diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/about.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/about.html
index befb37c897..654dfe98bc 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/about.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/about.html
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@
     <div class="well">
         <h3 class="text-center">{% project_name %} ({% trans 'Version' %} {% project_version %})</h3>
         <p class="text-center">
-            {% trans 'Free Open Source Electronic Document Management System' %}
+            {% project_description as project_description %}
+            {% trans project_description %}
         </p>
 
         <p class="text-center">
-            <i class="fa fa-link"></i><a href="http://www.mayan-edms.com"> http://www.mayan-edms.com</a>
+            <i class="fa fa-link"></i><a href="{% project_website %}"> {% project_website %}</a>
         </p>
 
         <p class="text-center">
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/templatetags/common_tags.py b/mayan/apps/common/templatetags/common_tags.py
index 708788f64b..50dc050544 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/templatetags/common_tags.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/templatetags/common_tags.py
@@ -31,11 +31,21 @@ def object_property(value, arg):
     return return_attrib(value, arg)
 
 
+@register.assignment_tag
+def project_description():
+    return getattr(settings, 'PROJECT_DESCRIPTION', mayan.__description__)
+
+
 @register.simple_tag
 def project_name():
     return settings.PROJECT_TITLE
 
 
+@register.simple_tag
+def project_website():
+    return settings.PROJECT_WEBSITE
+
+
 @register.simple_tag
 def project_version():
     return mayan.__version__