diff --git a/modules/gui/pymod/init_splash.py b/modules/gui/pymod/init_splash.py
index 33263606301d852f81414bfffcf62d2f8acfa215..ec5e3667cd23e8625b9bc29fcb811bd6eda0e3d5 100644
--- a/modules/gui/pymod/init_splash.py
+++ b/modules/gui/pymod/init_splash.py
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ from ost import gui
 
 LOGO_PATH = os.path.join(ost.GetSharedDataPath(), "gui", "images", "logo-small.png")
 
+
+SPLASH_TEXT=""""Welcome to <b>Openstructure</b>!<br/><br/>
+You are running version %s<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 /> 
+<a href='http://www.openstructure.org'>http://www.openstructure.org</a>
+""" % ost.VERSION
+
 class SplashDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
   def __init__(self, parent=None):
     QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
@@ -15,9 +24,10 @@ class SplashDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
     self.pix_map = QtGui.QPixmap(LOGO_PATH);
     imageLabel.setPixmap(self.pix_map);
     layout.addWidget(imageLabel)
-    self.label = QtGui.QTextEdit()
+    self.label = QtGui.QTextBrowser()
     self.label.setReadOnly(True)
-    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")
+    self.label.setOpenExternalLinks(True)
+    self.label.setHtml(SPLASH_TEXT)
     layout.addWidget(self.label)
     
 def _InitSplash():
@@ -25,3 +35,6 @@ def _InitSplash():
   splash.exec_()
 
   #QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(30000, splash.close);
+
+
+__all__=('SplashDialog',)