diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/init_menubar.py b/modules/gui/pymod/init_menubar.py
index b3df099d56df2d80f6ce875c8649b88d1a801081..574e7b21925b17a3c20e700f2baef33acbd7d937 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/init_menubar.py
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/init_menubar.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import ost
 from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 from ost.gui import FileLoader
 from ost.gui.scene.file_loader import GenericLoader
-
 from ost.gui.scene.loader_manager_widget import LoaderManagerWidget
+from ost.gui.init_splash import _InitSplash
 
 class InitMenuBar(QtCore.QObject):
   def __init__(self, menu_bar=None):
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ class InitMenuBar(QtCore.QObject):
     webpage.setShortcut('Ctrl+D')
     self.connect(webpage, QtCore.SIGNAL('triggered()'), self.OpenDocs)
     help.addAction(webpage)
+    about = QtGui.QAction('&About', self)
+    about.setStatusTip('About')
+    about.setShortcut('Ctrl+A')
+    self.connect(about, QtCore.SIGNAL('triggered()'), self.About)
+    help.addAction(about)
+    
         
     window.addMenu(persp.panels.menu)
     gl_win = QtGui.QAction('&GL Window', self)
@@ -83,6 +89,9 @@ class InitMenuBar(QtCore.QObject):
   def OpenDocs(self):
     QtGui.QDesktopServices.openUrl(QtCore.QUrl("http://www.openstructure.org/docs/index.html"))
     
+  def About(self):
+    _InitSplash()
+  
   def ShowGLWin(self):
     gosty=gui.GostyApp.Instance()
     gl_win=gosty.GetGLWin()
diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/init_splash.py b/modules/gui/pymod/init_splash.py
index d2f4cf8f8c80a1117dd623f7e5a5530941027b9e..2941c858dad3e71329ee5b395518109d8a6c4780 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/init_splash.py
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/init_splash.py
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ class SplashDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
     self.label.setHtml("Welcome to <b>Openstructure</b>!<br /><br />You are running version 1.0.0a<br /><br />If you are new to OpenStructure, we invite you to run the demos from the examples directory. Scripts can be displayed by right clicking on the file and selecting 'Show source'.<br /><br />Feel free visit our website at:<br /> http://www.openstructure.org")
     layout.addWidget(self.label)
     
-def _InitSplash(app):
-  splash = SplashDialog(app.perspective.main_area.qobject)
-  #print dir(splash)
-
+def _InitSplash():
+  splash = SplashDialog(gui.GostyApp.Instance().perspective.main_area.qobject)
   splash.showNormal()
 
   #QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(30000, splash.close);
diff --git a/scripts/init.py b/scripts/init.py
index b5f87d0b15d4e754011ca0db7c7a9a84288bb981..4c9d779a90f17104e3327d4f8a7e806681e6ec74 100644
--- a/scripts/init.py
+++ b/scripts/init.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def _InitFrontEnd():
   main_area=app.perspective.main_area
   _InitMenuBar(app)
   if not _InitPanels(app):
-    _InitSplash(app)
+    _InitSplash()
   _InitSpaceNav(app)
   _InitContextMenu(app)
   main_area.AddPersistentWidget("3D Scene", "gl_win" , app.gl_win, int(QtCore.Qt.WindowMaximized))