diff --git a/openbis/dist/etc/service.properties b/openbis/dist/etc/service.properties
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..1447041c12dedeb32208fdb039278aba4612dad5 100644
--- a/openbis/dist/etc/service.properties
+++ b/openbis/dist/etc/service.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+##############################################################
+# Template of service.properties for generic openBIS server
+##############################################################
+# Supported: 'file-authentication-service' and 'crowd-authentication-service'
+
+authentication-service = file-authentication-service
+
+# The name of the Crowd server
+crowd.service.host = <crowd server>
+# The port that the Crowd service can be reached at
+crowd.service.port = 8443
+# Name of the application when logging in into Crowd
+crowd.application.name = openbis
+# Password for which the openBIS service is registered at Crowd
+crowd.application.password = <application password>
+
+
+# The time after which an inactive session is expired by the service (in minutes).
+session-timeout = 30
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/public/css/openbis.css b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/public/css/openbis.css
index 51ab3583794d2c48e2cdc560f511a9c692aee09a..4b1b81909a2358a465d7ffab003ca9196c07560d 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/public/css/openbis.css
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/public/css/openbis.css
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 body,div,td {
     font-family: verdana, tahoma, helvetica;
     font-size: 11px;
-    background-color: white;
 }
 
 .header {