diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp
index 3b9f795f7..f33b84e55 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <body>
 <div class="container">
     <jsp:include page="fragments/bodyHeader.jsp"/>
-    <h2><fmt:message key="welcome"/>! </h2>
+    <h2><fmt:message key="welcome"/></h2>
     <spring:url value="/resources/images/pets.png" htmlEscape="true" var="petsImage"/>
     <img src="${petsImage}"/>
 
