diff --git a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/client/web/public/index.html b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/client/web/public/index.html
index aae268b4e22c33520b0a63d2cf6f6fd8f5d35c3f..8bb4ad266086ef6e6e03c0cc5c0b326832e27bde 100644
--- a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/client/web/public/index.html
+++ b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/client/web/public/index.html
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <html>
 <head>
-<title>openBIS - Biological Information System for High Content Screening</title>
+<title>openBIS for HCS</title>
 
 <!--
 // This script loads your compiled module. If you add any GWT meta tags, they must be added before this line.
 -->
 <script language="javascript" src="ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.plugin.screening.OpenBIS.nocache.js"></script>
 
+<script language="JavaScript">
+	// confirmation on exit depends on whether user is logged in
+	var allowConfirmOnExit = false; 
+  window.onbeforeunload = confirmExit;
+  function confirmExit()
+  {
+    if (allowConfirmOnExit) {
+      return "WARNING: By doing this you will in fact leave openBIS!";
+    }
+  }  
+</script>
+
+<!-- Required by IE (GWT 1.7) -->
+<iframe id="__gwt_historyFrame" style="width:0;height:0;border:0"></iframe>
+
 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico" />
 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="images/favicon.png" />
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="resources/css/gxt-all.css" />