diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/apps.html b/webadmin/src/views/apps.html
index c8c8ee579..add6a1003 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/apps.html
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/apps.html
@@ -146,12 +146,9 @@
 
                             <br/>
 
-                            <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': !appConfigureForm.robotsTxt.$dirty && appConfigure.error.robotsTxt }">
-                                <div class="checkbox">
-                                    <label>
-                                        <input type="checkbox" ng-model="appConfigure.robotsEnabled" id="appConfigureRobotsTxt"> Disallow bots from indexing this app
-                                    </label>
-                                </div>
+                            <div class="form-group">
+                                <label class="control-label">Specify robots.txt file content</label>
+                                <textarea ng-model="appConfigure.robotsTxt" placeholder="Leave empty to allow all bots to index this app." class="form-control" rows="3"></textarea>
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="hide">
diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/apps.js b/webadmin/src/views/apps.js
index aeaabee50..0b6765184 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/apps.js
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/apps.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$location
         portBindings: {},
         portBindingsEnabled: {},
         portBindingsInfo: {},
-        robotsEnabled: false,
+        robotsTxt: '',
         certificateFile: null,
         certificateFileName: '',
         keyFile: null,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$location
         $scope.appConfigure.accessRestriction = { users: [], groups: [] };
         $scope.appConfigure.xFrameOptions = '';
         $scope.appConfigure.customAuth = false;
-        $scope.appConfigure.robotsEnabled = false;
+        $scope.appConfigure.robotsTxt = '';
 
         $scope.appConfigureForm.$setPristine();
         $scope.appConfigureForm.$setUntouched();
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$location
         $scope.appConfigure.memoryLimit = app.memoryLimit || app.manifest.memoryLimit || (256 * 1024 * 1024);
         $scope.appConfigure.xFrameOptions = app.xFrameOptions.indexOf('ALLOW-FROM') === 0 ? app.xFrameOptions.split(' ')[1] : '';
         $scope.appConfigure.customAuth = !(app.manifest.addons['ldap'] || app.manifest.addons['oauth']);
-        $scope.appConfigure.robotsEnabled = !!app.robotsTxt;
+        $scope.appConfigure.robotsTxt = app.robotsTxt;
 
         // create ticks starting from manifest memory limit
         $scope.appConfigure.memoryTicks = [
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppsController', ['$scope', '$location
             key: $scope.appConfigure.keyFile,
             xFrameOptions: $scope.appConfigure.xFrameOptions ? ('ALLOW-FROM ' + $scope.appConfigure.xFrameOptions) : 'SAMEORIGIN',
             memoryLimit: $scope.appConfigure.memoryLimit === $scope.appConfigure.memoryTicks[0] ? 0 : $scope.appConfigure.memoryLimit,
-            // preserve arbitrary robots.txt in database
-            robotsTxt: $scope.appConfigure.robotsEnabled ? ($scope.appConfigure.app.robotsTxt || 'User-agent: *\\nDisallow: /\\n') : null
+            robotsTxt: $scope.appConfigure.robotsTxt
         };
 
         Client.configureApp($scope.appConfigure.app.id, $scope.appConfigure.password, data, function (error) {