diff --git a/config/config.default.php b/config/config.default.php
index 1c0da7fc..4aa8d154 100644
--- a/config/config.default.php
+++ b/config/config.default.php
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 
+// Enable maintenance mode (showin a static page)
+$maintenance_mode = false;
+
 // URL to the angel faq and job description
 $faq_url = "https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/wiki/Static:Volunteers";
 
diff --git a/includes/engelsystem_provider.php b/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
index 2add641a..057d5513 100644
--- a/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
+++ b/includes/engelsystem_provider.php
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../config/config.default.php');
 if (file_exists(realpath(__DIR__ . '/../config/config.php')))
   require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../config/config.php');
 
+if ($maintenance_mode) {
+  echo file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../public/maintenance.html');
+  die();
+}
+
 require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../includes/pages/admin_active.php');
 require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../includes/pages/admin_arrive.php');
 require_once realpath(__DIR__ . '/../includes/pages/admin_free.php');
diff --git a/public/maintenance.html b/public/maintenance.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f37834c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/maintenance.html
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Maintenance - Engelsystem</title>
+<meta charset="UTF-8" />
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/theme0.css" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="vendor/icomoon/style.css" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="vendor/bootstrap-datepicker-1.4.0/css/bootstrap-datepicker3.min.css" />
+<script type="text/javascript" src="vendor/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="vendor/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
+    <div class="container-fluid">
+      <div class="navbar-header">
+        <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar-collapse-1">
+          <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+        </button>
+        <a class="navbar-brand" href="?"><span class="icon-icon_angel"></span> <strong class="visible-lg-inline">ENGELSYSTEM</strong></a>
+      </div>
+      <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbar-collapse-1">
+        <ul class="nav navbar-nav"></ul>
+        <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="container-fluid">
+    <div class="row">
+      <div class="jumbotron">
+        <div class="container text-center">
+          <h1>
+            <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-tree-conifer"></span> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-tent"></span><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-tree-deciduous"></span> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-scissors"></span> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-wrench"></span> <span
+              class="glyphicon glyphicon-fire"></span>
+          </h1>
+          <div class="col-md-6">
+            <h2>
+              The <span class="icon-icon_angel"></span> <strong>ENGELSYSTEM</strong> is in maintenance mode.
+            </h2>
+            <p>This may be due to...</p>
+            <p>
+              ...cats eating the fiber.<br> ...archangels closing the gates of heaven. <br>...somebody's stolen the power chord and now the battery is empty. <br>...DHCP decided to give me another ip address.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <div class="col-md-6">
+            <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0aV_vHcunSQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="row">
+      <div class="col-md-12">
+        <div class="text-center footer">
+          <a href="mailto:erzengel@lists.ccc.de"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope"></span> Contact</a> · <a href="https://github.com/engelsystem/engelsystem/issues">Bugs / Features</a> · <a href="https://github.com/engelsystem/engelsystem/">Development Platform</a>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="vendor/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="vendor/bootstrap-datepicker-1.4.0/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="vendor/bootstrap-datepicker-1.4.0/locales/bootstrap-datepicker.de.min.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="vendor/Chart.min.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="js/forms.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="vendor/moment-with-locales.min.js"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+			$(function() {
+				moment.locale("en_US.UTF-8");
+			});
+		</script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="js/moment-countdown.js"></script>
+</body>
+</html>
