diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/index.html b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/index.html
index 7376d82a2..857fa4e63 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/index.html
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/index.html
@@ -32,13 +32,7 @@
 
 </div>
 
-<footer style="vertical-align: bottom">
-  <div class="pull-left">
-    <a target="_blank" href="http://archiva.apache.org/">Apache Archiva&nbsp;-&nbsp;version</a>
-  </div>
-  <div class="pull-right">
-    Copyright &#169;  copyrightRange  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.apache.org/">The Apache Software Foundation</a>
-  </div>
+<footer id="footer-content" style="vertical-align: bottom">
 </footer>
 
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
index f56914c62..8f92bb64b 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ $(function() {
     hideElementWithKarma();
     checkSecurityLinks();
     checkCreateAdminLink();
+    $('#footer-content').html($('#footer-tmpl').tmpl());
   }
   startArchivaApplication();
 })
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/templates/message.html b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/templates/message.html
index 62ca14631..9a1f37188 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/templates/message.html
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/templates/message.html
@@ -41,3 +41,12 @@
   </div>
 </script>
 
+<script id='footer-tmpl' type='text/x-jquery-tmpl'>
+  <div class="pull-left">
+    <a target="_blank" href="http://archiva.apache.org/">Apache Archiva&nbsp;-&nbsp;${version}</a>
+  </div>
+  <div class="pull-right">
+    Copyright &#169;  ${copyrightRange}  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.apache.org/">The Apache Software Foundation</a>
+  </div>
+</script>
+