diff --git a/mathics_django/web/templates/about.html b/mathics_django/web/templates/about.html
index c4df42d79..b8e30bda9 100644
--- a/mathics_django/web/templates/about.html
+++ b/mathics_django/web/templates/about.html
@@ -47,7 +47,15 @@ <h1> Version information </h1>
   </p>
 </div>
 
-{% include 'welcome.html' %}
+<!-- FIXME: figure out how to reuse welcome.html. We can't run ajax from here. -->
+<div id="welcomeContainer">
+<div id="welcome">
+<p><h1>Welcome to Mathics!</h1></p>
+<p>Mathics is a general-purpose computer algebra system.</p>
+<p>Enter queries and evaluate them by pressing <code>Shift</code> + <code>Return</code>.
+See the <a href="/doc">documentation</a> for a full list of supported functions.
+
+<!-- {% include 'welcome.html' %} -->
 
 {% endblock main %}
 {% endblock html_body %}