diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/admin/StartupStatusController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/admin/StartupStatusController.java
index f9107feaf..a782954ea 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/admin/StartupStatusController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/admin/StartupStatusController.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.Actions;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.SeeStartupStatus;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ApplicationBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
@@ -29,8 +30,36 @@ public class StartupStatusController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 
 		body.put("title", "Startup Status");
 		body.put("status", StartupStatus.getBean(getServletContext()));
+		body.put("contextPath", getContextPath());
+		body.put("applicationName", getApplicationName());
 
 		return new TemplateResponseValues("startupStatus-display.ftl", body);
 	}
 
+	private String getContextPath() {
+		String cp = getServletContext().getContextPath();
+		if ((cp == null) || cp.isEmpty()) {
+			return "The application";
+		} else {
+			return cp;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Object getApplicationName() {
+		String name = "";
+		try {
+			ApplicationBean app = ApplicationBean.getAppBean(getServletContext());
+			name = app.getApplicationName();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			// deal with problems below
+		}
+
+		if ((name != null) && (!name.isEmpty())) {
+			return name;
+		} else {
+			return getContextPath();
+		}
+	}
+
+
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/StartupStatusDisplayFilter.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/StartupStatusDisplayFilter.java
index f0e19b4e8..f391bd9b7 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/StartupStatusDisplayFilter.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/StartupStatusDisplayFilter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.ApplicationBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.startup.StartupStatus;
 import freemarker.cache.WebappTemplateLoader;
 import freemarker.template.Configuration;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
  * StartupStatus display page.
  * 
  * If the status only contains warnings, this only happens once. Subsequent
- * requests will display normally. However, if the status contains a fatal 
+ * requests will display normally. However, if the status contains a fatal
  * error, this filter will hijack every request, and will not let you proceed.
  */
 public class StartupStatusDisplayFilter implements Filter {
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public class StartupStatusDisplayFilter implements Filter {
 			bodyMap.put("status", ss);
 			bodyMap.put("showLink", !isFatal());
 			bodyMap.put("contextPath", getContextPath());
+			bodyMap.put("applicationName", getApplicationName());
 
 			hResp.setStatus(SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
 			Template tpl = loadFreemarkerTemplate();
@@ -90,6 +92,22 @@ public class StartupStatusDisplayFilter implements Filter {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private Object getApplicationName() {
+		String name = "";
+		try {
+			ApplicationBean app = ApplicationBean.getAppBean(ctx);
+			name = app.getApplicationName();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			// deal with problems below
+		}
+
+		if ((name != null) && (!name.isEmpty())) {
+			return name;
+		} else {
+			return getContextPath();
+		}
+	}
+
 	private Template loadFreemarkerTemplate() throws IOException {
 		Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
 		cfg.setTemplateLoader(new WebappTemplateLoader(ctx));
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/admin/startupStatus-display.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/admin/startupStatus-display.ftl
index 8a424224a..f55cb53fc 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/admin/startupStatus-display.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/admin/startupStatus-display.ftl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <ul class="item-spec" role="navigation">
             <li role="listitem">${item.message}</li>
             <li role="listitem">${item.sourceName}</li>
-            <#if item.cause??>
+            <#if item.cause?has_content>
             <li role="listitem"><pre>${item.cause}</pre></li>
             </#if>
         </ul>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ${stylesheets.add('<link rel="stylesheet" href="${urls.base}/css/startupStatus.c
 <#if status.errorItems?has_content>
     <h2>Fatal error</h2>
     
-    <p>VIVO detected a fatal error during startup.</p>
+    <p>${applicationName} detected a fatal error during startup.</p>
    
     <ul id="startup-trace" cellspacing="0" class="trace" role="navigation">
     <#list status.errorItems as item>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ${stylesheets.add('<link rel="stylesheet" href="${urls.base}/css/startupStatus.c
 <#if status.warningItems?has_content>
     <h2>Warning</h2>
     
-    <p>VIVO issued warnings during startup.</p>
+    <p>${applicationName} issued warnings during startup.</p>
     
     <ul id="startup-trace" cellspacing="0" class="trace" role="navigation"><#list status.warningItems as item>
       <@statusItem item=item />
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/admin/startupStatus-displayRaw.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/admin/startupStatus-displayRaw.ftl
index 73baf9240..e9bb2194e 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/admin/startupStatus-displayRaw.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/admin/startupStatus-displayRaw.ftl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <ul class="item-spec" role="navigation">
             <li role="listitem">${item.message}</li>
             <li role="listitem">${item.sourceName}</li>
-            <#if item.cause??>
+            <#if item.cause?has_content>
             <li role="listitem"><pre>${item.cause}</pre></li>
             </#if>
         </ul>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <#if status.errorItems?has_content>
             <h2>Fatal error</h2>
 
-            <p>VIVO detected a fatal error during startup.</p>
+            <p>${applicationName} detected a fatal error during startup.</p>
 
             <ul id="startup-trace" cellspacing="0" class="trace" role="navigation">
             <#list status.errorItems as item>
@@ -91,12 +91,18 @@
         <#if status.warningItems?has_content>
             <h2>Warning</h2>
 
-            <p>VIVO issued warnings during startup.</p>
+            <p>${applicationName} issued warnings during startup.</p>
 
             <ul id="startup-trace" cellspacing="0" class="trace" role="navigation"><#list status.warningItems as item>
               <@statusItem item=item />
             </#list>
             </ul>
+            
+            <#-- If there were no fatal errors, let them go forward from here. -->
+            <#if showLink>
+                <p><a href=".">Continue</a></p>
+    	    </#if>
+            
         </#if>
 
         <h2>Startup trace</h2>