diff --git a/thread-racing/src/main/webapp/index.html b/thread-racing/src/main/webapp/index.html
index a6a6f9d31f..adc8ec4098 100644
--- a/thread-racing/src/main/webapp/index.html
+++ b/thread-racing/src/main/webapp/index.html
@@ -1,54 +1,30 @@
 <!--
     JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source
-    Copyright 2015, Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates, and individual
+    Copyright 2024, Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates, and individual
     contributors by the @authors tag. See the copyright.txt in the
     distribution for a full listing of individual contributors.
-
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
     You may obtain a copy of the License at
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+	@@ -15,95 +13,21 @@
     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     limitations under the License.
 -->
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
+<!-- Plain HTML page that kicks us into the app -->
+
+<html lang="en">
 <head>
-<title>Jakarta EE Thread Racing</title>
-    <script type="text/javascript">
-        function letsRace() {
-            var output = document.getElementById("output");
-            document.getElementById("raceButton").disabled = true;
-            output.innerHTML = '';
-            var host = window.location.host;
-            var wsProtocol = window.location.protocol == "https:" ? "wss" : "ws";
-            var url = wsProtocol + '://' + host + window.location.pathname + 'race';
-            var ws = new WebSocket(url);
-            ws.onmessage = function (message) {
-                output.innerHTML += message.data;
-            }
-            ws.onclose = function (message) {
-                document.getElementById("raceButton").disabled = false;
-            }
-        }
-    </script>
-    <style type="text/css">
-        body{ margin-left: 20px}
-    </style>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>thread-racing</title>
 </head>
 <body>
-<div>
-    <h1>Jakarta EE Thread Racing</h1>
-    <p>The GREATEST open source racing application ever developed, all for FREE, including TV live broadcast.</p>
-    <p>A race where 4 threads run() for glory, completing different stages, each sponsored by a new or updated Jakarta EE technology!</p>
-    <form action="">
-        <input id="raceButton" onclick="letsRace();" value="INSERT COIN" type="button">
-    </form>
-    <br />
-    <div id="output"></div>
+<div style="text-align:center">
+
+    <h1>Hello There! Welcome to WildFly!</h1>
+    <h2>The thread-racing application has been deployed and running successfully.</h2>
+    <a href="welcome.html" title="Go to the application">Access the Jakarta EE thread-racing web application here</a>
+
 </div>
 </body>
-</html>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/thread-racing/src/main/webapp/welcome.html b/thread-racing/src/main/webapp/welcome.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e870a93689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thread-racing/src/main/webapp/welcome.html
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<!--
+    JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source
+    Copyright 2015, Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates, and individual
+    contributors by the @authors tag. See the copyright.txt in the
+    distribution for a full listing of individual contributors.
+
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+-->
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Jakarta EE Thread Racing</title>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        function letsRace() {
+            var output = document.getElementById("output");
+            document.getElementById("raceButton").disabled = true;
+            output.innerHTML = '';
+            var host = window.location.host;
+            var wsProtocol = window.location.protocol == "https:" ? "wss" : "ws";
+            var url = wsProtocol + '://' + host + window.location.pathname + '/../race';
+            var ws = new WebSocket(url);
+            ws.onmessage = function (message) {
+                output.innerHTML += message.data;
+            }
+            ws.onclose = function (message) {
+                document.getElementById("raceButton").disabled = false;
+            }
+        }
+    </script>
+    <style type="text/css">
+        body{ margin-left: 20px}
+    </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<div>
+    <h1>Jakarta EE Thread Racing</h1>
+    <p>The GREATEST open source racing application ever developed, all for FREE, including TV live broadcast.</p>
+    <p>A race where 4 threads run() for glory, completing different stages, each sponsored by a new or updated Jakarta EE technology!</p>
+    <form action="">
+        <input id="raceButton" onclick="letsRace();" value="INSERT COIN" type="button">
+    </form>
+    <br />
+    <div id="output"></div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
