diff --git a/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/controllers/WelcomeController.java b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/controllers/WelcomeController.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be0f2abc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/ui/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/controllers/WelcomeController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Sebastian Stenzel
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.
+ * See the LICENSE.txt file for more info.
+ * 
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Sebastian Stenzel - initial API and implementation
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package org.cryptomator.ui.controllers;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+
+import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
+import javafx.scene.image.Image;
+import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
+
+public class WelcomeController implements Initializable {
+
+	@FXML
+	private ImageView botImageView;
+
+	@Override
+	public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
+		this.botImageView.setImage(new Image(WelcomeController.class.getResource("/bot_welcome.png").toString()));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/main/ui/src/main/resources/bot_welcome.png b/main/ui/src/main/resources/bot_welcome.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3906db706
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diff --git a/main/ui/src/main/resources/fxml/welcome.fxml b/main/ui/src/main/resources/fxml/welcome.fxml
index d4cba3a56..4f4dad9e4 100644
--- a/main/ui/src/main/resources/fxml/welcome.fxml
+++ b/main/ui/src/main/resources/fxml/welcome.fxml
@@ -15,17 +15,20 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.shape.Line?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
+<?import javafx.scene.image.ImageView?>
 
-
-<AnchorPane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">
+<AnchorPane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml" fx:controller="org.cryptomator.ui.controllers.WelcomeController">
 	
 	<children>
-		<Label AnchorPane.leftAnchor="100.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="50.0" style="-fx-font-size: 1.5em;" text="%welcome.welcomeLabel"/>
-		<Label AnchorPane.leftAnchor="120.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="280.0" text="%welcome.addButtonInstructionLabel"/>
+		<Label AnchorPane.leftAnchor="100.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="20.0" style="-fx-font-size: 1.5em;" text="%welcome.welcomeLabel"/>
 		
-		<QuadCurve AnchorPane.leftAnchor="4.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="300.0" startX="200.0" startY="0.0" endX="0.0" endY="80.0" controlX="180.0" controlY="80.0" fill="TRANSPARENT" stroke="BLACK" strokeWidth="2.0"/>
-		<Line AnchorPane.leftAnchor="4.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="370.0" startX="0.0" endX="10.0" startY="10.0" endY="0.0" strokeWidth="2.0"/>
-		<Line AnchorPane.leftAnchor="4.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="380.0" startX="0.0" endX="10.0" startY="0.0" endY="10.0" strokeWidth="2.0"/>
+		<ImageView fx:id="botImageView" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="100.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="200.0" fitHeight="200.0" preserveRatio="true" smooth="false"/>
+		
+		<Line AnchorPane.leftAnchor="4.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="380.0" startX="0.0" endX="6.0" startY="5.0" endY="0.0" strokeWidth="1.0"/>
+		<Line AnchorPane.leftAnchor="6.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="385.0" startX="0.0" endX="15.0" startY="0.0" endY="0.0" strokeWidth="1.0"/>
+		<Line AnchorPane.leftAnchor="4.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="385.0" startX="0.0" endX="6.0" startY="0.0" endY="5.0" strokeWidth="1.0"/>
+		
+		<Label AnchorPane.leftAnchor="25.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="377.0" text="%welcome.addButtonInstructionLabel"/>
 	</children>
 	
 </AnchorPane>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/ui/src/main/resources/localization.properties b/main/ui/src/main/resources/localization.properties
index 84ffa2a6e..a237ad885 100644
--- a/main/ui/src/main/resources/localization.properties
+++ b/main/ui/src/main/resources/localization.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ main.addDirectory.contextMenu.open=Add existing vault
 
 # welcome.fxml
 welcome.welcomeLabel=Welcome to Cryptomator
-welcome.addButtonInstructionLabel=Start by adding a new vault :-)
+welcome.addButtonInstructionLabel=Start by adding a new vault
 
 # initialize.fxml
 initialize.label.password=Password