diff --git a/config.cfg b/config.cfg
index f271308..da58e22 100644
--- a/config.cfg
+++ b/config.cfg
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ sitemail = duck@technoduck.me
 # site generator.
 sitegenerator = saait (https://git.codemadness.org/saait/file/README.html)
 #site welcome message
-welcome_message = Silliness and tomfooler are afoot, and who am I to stop it.
+wm1 = Silliness and tomfooler are afoot, and who am I to stop it.
+wm2 = Low entropy self replicating phenomenon that generates a binding force called compassion.
+wm3 = I was born in the late Holocene and I've seen some shit.
+wm4 = Silliness and tomfoolery are afoot, and who am I to stop it.
+wm5 = If there's a deal meant for you, any wild place on earth will do.
+wm6 = Live long and prosper.
+wm7 = Prometheus they say brought gods fire down to man and we've caught it tamed it trained it since our history began.
+
 
 # page
 
diff --git a/templates/index.html/header.html b/templates/index.html/header.html
index fdb09b8..972ae2f 100644
--- a/templates/index.html/header.html
+++ b/templates/index.html/header.html
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@
 			</td>
 		</tr>
 		</table>
-		<p>${welcome_message}</p>
+		<p id="welcome_message"></p>
+    <script>
+    var welcome_messages = ["${wm1}","${wm2}","${wm3}","${wm4}","${wm5}","${wm6}","${wm7}"];
+    const welcome_message = welcome_messages[Math.floor(Math.random() * welcome_messages.length)];
+    document.getElementById('welcome_message').innerHTML = welcome_message;
+    </script>
+
 	</nav>
 	<hr class="hidden" />
 	<main id="mainwrap">