diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/dropProject/controllers/GlobalControllerAdvice.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/dropProject/controllers/GlobalControllerAdvice.kt
index 52785b7..724f8b4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/dropProject/controllers/GlobalControllerAdvice.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/dropProject/controllers/GlobalControllerAdvice.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class GlobalControllerAdvice {
     @Value("\${dropProject.admin.email}")
     val adminEmailProperty: String = ""
 
+    @Value("\${dropProject.footer.message:}")
+    val footerMessage: String = ""
+
     @Autowired
     lateinit var buildProperties: BuildProperties
 
@@ -75,6 +78,11 @@ class GlobalControllerAdvice {
         return dataSource!!.driverClassName == "org.h2.Driver"
     }
 
+    @ModelAttribute("footerMessage")
+    fun footerMessage() : String {
+        return footerMessage
+    }
+
     @ModelAttribute("demoMode")
     fun isDemoMode() : Boolean {
         if (userDetailsManager != null && userDetailsManager is InMemoryUserDetailsManager) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/layout/layout.html b/src/main/resources/templates/layout/layout.html
index 27bdb89..9b9eef4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/layout/layout.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/layout/layout.html
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
         <div class="container">
             <p class="navbar-text pull-left">Feedback: <a th:href="'mailto:' + ${adminEmail}" th:text="${adminEmail}">pedro.alves@ulusofona.pt</a></p>
             <p class="navbar-text" th:if="${embeddedDB}" style="color:red"><strong>WARNING: Using in-memory database. All data will be lost on restart!!!</strong></p>
+            <p class="navbar-text" th:if="${!#strings.isEmpty(footerMessage)}" style="color:red" th:text="${footerMessage}">Footer message</p>
             <p class="navbar-text pull-right">
                 Powered by Drop Project
                 (<small th:text="${buildInfo.version}"></small>)