diff --git a/app/templates/auth/SignUp.html b/app/templates/auth/SignUp.html
index ab665c69db5b1d2c1d12fe8f1621c19685cbdad0..34b18484af8a36cae894a7a0a43100d7505b46e9 100644
--- a/app/templates/auth/SignUp.html
+++ b/app/templates/auth/SignUp.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         socket.on( 'account error', function( msg ) {
           console.log(msg);
           $('#myModal2').modal('hide'); 
-          renderDom("Account Create Error", "{{ error_msg }}", msg);
+          renderDom("Account Create Error", "{{ error_msg |safe}}", msg);
         });
 
     });
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
   <div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 my-col">
     <div id="form-wrapper">
-    <h2> Self Registration Form </h2>
+    <h2>Welcome to UAB Research Computing</h2>
     <p style="font-size:110%;"> {{ welcome_msg |safe }}</p>
       <div id="user-input">    
         <form id="signup" data-toggle="validator" role="form" action="." method="post" onsubmit="">
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         <h4 class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Account Request Received!</h4>
       </div>
       <div class="modal-body">
-        <span>Please wait while we create your account. This may take up to 5-10 minutes.</span>
+        <span>Sit tight while we create your account.</span>
         <img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/loading.gif') }}" width="40px">
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/messages.py b/messages.py
index 4c62a5e688706927839f5f5040a961bab1425621..f4dfbf0b3c8f47f2a5e46fe4cec804f13e14f23b 100644
--- a/messages.py
+++ b/messages.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-welcome_message = "Welcome to UAB's Reseach Computing cluster. The information below will be used to create your account. Please fill in all the details as this helps us understand our user base. Contact <a href='mailto:support@listserv.uab.edu'>Research Computing</a>  for any assistance in creating your account."
-cancel_message = "Close browser to end session. Contact <a href="'mailto:support@listserv.uab.edu'">Research Computing</a> for any assistance in creating your account."
-error_message = "Error while creating your account. We've been notified about this. Contact <a href="'mailto:support@listserv.uab.edu'">Research Computing</a>  for any assistance in creating your account."
+welcome_message = "The information below will be used to create your account. Please fill in the reason for requesting your account as this helps us understand our user base.<br>Contact <a href='mailto:support@listserv.uab.edu'>Research Computing</a> if you have any questions."
+cancel_message = "Close current tab to end session.<br>Contact <a href="'mailto:support@listserv.uab.edu'">Research Computing</a> if you have any questions."
+error_message = "An error occurred while creating your account. Research Computing team has been notified and is working on fixing it.<br>Contact <a href='mailto:support@listserv.uab.edu'>Research Computing</a> if you have any questions."