diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e14b8d2299..8404402fe4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 devel
 -----
 
+* UI: improved the behavior during collection creation in a cluster environment
+
 * UI: fixed broken foxx configuration keys. Some valid configuration values
   could not be edited via the ui.
 
diff --git a/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/collectionsView.js b/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/collectionsView.js
index e0f509ccc0..3386c05391 100644
--- a/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/collectionsView.js
+++ b/js/apps/system/_admin/aardvark/APP/frontend/js/views/collectionsView.js
@@ -406,9 +406,11 @@
                 arangoHelper.arangoError('Error', data.errorMessage);
               } catch (ignore) {}
             } else {
-              this.updateCollectionsView();
+              if (window.location.hash === '#collections') {
+                this.updateCollectionsView();
+              }
+              arangoHelper.arangoNotification('Collection', 'Collection "' + data.name + '" successfully created.');
             }
-            window.modalView.hide();
           }.bind(this);
 
           var tmpObj = {
@@ -424,6 +426,8 @@
             tmpObj.journalSize = collSize;
           }
           this.collection.newCollection(tmpObj, callback);
+          window.modalView.hide();
+          arangoHelper.arangoNotification('Collection', 'Collection "' + collName + '" will be created.');
         }
       }.bind(this);