diff --git a/release_notes.md b/release_notes.md
index c225ba031..acb325332 100644
--- a/release_notes.md
+++ b/release_notes.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ```
 Date          Commit        Action 
 
+28/03/2017                  Added Props webui_top_text which is used by default.html (default="")
 22/03/2017    51d1742       Added Props webui_api_manager_url which is used by button on home page.
 21/03/2017                  Added Props authUser.skipEmailValidation . This defaults to true to maintain current behaviour
 21/03/2017    c5f6b02       Added mail.api.consumer.registered.notification.send.sensistive to Props (default is false)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/props/sample.props.template b/src/main/resources/props/sample.props.template
index 89b2d40b4..c5ae55f7a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/props/sample.props.template
+++ b/src/main/resources/props/sample.props.template
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ webui_index_page_about_section_text = <p class="about-text"> \
                                         Welcome to the API Sandbox powered by the Open Bank Project! <br/> \
                                       </p>
 
+# Top text appears on default.html For branding next to logo(s)
+webui_top_text=""
+
 
 # API Explorer url. Change to your instance
 webui_api_explorer_url = http://apiexplorer.openbankproject.com
diff --git a/src/main/scala/code/snippet/WebUI.scala b/src/main/scala/code/snippet/WebUI.scala
index a4523dbc1..c00ef61a3 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/code/snippet/WebUI.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/code/snippet/WebUI.scala
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class WebUI extends Loggable{
     "#main-about-text *" #> scala.xml.Unparsed(Props.get("webui_index_page_about_section_text", ""))
   }
 
+  def topText: CssSel = {
+    "#top-text *" #> scala.xml.Unparsed(Props.get("webui_top_text", ""))
+  }
+
   def apiExplorerLink: CssSel = {
     val tags = S.attr("tags") openOr ""
     ".api-explorer-link a [href]" #> scala.xml.Unparsed(Props.get("webui_api_explorer_url", "") + s"?ignoredefcat=true&tags=$tags")
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/default.html b/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/default.html
index bd7bd6dea..c981bf94f 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/default.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/templates-hidden/default.html
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ Berlin 13359, Germany
                 <div id="logo-left" class="lift:WebUI.headerLogoLeft">
                     <a href="/"><img src="" alt=""></a>
                 </div>
+                <div id="top-text" class="lift:WebUI.topText">
+                    This is the top text
+                </div>
+
+
                 <div id="logo-right" class="lift:WebUI.headerLogoRight">
                     <a href="/"><img src="" alt=""></a>
                 </div>