diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ContentHelper.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ContentHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d22cce796052c2dedbe95a213df62c7272d75bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ContentHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package net.i2p.router.web;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import net.i2p.data.DataHelper;
+import net.i2p.router.RouterContext;
+
+public class ContentHelper {
+    private String _page;
+    private int _maxLines;
+    private RouterContext _context;
+    /**
+     * Configure this bean to query a particular router context
+     *
+     * @param contextId begging few characters of the routerHash, or null to pick
+     *                  the first one we come across.
+     */
+    public void setContextId(String contextId) {
+        try {
+            _context = ContextHelper.getContext(contextId);
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            t.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public ContentHelper() {}
+    
+    public void setPage(String page) { _page = page; }
+    public void setMaxLines(String lines) {
+        if (lines != null) {
+            try {
+                _maxLines = Integer.parseInt(lines);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+                _maxLines = -1;
+            }
+        } else {
+            _maxLines = -1;
+        }
+    } 
+    public String getContent() {
+        String str = DataHelper.readTextFile(_page, _maxLines);
+        if (str == null) 
+            return "";
+        else 
+            return str;
+    } 
+    public String getTextContent() {
+        String str = DataHelper.readTextFile(_page, _maxLines);
+        if (str == null) 
+            return "";
+        else 
+            return "<pre>" + str + "</pre>";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.jsp
index bf8fbf426c6741fc963c6bc5e9fabf7af7271a92..54b9382f18b36d0356b267f53b8440db492663c6 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/index.jsp
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 <%@include file="summary.jsp" %>
 
 <div class="main" id="main">
- <h2>Welcome to your router console</h2>
+ <jsp:useBean class="net.i2p.router.web.ContentHelper" id="contenthelper" scope="request" />
+ <jsp:setProperty name="contenthelper" property="page" value="readme.html" />
+ <jsp:setProperty name="contenthelper" property="maxLines" value="300" />
+ <jsp:getProperty name="contenthelper" property="content" />
 </div>
 
 </body>