diff --git a/default-settings.xml b/default-settings.xml
index 57a4a9cc..0235418e 100644
--- a/default-settings.xml
+++ b/default-settings.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
             <id>defaults</id>
             <properties>
                 <app-name>vivo</app-name>
+
                 <vivo-dir>/usr/local/vivo/home</vivo-dir>
                 <tomcat-dir>/usr/local/tomcat</tomcat-dir>
+
+                <default-theme>wilma</default-theme>
             </properties>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
diff --git a/installer/home/pom.xml b/installer/home/pom.xml
index a1899e82..6988535b 100644
--- a/installer/home/pom.xml
+++ b/installer/home/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
     <name>VIVO Prepare Home</name>
 
+    <properties>
+        <default-theme>wilma</default-theme>
+    </properties>
+
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>install</id>
diff --git a/installer/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml b/installer/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
index decd7b06..97f6d936 100644
--- a/installer/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
+++ b/installer/home/src/main/assembly/home.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <fileSet>
             <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
             <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <filtered>true</filtered>
         </fileSet>
     </fileSets>
 </assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installer/home/src/main/resources/rdf/applicationMetadata/firsttime/initialSiteConfig.rdf b/installer/home/src/main/resources/rdf/applicationMetadata/firsttime/initialSiteConfig.rdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f72b329c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/home/src/main/resources/rdf/applicationMetadata/firsttime/initialSiteConfig.rdf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rdf:RDF
+    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+    xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#"
+    xmlns:j.0="http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/0.7#"
+    xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" > 
+    <rdf:Description>
+        <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/0.7#Portal"/>
+        <rdfs:label xml:lang="en-US">VIVO</rdfs:label>
+        <j.0:shortHand rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">enabling national networking of scientists</j.0:shortHand>
+        <j.0:flag1Filtering rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean">true</j.0:flag1Filtering>
+        <j.0:imageThumbWidth rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int">0</j.0:imageThumbWidth>
+        <j.0:logotypeHeight rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int">0</j.0:logotypeHeight>
+        <j.0:bannerWidth rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int">0</j.0:bannerWidth>
+        <j.0:rootTab rdf:nodeID="tab1"/>
+        <j.0:displayRank rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int">1</j.0:displayRank>
+        <j.0:logotypeWidth rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int">0</j.0:logotypeWidth>
+        <j.0:bannerHeight rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int">0</j.0:bannerHeight>
+        <j.0:copyrightAnchor rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">VIVO Project</j.0:copyrightAnchor>
+        <j.0:aboutText rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">&lt;p&gt;VIVO is an open source semantic web application originally developed and implemented at Cornell. When installed and populated with content at an institution, it enables the discovery of research and scholarship across disciplines at that institution. VIVO supports browsing and a search function which returns faceted results for rapid retrieval of desired information. Content in any local VIVO installation may be maintained manually or brought into the database in automated ways from local systems of record, such as HR, grants, course, and faculty activity databases.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+
+
+&lt;p&gt;See more information on the &lt;a href="http://vivoweb.org"&gt;VIVO Project&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</j.0:aboutText>
+         <j.0:themeDir rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">themes/${default-theme}/</j.0:themeDir>
+      </rdf:Description>
+</rdf:RDF>
diff --git a/installer/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/readme b/installer/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/readme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46466538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/readme
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add you theme directories here
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4c5444a..19340f8a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             <id>installer</id>
             <activation>
                 <property>
-                    <name>!installer-dir</name>
+                    <name>!vivo-installer-dir</name>
                 </property>
             </activation>
             <modules>
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
             <id>external-installer</id>
             <activation>
                 <property>
-                    <name>installer-dir</name>
+                    <name>vivo-installer-dir</name>
                 </property>
             </activation>
             <modules>
-                <module>${installer-dir}</module>
+                <module>${vivo-installer-dir}</module>
             </modules>
         </profile>
     </profiles>