diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ApiRootController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ApiRootController.cs
index 022557b7..3eeee58a 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ApiRootController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/ApiRootController.cs
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using System;
 using AyaNova.Util;
-using AyaNova.Biz;
 using AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 {
@@ -41,11 +39,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         public ContentResult Index()
         {
             var errorBlock = string.Empty;
-            if (serverState.IsSystemLocked)
-            {
-                errorBlock = $@"<div style=""color: #D8000C;background-color: #FFD2D2""><h2>SERVER ERROR</h2><p>{serverState.Reason}</p></div>";
-            }
-//todo: remove excess whitespace
+            if (serverState.IsSystemLocked)           
+                errorBlock = $@"<div class=""error""><h1>SERVER ERROR</h1><h2>{serverState.Reason}</h2></div>";
             var resp = $@"<!DOCTYPE html>
             <html lang=""en"">
             <head>
@@ -57,56 +52,39 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             body {{
                 text-align: left;
                 font-family: sans-serif;
-                background-color: black;
-                color: whitesmoke;                
+                background-color: #282828;
+                color: #ffb000;               
             }}
             a {{
-                color: chartreuse;
+                color: #33ff33;
                 text-decoration:none;
-                }}
+            }}
+            .error{{
+                color: #D8000C;
+                padding-top:10px;
+                padding-bottom:10px;
+            }}
             </style>
             </head>
-            <body>
-           
-            <div style=""text-align: left;""> 
-             {errorBlock}
-            <div style=""display: inline-block;text-align:left;"">          
-            <h1>{AyaNovaVersion.FullNameAndVersion}</h1>
-            <h2><a href=""/"" target=""_blank"">AyaNova App</a></h2>             
-            <h2><a href=""/docs"" target=""_blank"">User and technical guide</a></h2>  
-             <h2><a href=""mailto:support@ayanova.com"">Email technical support</a></h2>                   
-            <h2><a href=""/api-docs"" target=""_blank"">API explorer for developers</a></h2> 
-            </ul>
-            </div>              
-            </div>            
+            <body>           
+                {errorBlock}
+                <div>          
+                    <h1>{AyaNovaVersion.FullNameAndVersion}</h1>
+                    <h2><a href=""/"" target=""_blank"">AyaNova App</a></h2>             
+                    <h2><a href=""/docs"" target=""_blank"">User and technical guide</a></h2>  
+                    <h2><a href=""https://contact.ayanova.com/contact"" target=""_blank"">Contact technical support</a></h2>                   
+                    <h2><a href=""/api-docs"" target=""_blank"">API explorer for developers</a></h2>                                  
+                </div>            
             </body> 
             </html>";
-            /*
-
-            head had this:
-             <script src=/jquery-1.9.1.js></script>
-probably for signature page
-
-             <h4>{await TranslationBiz.GetDefaultTranslationAsync("HelpLicense")}</h4>             
-                        <pre>{AyaNova.Core.License.LicenseInfo}</pre> 
-                        <h4>Schema version</h4>
-                        <pre>{AySchema.currentSchema.ToString()}</pre>
-                         <h4>Active techs</h4>
-                        <pre>{await UserBiz.ActiveCountAsync()}</pre>
-                        <h4>Server time</h4>
-                        <pre>{DateUtil.ServerDateTimeString(System.DateTime.UtcNow)}</pre>             
-                        <pre>{TimeZoneInfo.Local.Id}</pre>           
-                        <h4>Server logs</h4>
-                        <pre>{ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_LOG_PATH}</pre>   
-            */
-
+            System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex reg = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(@"(?<=\s)\s+");
+            resp = reg.Replace(resp, string.Empty).Replace("\n","").Replace("\t","");
             return new ContentResult
             {
                 ContentType = "text/html",
                 StatusCode = 200,
                 Content = resp
             };
-
         }
 
         #region sigtest script
