diff --git a/apps/web/res/themes/element/img/backgrounds/alpenglow.jpg b/apps/web/res/themes/element/img/backgrounds/alpenglow.jpg
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diff --git a/apps/web/res/themes/element/img/backgrounds/lake.jpg b/apps/web/res/themes/element/img/backgrounds/lake.jpg
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diff --git a/apps/web/src/SdkConfig.ts b/apps/web/src/SdkConfig.ts
index eede450f8..1ad897adb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/SdkConfig.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/SdkConfig.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ export const DEFAULTS: DeepReadonly<IConfigOptions> = {
     branding: {
         logo_link_url: "https://element.io",
         auth_header_logo_url: "themes/element/img/logos/element-logo.svg",
-        welcome_background_url: "themes/element/img/backgrounds/lake.jpg",
+        // ThreadNet-Fork: eigenes Titelbild statt Elements lake.jpg. Steht hier im
+        // Default und nicht in element-values.yaml, weil die Bilddatei ohnehin nur
+        // ueber einen Build in den Container kommt - eine zusaetzliche Config-Zeile
+        // waere eine zweite Stelle, die mitwandern muesste.
+        welcome_background_url: "themes/element/img/backgrounds/alpenglow.jpg",
     },
     help_url: "https://element.io/help",
     help_encryption_url: "https://element.io/help#encryption",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/HelpUserSettingsTab.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/HelpUserSettingsTab.tsx
index 2bd6b6c41..701736381 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/HelpUserSettingsTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/HelpUserSettingsTab.tsx
@@ -106,34 +106,42 @@ export default class HelpUserSettingsTab extends React.Component<EmptyObject, IS
             <SettingsSubsection heading={_t("common|credits")}>
                 <SettingsSubsectionText>
                     <ul>
+                        {/* ThreadNet-Fork: eigenes Titelbild, deshalb eigene Danksagung.
+                            Bewusst OHNE _t(): der Schluessel credits|default_cover_photo
+                            steckt in 32 Sprachdateien, 31 davon nennen Elements Fotografen
+                            namentlich. Wuerden wir nur en/de anpassen, stuende in 29
+                            Sprachen eine falsche Attribution — und die uebrigen 29 koennen
+                            wir nicht pflegen, sie kommen aus Elements Uebersetzungsdienst.
+                            Ein Fotografenname und eine Lizenzbezeichnung werden ohnehin
+                            nicht uebersetzt. Der ungenutzte Schluessel bleibt in den
+                            Sprachdateien stehen — ihn aus 32 Dateien zu entfernen waere
+                            Laerm im naechsten Upstream-Merge. */}
                         <li>
-                            {_t(
-                                "credits|default_cover_photo",
-                                {},
-                                {
-                                    photo: (sub) => (
-                                        <ExternalLink
-                                            href="themes/element/img/backgrounds/lake.jpg"
-                                            rel="noreferrer noopener"
-                                            target="_blank"
-                                        >
-                                            {sub}
-                                        </ExternalLink>
-                                    ),
-                                    author: (sub) => (
-                                        <ExternalLink href="https://www.flickr.com/golan">{sub}</ExternalLink>
-                                    ),
-                                    terms: (sub) => (
-                                        <ExternalLink
-                                            href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
-                                            rel="noreferrer noopener"
-                                            target="_blank"
-                                        >
-                                            {sub}
-                                        </ExternalLink>
-                                    ),
-                                },
-                            )}
+                            The{" "}
+                            <ExternalLink
+                                href="themes/element/img/backgrounds/alpenglow.jpg"
+                                rel="noreferrer noopener"
+                                target="_blank"
+                            >
+                                default cover photo
+                            </ExternalLink>{" "}
+                            is by <ExternalLink href="https://unsplash.com/@heytowner">John Towner</ExternalLink> on{" "}
+                            <ExternalLink
+                                href="https://unsplash.com/photos/JgOeRuGD_Y4"
+                                rel="noreferrer noopener"
+                                target="_blank"
+                            >
+                                Unsplash
+                            </ExternalLink>
+                            , used under the{" "}
+                            <ExternalLink
+                                href="https://unsplash.com/license"
+                                rel="noreferrer noopener"
+                                target="_blank"
+                            >
+                                Unsplash License
+                            </ExternalLink>
+                            .
                         </li>
                         <li>
                             {_t(