diff --git a/src/app/components/delegate-registration/delegateRegistration.js b/src/app/components/delegate-registration/delegateRegistration.js
index d38725928..7f2f5d217 100644
--- a/src/app/components/delegate-registration/delegateRegistration.js
+++ b/src/app/components/delegate-registration/delegateRegistration.js
@@ -1,27 +1,39 @@
 import './delegateRegistration.less';
 
-app.directive('delegateRegistration', ($mdDialog, delegateService, Account, dialog) => {
+app.directive('delegateRegistration', ($mdDialog, delegateService, Account, dialog, $rootScope) => {
   const DelegateRegistrationLink = function ($scope, $element) {
+    function checkPendingRegistration() {
+      delegateService.getDelegate({
+        username: $scope.username,
+      }).then((data) => {
+        Account.set({
+          isDelegate: true,
+          username: data.delegate.username,
+        });
+        $scope.pendingRegistrationListener();
+      });
+    }
+
     $scope.form = {
       name: '',
       fee: 25,
       error: '',
       onSubmit: (form) => {
         if (form.$valid) {
+          $scope.username = $scope.form.name.toLowerCase();
           delegateService.registerDelegate(
-              $scope.form.name.toLowerCase(),
+              $scope.username,
               Account.get().passphrase,
               $scope.form.secondPassphrase,
             )
             .then(() => {
               dialog.successAlert({
                 title: 'Success',
-                text: 'Account was successfully registered as delegate.',
+                text: 'Delegate registration was successfully submitted. It can take several seconds before it is confirmed.',
               })
                 .then(() => {
-                  Account.set({
-                    isDelegate: true,
-                    username: $scope.form.name.toLowerCase(),
+                  $scope.pendingRegistrationListener = $rootScope.$on('syncTick', () => {
+                    checkPendingRegistration();
                   });
                   $scope.reset(form);
                   $mdDialog.hide();
diff --git a/src/app/components/delegate-registration/delegateRegistration.pug b/src/app/components/delegate-registration/delegateRegistration.pug
index 40f07a72d..c2fe3ead9 100644
--- a/src/app/components/delegate-registration/delegateRegistration.pug
+++ b/src/app/components/delegate-registration/delegateRegistration.pug
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ div.dialog-delegate-registration(aria-label='Vote for delegates')
         div
           md-input-container.md-block
             label Delegate name
-            input(type='text', name='delegateName', ng-model='$ctrl.form.name', required, ng-disabled='$ctrl.loading')
+            input(type='text', name='delegateName', ng-model='$ctrl.form.name', required, ng-disabled='$ctrl.loading', md-autofocus)
             div(ng-messages='delegateRegistrationForm.name.$error')
               div(ng-message='required') Required
           md-input-container.md-block(ng-if='$ctrl.account.get().secondSignature')
diff --git a/src/app/components/forging/forging.pug b/src/app/components/forging/forging.pug
index aad7b552a..ea333561a 100644
--- a/src/app/components/forging/forging.pug
+++ b/src/app/components/forging/forging.pug
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ div.offline-hide
     md-content
       div(layout='row', ng-if='$ctrl.delegate && !$ctrl.delegate.username')
         md-card(flex-100, flex-gt-xs=100, layout-align='center center', layout-padding)
-          span.title You need to become a delegate to start forging
-          md-button.md-raised.md-primary(disabled) Become Delegate
+          span.title You need to become a delegate to start forging. If you already registered to become a delegate, your registration hasn't been processed, yet.
       div(layout='column', layout-gt-xs='row', ng-if='$ctrl.delegate.username')
         md-card(flex-gt-xs=100, layout-padding)
           md-card-title
diff --git a/src/app/components/main/main.js b/src/app/components/main/main.js
index 0e28f7804..3cb6fd612 100644
--- a/src/app/components/main/main.js
+++ b/src/app/components/main/main.js
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ app.component('main', {
     update() {
       return this.accountApi.get(this.account.get().address)
         .then((res) => {
+          if (res.publicKey === null) {
+            // because res.publicKey is null if the account didn't send any transaction yet,
+            // but we have the publicKey computed from passphrase
+            delete res.publicKey;
+          }
+
           this.account.set(res);
         })
         .catch((res) => {
diff --git a/src/spec/spec.js b/src/spec/spec.js
index a607a4893..38d4e9cec 100644
--- a/src/spec/spec.js
+++ b/src/spec/spec.js
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function testDelegateRegistration() {
   waitForElemAndClickIt('md-dialog button.md-primary');
 
   browser.sleep(500);
-  checkAlertDialog('Success', 'Account was successfully registered as delegate.');
+  checkAlertDialog('Success', 'Delegate registration was successfully submitted. It can take several seconds before it is confirmed.');
 }
 
 function testForgingCenter() {