diff --git a/alerts/__init__.py b/alerts/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/alerts/admin.py b/alerts/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8fb88af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alerts/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from .models import Alert
+
+admin.site.register(Alert)
diff --git a/alerts/migrations/0001_initial.py b/alerts/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd6d96f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alerts/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import models, migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Alert',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
+                ('active', models.BooleanField()),
+                ('message', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+            ],
+            options={
+            },
+            bases=(models.Model,),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/alerts/migrations/__init__.py b/alerts/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/alerts/models.py b/alerts/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e331086d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alerts/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Alert(models.Model):
+
+    active = models.BooleanField()
+    message = models.CharField(max_length=255)
diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index cedf603b..1b2731b4 100755
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ CUSTOM_APPS = (
     'pokemon',
     'pokemon_v2',
     'hits',
+    'alerts',
 )
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
diff --git a/config/views.py b/config/views.py
index 6c94b5dd..e1395ad9 100755
--- a/config/views.py
+++ b/config/views.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 
+from alerts.models import Alert
 from hits.models import ResourceView
 
 import stripe
@@ -24,11 +25,19 @@ def about(request):
         average_day = int(round(total_views / ResourceView.objects.count()))
         cache.set('average_day', average_day)
 
+    alert = cache.get('alert')
+    if not alert:
+        active_alerts = Alert.objects.filter(active=True)
+        if active_alerts:
+            cache.set('alert', active_alerts.first())
+        alert = active_alerts.first()
+
     return render_to_response(
         'pages/about.html',
         {
             'total': total_views,
             'average_day': average_day,
+            'alert': alert
         },
         context_instance=RequestContext(request)
     )
@@ -44,11 +53,19 @@ def home(request):
 
     stripe_key = settings.STRIPE_KEYS['publishable']
 
+    alert = cache.get('alert')
+    if not alert:
+        active_alerts = Alert.objects.filter(active=True)
+        if active_alerts:
+            cache.set('alert', active_alerts.first())
+        alert = active_alerts.first()
+
     return render_to_response(
         'pages/home.html',
         {
             'total_views': total_views,
-            'stripe_key': stripe_key
+            'stripe_key': stripe_key,
+            'alert': alert
         },
         context_instance=RequestContext(request)
     )
diff --git a/templates/pages/about.html b/templates/pages/about.html
index 26a72933..dea64cb8 100755
--- a/templates/pages/about.html
+++ b/templates/pages/about.html
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@
         <h1>The RESTful Pokémon Data API</h1>
 
     </div>
+    {% if alert %}
+    <div class="container">
+        <div class="row" style="padding-top:20px;text-align:center;">
+            <div class="col-md-2">
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-md-8">
+            <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">{{ alert.message|safe }}</div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-md-2">
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
 
     <div class="container">
 
diff --git a/templates/pages/home.html b/templates/pages/home.html
index 9f2be810..ab291e8e 100755
--- a/templates/pages/home.html
+++ b/templates/pages/home.html
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@
         <h4>Over <span class="count">{{ total_views|intcomma }}</span> API calls received!</h4>
     </div>
 
+    {% if alert %}
     <div class="container">
-        {% if update %}
-        <div class="row" style="padding-top:80px;text-align:center;">
+        <div class="row" style="padding-top:20px;text-align:center;">
             <div class="col-md-2">
             </div>
             <div class="col-md-8">
-            <div class="alert alert-success">{{update.content|safe}}</div>
+            <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">{{ alert.message|safe }}</div>
             </div>
             <div class="col-md-2">
             </div>
-        </div><!-- /.header row -->
-        {% endif %}
+        </div>
     </div>
+    {% endif %}
 
     <div class="cta">
         <p>Finally; all the Pokémon data you'll ever need, in one place,<br /> and easily accessible through a modern RESTful API.</p>