diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 017ee16..287e568 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 <?php
+if (!isset($_GET["dismiss"]) 
+    || (isset($_GET["dismiss"]) && $_GET["dismiss"] != "true")) {
+    header("Location: /offline.html"); 
+    die();
+}
+
 include 'header.php';
 require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
 $parser = new Mni\FrontYAML\Parser();
diff --git a/offline.html b/offline.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04cfed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/offline.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://tilde.team/css/hacker.css">
+  <title>saveyourinternet offline day</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+<div class="container">
+    <h1>tilde.team is shutting down</h1>
+    <p>not really. but, with the eu passing article 13, this could very well happen to us, since we cannot possible filter every piece of content users put here.</p>
+
+    <p>please contact your lawmakers, and let them know you do not support this, because you want services like ours to continue to operation, and provide a valuable service to users.</p>
+        
+    <p>now, you can continue onto the site by clicking <a href="/?dismiss=true">here</a>.</p>
+
+    <h4><a href="https://copyright-blackout.eu/">#321EUOfflineDay</a></h4>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
