diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index b5010864e6..f210bff721 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ function replace_macros($s,$r) {
 	$stamp1 = microtime(true);
 
 	$a = get_app();
+	
+	// pass $baseurl to all templates
+	$r['$baseurl'] = $a->get_baseurl();
+	
 
 	$t = $a->template_engine();
 	try {
diff --git a/mod/install.php b/mod/install.php
index e30c306893..8434b38e38 100755
--- a/mod/install.php
+++ b/mod/install.php
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ function install_init(&$a){
 		echo "ok";
 		killme();
 	}
+	
+	// We overwrite current theme css, because during install we could not have a working mod_rewrite
+	// so we could not have a css at all. Here we set a static css file for the install procedure pages
+	$a->config['system']['theme'] = "../install";
+	$a->theme['stylesheet'] = $a->get_baseurl()."/view/install/style.css";
+	
+	
+	
 	global $install_wizard_pass;
 	if (x($_POST,'pass'))
 		$install_wizard_pass = intval($_POST['pass']);
diff --git a/view/install/green.png b/view/install/green.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4de276be9
Binary files /dev/null and b/view/install/green.png differ
diff --git a/view/install/info.png b/view/install/info.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..760eca5c3c
Binary files /dev/null and b/view/install/info.png differ
diff --git a/view/install/red.png b/view/install/red.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcd655bf65
Binary files /dev/null and b/view/install/red.png differ
diff --git a/view/install/style.css b/view/install/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f995d5993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/install/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/***
+ * Friendica Communcation Server
+ *
+ * This is the static css for the install procedure
+ */
+
+body {
+	background-color: #FFF;
+	max-width: 750px;
+	margin: 0 auto;
+}
+
+section {
+    background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);
+    padding: 0.5em 2em;
+}
+
+h1 img {
+	vertical-align: sub;
+}
+
+td {
+	padding: 0.2em;
+	border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);
+}
+td.help {
+	border-width: 0px 0px 2px 2px;
+	border-style: solid;
+	border-color: #000;
+	background: transparent url("/friendica/view/install/info.png") no-repeat scroll 5px 5px;
+}
+td.help blockquote {
+	margin-left: 60px;
+}
+input[type="submit"] {
+	margin: 2em 0;
+}
+
+tt {
+	background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);
+	padding: 0.1em 0.2em;
+}
+
+.field {
+	margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+}
+.field label,
+.field input, .field select, .field textarea {
+    width: 100%;
+    display: block;
+}
+.field .field_help {
+	color: #999;
+	text-align: right;
+	width: 100%;
+	display: block;
+	font-size: 0.8em;
+}
diff --git a/view/install/yellow.png b/view/install/yellow.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52b31f3d34
Binary files /dev/null and b/view/install/yellow.png differ
diff --git a/view/templates/install.tpl b/view/templates/install.tpl
index 958ee40143..24ae022424 100644
--- a/view/templates/install.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/install.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
-<h1>{{$title}}</h1>
+<h1><img src="{{$baseurl}}/images/friendica-32.png"> {{$title}}</h1>
 <h2>{{$pass}}</h2>
 
 
diff --git a/view/templates/install_checks.tpl b/view/templates/install_checks.tpl
index ca12425f05..10a197482b 100644
--- a/view/templates/install_checks.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/install_checks.tpl
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 
-<h1>{{$title}}</h1>
+<h1><img src="{{$baseurl}}/images/friendica-32.png"> {{$title}}</h1>
 <h2>{{$pass}}</h2>
 <form  action="{{$baseurl}}/index.php?q=install" method="post">
 <table>
 {{foreach $checks as $check}}
-	<tr><td>{{$check.title}} </td><td><span class="icon s22 {{if $check.status}}on{{else}}{{if $check.required}}off{{else}}yellow{{/if}}{{/if}}"></td><td>{{if $check.required}}(required){{/if}}</td></tr>
+	<tr><td>{{$check.title}} </td><td>
+	{{if $check.status}}
+		<img src="{{$baseurl}}/view/install/green.png" alt="Ok">
+	{{else}}
+		{{if $check.required}}
+			<img src="{{$baseurl}}/view/install/red.png" alt="Requirement not satisfied">
+		{{else}}
+			<img src="{{$baseurl}}/view/install/yellow.png" alt="Optional requirement not satisfied">
+		{{/if}}
+	{{/if}}
+	</td><td>{{if $check.required}}(required){{/if}}</td></tr>
 	{{if $check.help}}
-	<tr><td colspan="3"><blockquote>{{$check.help}}</blockquote></td></tr>
+	<tr><td class="help" colspan="3"><blockquote>{{$check.help}}</blockquote></td></tr>
 	{{/if}}
 {{/foreach}}
 </table>
diff --git a/view/templates/install_db.tpl b/view/templates/install_db.tpl
index f66bf119e8..6b6c1c1e64 100644
--- a/view/templates/install_db.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/install_db.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
-<h1>{{$title}}</h1>
+<h1><img src="{{$baseurl}}/images/friendica-32.png"> {{$title}}</h1>
 <h2>{{$pass}}</h2>
 
 
diff --git a/view/templates/install_settings.tpl b/view/templates/install_settings.tpl
index 735672fe6e..8d6823f114 100644
--- a/view/templates/install_settings.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/install_settings.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
-<h1>{{$title}}</h1>
+<h1><img src="{{$baseurl}}/images/friendica-32.png"> {{$title}}</h1>
 <h2>{{$pass}}</h2>