diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/etc/welcome.html b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/etc/welcome.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..204b217c2c7c0c167ab45e5dc517c790bec1c2af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/etc/welcome.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<p>Welcome to openBIS ELN-LIMS.</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/controllers/MainController.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/controllers/MainController.js
index 7692afc52d6712762a7863580243495882927487..860109f5444ae64ec9dcf0e0ddfb09ed9057a8c5 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/controllers/MainController.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/controllers/MainController.js
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ function MainController(profile) {
 	
 	this._showBlancPage = function() {
 		var content = this._getBackwardsCompatibleMainContainer();
-		content.append("Welcome to openBIS ELN-LIMS.");
+		content.load("./etc/welcome.html");
 		this.currentView = {
 		    content : content
 		}