diff --git a/core/styles/base.tid b/core/styles/base.tid
index ddbb16f3d..d21b0b4c3 100644
--- a/core/styles/base.tid
+++ b/core/styles/base.tid
@@ -231,6 +231,21 @@ a.tw-tiddlylink-missing {
 	<<box-shadow "inset 0 1px 0 #fff">>;
 }
 
+.config-area {
+	max-width: 50em;
+	padding: 1em;
+	border: 1px solid #aaa;
+	background: #ddd;
+	<<box-shadow "inset 1px 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.8)">>
+	<<border-radius 3px>>
+}
+
+.config-area h1 {
+	font-size: 1.2em;
+	text-align: center;
+	color: #888;
+}
+
 .tw-edit-texteditor input, .tw-edit-texteditor textarea {
 	width: 100%;
 }
diff --git a/core/templates/PageTemplate.tid b/core/templates/PageTemplate.tid
index a412cd697..c4ec5de24 100644
--- a/core/templates/PageTemplate.tid
+++ b/core/templates/PageTemplate.tid
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ title: $:/templates/PageTemplate
 <$list filter="[list[$:/StoryList]]" history="$:/HistoryList" template="$:/templates/ViewTemplate" editTemplate="$:/templates/EditTemplate" listview="classic" itemClass="tw-tiddler-frame"/>
 
 <!-- Config area -->
+<div class="config-area">
+! Temporary Control Panel
+
 {{$:/snippets/encryptionstatus}}
+</div>
 
 <!-- End of story river -->
 </section>