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index 388a618..011bf82 100644
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diff --git a/.misc/screenshot2.png b/.misc/screenshot2.png
index 44b8bac..2f3dc3c 100644
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cc5defc..0c87e4d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ var appTemplate *template.Template = template.New("app")
 var db Database
 
 type TemplateData struct {
-	TOC []string
-	Entry string
 	Title string
+	SiteDescription string
+	TOC []string
 	EntryTitle string
+	Entry string
 	Footer []template.HTML
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +43,14 @@ func handleApplication(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 	err = appTemplate.ExecuteTemplate(
 		w, "app",
-		TemplateData{TOC: db.Keys, Entry: entry, Title: MainTitle, EntryTitle: entryName, Footer: FooterContent})
+		TemplateData{
+			TOC: db.Keys,
+			Entry: entry,
+			Title: MainTitle,
+			EntryTitle: entryName,
+			Footer: FooterContent,
+			SiteDescription: SiteDescription,
+		})
 	if err != nil { logger.Println(err) }
 }
 
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index ffbcc77..3ded2be 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 </div>
 {{- else -}}
 <div class="home-main">
-    <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
+    <div class="about">
+        <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
+        {{ if .SiteDescription }}<div class="description">{{ .SiteDescription }}</div>{{ end }}
+    </div>
     <input type="text" id="search-box" placeholder="search">
     <div id="search-results" class="hidden"></div>
     <div class="toc" id="toc">
diff --git a/public/static/style.css b/public/static/style.css
index 4f115a1..7e27b7d 100644
--- a/public/static/style.css
+++ b/public/static/style.css
@@ -62,9 +62,15 @@ footer, footer * {
     box-sizing: border-box;
     gap: 1rem;
 }
-.home-main > h1 {
+.about {
+    margin-bottom: 2rem;
+}
+.about > h1 {
     font-size: 1.6rem;
 }
+.description {
+    white-space: pre-line;
+}
 .home-main, .toc, #search-results {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index 640521c..870a530 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const StaticDirectory = "./public/static"
 var ContentLanguage = language.English
 
 const MainTitle = "Encyclopedia"
+var SiteDescription = `A very simple and clean reader/browser?
+for plaintext... documentation? wiki? chapters of a book? whatever.`
 var FooterContent = []template.HTML{
 	template.HTML("powered by <a href='https://github.com/ChaoticByte/plaintext-encyclopedia' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>plaintext-encyclopedia</a>"),
 }