diff --git a/static/koboldai.css b/static/koboldai.css
index 1e2b2bf1..9b10a928 100644
--- a/static/koboldai.css
+++ b/static/koboldai.css
@@ -2873,7 +2873,9 @@ body {
 }
 
 .welcome_container {
+	position: absolute;
 	height: 100%;
+	width: 100%;
 	display: flex;
 	margin-top: auto;
 }
diff --git a/static/koboldai.js b/static/koboldai.js
index 9ab6b7a4..64bb119a 100644
--- a/static/koboldai.js
+++ b/static/koboldai.js
@@ -6106,6 +6106,17 @@ function closePopups(userAction=false) {
 	if (allHidden) container.classList.add("hidden");
 }
 
+function hide_welcome_container() {
+		welcome_container = document.getElementById("welcome_container");
+		welcome_container.classList.add("hidden");
+		document.getElementById("Selected Text").focus();
+}
+
+function show_welcome_container() {
+	welcome_container = document.getElementById("welcome_container");
+	welcome_container.classList.remove("hidden");
+}
+
 $el("#popup-container").addEventListener("click", function(event) {
 	if (event.target === this) closePopups(true);
 });
diff --git a/templates/index_new.html b/templates/index_new.html
index 8654e59c..0f2fecaf 100644
--- a/templates/index_new.html
+++ b/templates/index_new.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		<div class="gamescreen" id="gamescreen" context-menu="gamescreen">
 			<div id="disconnect_message"><center><h1>Disconnected</h1></center></div>
 
-			<div id="welcome_container" class="welcome_container">
+			<div id="welcome_container" class="welcome_container" onclick="hide_welcome_container();">
 				<div id="welcome_text" class="var_sync_model_welcome" draggable="False"></div>
 			</div>