diff --git a/src/static/style.css b/src/static/style.css
index 93284dd..f583342 100644
--- a/src/static/style.css
+++ b/src/static/style.css
@@ -179,3 +179,41 @@ footer {
     margin-top: 5em;
     text-align: center;
 }
+
+still-building {
+    background-color: var(--color-background-secondary);
+    border-radius: 2px;
+    display: block;
+}
+
+still-building .title {
+    background: repeating-linear-gradient(
+        45deg,
+        #fc0,
+        #fc0 20px,
+        #333 20px,
+        #333 40px
+    );
+    border-radius: 2px 2px 0 0;
+    color: #fff;
+    display: block;
+    font-size: 1.2em;
+    font-weight: 900;
+    padding: 0.25em;
+    text-align: center;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    text-shadow:
+        -1px -1px 0.5px #000,
+        1px -1px 0.5px #000,
+        -1px 1px 0.5px #000,
+        1px 1px 0.5px #000;
+}
+
+still-building p {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0.5em;
+
+    &:not(:first-of-type) {
+        padding-top: 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/templates/editor.html b/src/templates/editor.html
index 844b3b9..0f0f8d8 100644
--- a/src/templates/editor.html
+++ b/src/templates/editor.html
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
         <a href="{{ url_for('auth_logout') }}">logout</a>
       </p>
 
+      <still-building>
+        <span class="title">alpha software</span>
+        <p>ligo.at it still under development, and schemas keep changing: things might break anytime.</p>
+        <p>You can track it's development or contribute <a href="https://tangled.org/@ligo.at/core">source code</a>.</p>
+      </still-building>
+
       <h2>profile</h2>
       <form action="/editor/profile" method="post">
         <label>