diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index ed8d8510a..c5810f8a7 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function getConfig(callback) {
             isDemo: settings.isDemo(),
             provider: settings.provider(),
             cloudronName: allSettings[settings.CLOUDRON_NAME_KEY],
-            footer: allSettings[settings.FOOTER_KEY],
+            footer: allSettings[settings.FOOTER_KEY] || constants.FOOTER,
             features: appstore.getFeatures()
         });
     });
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 958612e45..f0c4aee8d 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
     SUPPORT_EMAIL: 'support@cloudron.io',
 
+    FOOTER: '&copy; 2020 [Cloudron](https://cloudron.io) [Forum <i class="fa fa-comments"></i>](https://forum.cloudron.io)',
+
     VERSION: process.env.BOX_ENV === 'cloudron' ? fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../VERSION'), 'utf8').trim() : '4.2.0-test'
 };
 
diff --git a/src/provision.js b/src/provision.js
index 8dfaec717..82072e2c5 100644
--- a/src/provision.js
+++ b/src/provision.js
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function getStatus(callback) {
                 webServerOrigin: settings.webServerOrigin(), // used by CaaS tool
                 provider: settings.provider(),
                 cloudronName: allSettings[settings.CLOUDRON_NAME_KEY],
-                footer: allSettings[settings.FOOTER_KEY],
+                footer: allSettings[settings.FOOTER_KEY] || constants.FOOTER,
                 adminFqdn: settings.adminDomain() ? settings.adminFqdn() : null,
                 activated: activated,
             }, gProvisionStatus));
diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index ec2e6a909..4a4025c20 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ let gDefaults = (function () {
         submitTickets: true
     };
 
-    result[exports.FOOTER_KEY] = '&copy; 2020 [Cloudron](https://cloudron.io) [Forum <i class="fa fa-comments"></i>](https://forum.cloudron.io)';
+    result[exports.FOOTER_KEY] = '';
 
     return result;
 })();