diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
index f8a222e64..413ce9267 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
@@ -356,12 +356,12 @@
                 <div class="col-xs-12">
                     <p class="text-muted">
                         <i ng-class="outboundPort25.status ? 'fa fa-check-circle text-success' : 'fa fa-exclamation-triangle text-danger'"></i> &nbsp;
-                        <a href="" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" data-target="#collapse_dns_{{ record.value }}">
+                        <a href="" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" data-target="#collapse_dns_port">
                             Outbound SMTP (Port 25)
                         </a>
                         <button class="btn btn-xs btn-default" ng-click="email.refresh()" ng-disabled="email.refreshBusy" ng-show="!outboundPort25.status"><i class="fa fa-refresh" ng-class="{ 'fa-pulse': email.refreshBusy }"></i></button>
                     </p>
-                    <div id="collapse_dns_{{ record.value }}" class="panel-collapse collapse">
+                    <div id="collapse_dns_port" class="panel-collapse collapse">
                         <div class="panel-body">
                             <p><b> {{ outboundPort25.value }} </b> </p>
                         </div>
diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
index 46ce1caeb..f58278f7c 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
@@ -577,6 +577,17 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
             $scope.expectedDnsRecords = result.dns;
             $scope.outboundPort25 = result.outboundPort25;
 
+            // open the record details if they are not correct
+            for (var type in $scope.expectedDnsRecords) {
+                if (!$scope.expectedDnsRecords[type].status) {
+                    $('#collapse_dns_' + type).collapse('show');
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!$scope.outboundPort25.status) {
+                $('#collapse_dns_port').collapse('show');
+            }
+
             callback(null);
         });
     }