diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
index 2b9b7dd19f65271f9d5645aa0ef6611a32bda645..1b11f25e400e217aff7e4d0fb366572fb0d4ce6e 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var CustomMap = require('./map/CustomMap');
 var DrugDbOverlay = require('./map/overlay/DrugDbOverlay');
 var DrugPanel = require('./gui/DrugPanel');
 var Header = require('./gui/Header');
+var Footer = require('./gui/Footer');
 var MiRnaDbOverlay = require('./map/overlay/MiRnaDbOverlay');
 var MiRnaPanel = require('./gui/MiRnaPanel');
 var OverlayPanel = require('./gui/OverlayPanel');
@@ -262,6 +263,11 @@ function create(params) {
     customMap : result
   });
 
+  var footer = new Footer({
+    element : document.getElementById("footerPanel"),
+    customMap : result
+  });
+
 
   return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
     insertGoogleAnalyticsCode(result).then(function(){
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/test/js/helper.js b/frontend-js/src/test/js/helper.js
index 77360d43bafbb58e91e655e545d50b92b1815d61..da029f50b449dbe17be05ae1292f323e121800ad 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/test/js/helper.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/test/js/helper.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Helper.prototype.createLeftPanelTab = function() {
   result.appendChild(this.createProjectInfoTab());
   result.appendChild(this.createLegendDiv());
   result.appendChild(this.createHeaderDiv());
+  result.appendChild(this.createFooterDiv());
   return result;
 };
 
@@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ Helper.prototype.createSearchTab = function() {
 Helper.prototype.createHeaderDiv = function() {
   return this.createPanelTab("headerPanel");
 };
+Helper.prototype.createFooterDiv = function() {
+  return this.createPanelTab("footerPanel");
+};
 
 Helper.prototype.createDrugTab = function() {
   return this.createPanelTab("drugTab");
diff --git a/web/src/main/webapp/index.xhtml b/web/src/main/webapp/index.xhtml
index 11fd021e7021930045d8da417858406e9d3ccec9..2ce3b383523a61b04429ff1632f3010089711717 100644
--- a/web/src/main/webapp/index.xhtml
+++ b/web/src/main/webapp/index.xhtml
@@ -106,12 +106,7 @@ function initMap(){
 			</p:tabView >
 			
 			
-			<div class="footerLinks">
-			 <a href="admin.xhtml?id=#{mapMB.currentMapId}" style="float:left; padding-left:25px;"><i class="fa fa-lock" style="font-size:17px"></i> &nbsp;ADMIN</a>
-			 <a href="#{configurationMB.userManual}" target="_user_manual_" style="float:left; padding-left:50px;"><i class="fa" style="font-size:17px"></i> &nbsp;MANUAL</a>
-			 <a href="export.xhtml?id=#{mapMB.currentMapId}" style="float:right; padding-right:25px;">EXPORT&nbsp; <i class="fa fa-mail-forward" style="font-size:17px"></i></a>
-			</div>
-				
+			<div id="footerPanel" class="footerLinks"/>				
 		</div>
 		<div  style="display: table-cell;height:100%;width:100%;">
 			<div  style="height:100%;width:100%;position:relative">