leftMargin">