diff --git a/application/config/autoload.php b/application/config/autoload.php
index 3fadc5b..530b91b 100755
--- a/application/config/autoload.php
+++ b/application/config/autoload.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ $autoload['language'] = array();
 |
 */
 
-$autoload['model'] = array('user', 'project', 'share');
+$autoload['model'] = array('user', 'project', 'share', 'setting');
 
 
 /* End of file autoload.php */
diff --git a/application/config/form_validation.php b/application/config/form_validation.php
index 82264ce..c02c222 100644
--- a/application/config/form_validation.php
+++ b/application/config/form_validation.php
@@ -84,6 +84,24 @@ $config['auth/settings'] = array(
 		),
 );
 
+/**
+ * Rules for global settingsa.
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+$config['settings/index'] = array(
+		array(
+				'field' => 'offline',
+				'label' => _('Offline mode'),
+				'rules' => 'required|integer',
+		),
+		array(
+				'field' => 'offline_message',
+				'label' => _('Offline message'),
+				'rules' => 'trim',
+		),
+);
+
 /**
  * Rules for creating users.
  *
diff --git a/application/controllers/admin/settings.php b/application/controllers/admin/settings.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87b5783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/controllers/admin/settings.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Karsten Heiken, Eike Foken
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+require_once APPPATH . 'core/Admin_Controller.php';
+
+/**
+ * Global settings.
+ *
+ * @author Eike Foken <kontakt@eikefoken.de>
+ */
+class Settings extends Admin_Controller {
+
+	/**
+	 * Calls the parent constructor.
+	 */
+	public function __construct() {
+		parent::__construct();
+		$this->load->library('form_validation');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 */
+	public function index() {
+		if ($this->form_validation->run() === true) {
+			$data = array(
+				'offline' => $this->input->post('offline'),
+				'offline_message' => $this->input->post('offline_message'),
+			);
+			$this->setting->update($data);
+		}
+
+		$this->load->view('admin/settings/edit');
+	}
+}
+
+/* End of file users.php */
+/* Location: ./application/constrollers/admin/users.php */
diff --git a/application/models/setting.php b/application/models/setting.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5a4fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/models/setting.php
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<?php defined('BASEPATH') || exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Karsten Heiken, Eike Foken
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Model for settings.
+ *
+ * @todo Use magic methods
+ * @author Eike Foken <kontakt@eikefoken.de>
+ */
+class Setting extends CI_Model {
+
+	/**
+	 * Calls the parent constructor.
+	 */
+	public function __construct() {
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @param string $value
+	 */
+	public function set($name, $value) {
+		$this->db->where('name', $name)->update('settings', array('value' => $value));
+
+		if ($this->db->where('name', $name)->count_all_results('settings') == 0) {
+			$this->create(array('name' => $name, 'value' => $value));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name
+	 */
+	public function get($name) {
+		return $this->db->get_where('settings', array('name' => $name))->row()->value;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new settings entry.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $data
+	 * @return boolean Returns TRUE on success.
+	 */
+	public function create($data = array()) {
+		do { // generate unique hash
+			$data['id'] = random_hash();
+		} while ($this->db->where('id', $data['id'])->from('settings')->count_all_results() > 0);
+
+		$this->db->insert('settings', $data);
+
+		return $this->db->affected_rows() == 1;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Updates all settings.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $data
+	 * @return boolean Returns TRUE on success.
+	 */
+	public function update($data = array()) {
+		foreach ($data as $name => $value) {
+			$this->set($name, $value);
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+}
+
+/* End of file setting.php */
+/* Location: ./application/models/setting.php */
diff --git a/application/views/admin/settings/edit.php b/application/views/admin/settings/edit.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2dde31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/views/admin/settings/edit.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php $this->load->view('header');?>
+
+<div id="content">
+
+	<div class="title">
+		<h2><?=_('Global settings')?></h2>
+	</div>
+
+	<div class="box">
+		<form name="settings" method="post" action="<?=site_url('admin/settings')?>">
+			<ul>
+				<li>
+					<?=form_label(_('Offline mode?'), 'offline');?>
+					<div>
+						<?=form_yesno('offline', set_value('offline', $this->setting->get('offline')), 'id="offline" class="drop"');?>
+						<?=form_error('offline');?>
+					</div>
+				</li>
+				<li>
+					<?=form_label(_('Offline message'), 'offline_message');?><br />
+					<label class="note"><?=_('This message is shown if the page is in offline mode.');?></label>
+					<div>
+						<textarea name="offline_message" id="offline_message" rows="6" cols="60" class="textarea"><?=set_value('offline_message', $this->setting->get('offline_message'));?></textarea>
+						<?=form_error('offline_message');?>
+					</div>
+				</li>
+			</ul>
+			<p>
+				<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$('form[name=settings]').submit();" class="button save"><?=_('Save settings');?></a>
+			</p>
+		</form>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+<?php $this->load->view('footer');?>
diff --git a/application/views/admin/settings/index.html b/application/views/admin/settings/index.html
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c942a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/views/admin/settings/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+	<title>403 Forbidden</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<p>Directory access is forbidden.</p>
+
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/views/dashboard.php b/application/views/dashboard.php
index 1811001..b5edcb6 100644
--- a/application/views/dashboard.php
+++ b/application/views/dashboard.php
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 			<p>
 				<a class="button left big" href="<?=site_url('admin/servers');?>"><strong><?=image_asset('icons-big/server.png');?></strong><br /><?=_('Manage servers');?>
 				</a><a class="button middle big" href="<?=site_url('admin/programs');?>"><strong><?=image_asset('icons-big/application.png');?></strong><br /><?=_('Manage programs');?>
-				</a><a class="button right big" href="<?=site_url('admin/users');?>"><strong><?=image_asset('icons-big/user.png');?></strong><br /><?=_('Manage users');?></a>
+				</a><a class="button middle big" href="<?=site_url('admin/users');?>"><strong><?=image_asset('icons-big/user.png');?></strong><br /><?=_('Manage users');?>
+				</a><a class="button right big" href="<?=site_url('admin/settings');?>"><strong><?=image_asset('icons-big/switch.png');?></strong><br /><?=_('Global settings');?></a>
 			</p>
 		</div>
 	</div>