diff --git a/hc/front/templatetags/hc_extras.py b/hc/front/templatetags/hc_extras.py
index 41634b58..d3d62026 100644
--- a/hc/front/templatetags/hc_extras.py
+++ b/hc/front/templatetags/hc_extras.py
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ def num_down_title(num_down):
     else:
         return settings.SITE_NAME
 
+
+@register.filter
+def down_title(check):
+    s = "%s – %s" % (check.name_then_code(), settings.SITE_NAME)
+    if check.get_status() == "down":
+        s = "DOWN – " + s
+    return s
+
+
 @register.filter
 def break_underscore(s):
     if len(s) > 30:
diff --git a/hc/front/views.py b/hc/front/views.py
index 25c22381..361079fd 100644
--- a/hc/front/views.py
+++ b/hc/front/views.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ from hc.front.forms import (AddWebhookForm, NameTagsForm,
                             TimeoutForm, AddUrlForm, AddEmailForm,
                             AddOpsGenieForm, CronForm, AddSmsForm)
 from hc.front.schemas import telegram_callback
-from hc.front.templatetags.hc_extras import num_down_title, sortchecks
+from hc.front.templatetags.hc_extras import (num_down_title, down_title,
+                                             sortchecks)
 from hc.lib import jsonschema
 from pytz import all_timezones
 from pytz.exceptions import UnknownTimeZoneError
@@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ def status_single(request, code):
     doc = {
         "status": status,
         "status_text": STATUS_TEXT_TMPL.render({"check": check}),
+        "title": down_title(check),
         "updated": updated
     }
 
diff --git a/static/js/details.js b/static/js/details.js
index 9dd872ba..6c6befd7 100644
--- a/static/js/details.js
+++ b/static/js/details.js
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ $(function () {
                     $("#log-container").html(data.events);
                     switchDateFormat(lastFormat);
                 }
+
+                if (document.title != data.title) {
+                    document.title = data.title;
+                }
             }
         });
     }, true);
diff --git a/templates/front/details.html b/templates/front/details.html
index bce0507e..9b4f63f0 100644
--- a/templates/front/details.html
+++ b/templates/front/details.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% load compress humanize static hc_extras %}
 
-{% block title %}My Checks - {% site_name %}{% endblock %}
+{% block title %}{{ check|down_title }}{% endblock %}
 
 
 {% block content %}