diff --git a/components/java/login-portal/WebContent/WEB-INF/jsp/login.jsp b/components/java/login-portal/WebContent/WEB-INF/jsp/login.jsp
index 5761cc8..7aea186 100644
--- a/components/java/login-portal/WebContent/WEB-INF/jsp/login.jsp
+++ b/components/java/login-portal/WebContent/WEB-INF/jsp/login.jsp
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 	<c:if test="${info_message != null}">
 		<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert">${info_message}</div>
 	</c:if>
+	<c:if test="<%= appSettings.showAlertMessage() %>">
+		<div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert"><%= appSettings.getAlertMessage() %></div>
+	</c:if>
 	<div class="row" style="justify-content: center; display: flex;">	
 
 		<!-- Disclaimer -->
diff --git a/components/java/login-portal/build.gradle b/components/java/login-portal/build.gradle
index 1fb914d..edbdfe6 100644
--- a/components/java/login-portal/build.gradle
+++ b/components/java/login-portal/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 checkstyle {
-    maxWarnings 4345
+    maxWarnings 4365
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/components/java/login-portal/src/org/sciserver/sso/AppSettings.java b/components/java/login-portal/src/org/sciserver/sso/AppSettings.java
index 0799247..386ac17 100644
--- a/components/java/login-portal/src/org/sciserver/sso/AppSettings.java
+++ b/components/java/login-portal/src/org/sciserver/sso/AppSettings.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public class AppSettings {
 	
 	private final boolean keycloakEnabled;
 
+	private final String alertMessage;
+	private final boolean isAlertMessage;
 	private final String disclaimerInfo;
 	private final boolean displaySciserverLogin;
 	private final String keycloakLoginButtonText;
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ public AppSettings(Properties properties) {
 
 		sciserverVersion = properties.getProperty("sciserver.version");
 
+		alertMessage = properties.getProperty("alertMessage", "");
+		isAlertMessage = alertMessage != null && alertMessage.length() > 0;
 		disclaimerInfo =  properties.getProperty("disclaimerInfo");
 		isDisclaimerInfo = disclaimerInfo.length() > 0 ? true : false;
 		displaySciserverLogin = Boolean.parseBoolean(properties.getProperty("displaySciserverLogin"));
@@ -286,6 +290,14 @@ public boolean isKeycloakEnabled() {
 		return keycloakEnabled;
 	}
 
+	public String getAlertMessage() {
+		return alertMessage;
+	}
+
+	public boolean showAlertMessage() {
+		return isAlertMessage;
+	}
+
 	public String getDisclaimerInfo() {
 		return disclaimerInfo;
 	}
diff --git a/helm/sciserver/files/login-portal-application.properties b/helm/sciserver/files/login-portal-application.properties
index 971701e..647f539 100644
--- a/helm/sciserver/files/login-portal-application.properties
+++ b/helm/sciserver/files/login-portal-application.properties
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ validation_code.secret_key ={{ required "A secret key is required for the login
 
 sciserver.version={{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
 
+alertMessage={{ .Values.loginPortal.alertMessage }}
 disclaimerInfo={{ .Values.loginPortal.disclaimerInfo }}
 displaySciserverLogin={{ .Values.loginPortal.displaySciserverLogin }}
 keycloakLoginButtonText={{ .Values.loginPortal.keycloakLoginButtonText }}
diff --git a/helm/sciserver/values.yaml b/helm/sciserver/values.yaml
index 9da4e11..d9006bd 100644
--- a/helm/sciserver/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/sciserver/values.yaml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ loginPortal:
     # when validationEnabled is true. One way to create:
     #  dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=32 2>/dev/null | base64
     secretKey: "KQB7Lb7ACGHjHh8ikzjqb0GyeElfQpb1q/pUtFW1NFs="
+  alertMessage:
   disclaimerInfo:
   displaySciserverLogin: true
   keycloakLoginButtonText: "Sign in with Globus"