diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.js b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.js
index d941bc005c..b68c0d77c1 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.js
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.js
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ function checkVersion(data) {
 }
 
 function load() {
-    // load latest news
     ddiv = document.getElementById("news");
+    if (allowDownloads == 0) {
+        ddiv.innerHTML = '<a href="EnableDownload.py" onClick="enableDownloads()">text70</a> text71';
+        return;
+    }
+    // load latest news
     ddiv.innerHTML = "Connecting...";
     var tobj=new JSONscriptRequest('https://api.github.com/repos/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/commits?callback=showTweets');
     tobj.buildScriptTag(); // Build the script tag