diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_jupyter_nextflow_image.yml b/.github/workflows/build_jupyter_nextflow_image.yml
index 7c9ec0be..abf56048 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_jupyter_nextflow_image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_jupyter_nextflow_image.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Build and Push Jupyter-Nextflow image
 on:
   push:
     paths:
-    - jupyter-nextflow/Dockerfile
+    - jupyter-nextflow
     - .github/workflows/build_jupyter_nextflow_image.yml
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/jupyter-nextflow/Dockerfile b/jupyter-nextflow/Dockerfile
index f66d9d4e..0a2e815a 100644
--- a/jupyter-nextflow/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyter-nextflow/Dockerfile
@@ -56,3 +56,7 @@ COPY --chown=jovyan:users resources/jupyter_notebook_config.py /home/$NB_USER/.j
 RUN cat /home/$NB_USER/.jupyter/tmp.py >> /home/$NB_USER/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py && rm /home/$NB_USER/.jupyter/tmp.py
 
 RUN mamba install -yc bioconda nextflow==22.10.6
+
+# welcome page
+ADD --chown=jovyan:users nextflow-welcome.html /home/$NB_USER/
+RUN touch /home/$NB_USER/nextflow-welcome.html
diff --git a/jupyter-nextflow/nextflow-welcome.html b/jupyter-nextflow/nextflow-welcome.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..290c1fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jupyter-nextflow/nextflow-welcome.html
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang=en>
+<title>Nextflow Workspace</title>
+<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Source+Sans+Pro"
+  rel=stylesheet>
+<style>
+  body {
+    font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;
+    background: #f5f5f5;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0 20px 20px 20px;
+    font-size: 14px;
+    line-height: 1.6em;
+    letter-spacing: .02rem
+  }
+
+  h1.header {
+    margin: 20px 10px 16px;
+    border-bottom: solid #421c52 2px;
+    font-size: 32px;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    line-height: 2em;
+    letter-spacing: 0;
+    color: #000
+  }
+
+  .content {
+    padding: 10px
+  }
+</style>
+<h1 class=header>Welcome to the Nextflow Workspace</h1>
+<div class=content>
+  <p><strong>This is your personal workspace. The "pd" folder represents your
+      persistent drive:</strong></p>
+  <ul>
+    <li>The files you save here will still be available when you come back
+      after terminating your workspace session.
+    <li>Any personal files outside of this folder will be lost.
+  </ul>
+  <h2 class=header>Get started with Nextflow</h2>
+  <p>If you are new to Nextflow, visit <a
+      href=https://www.nextflow.io>nextflow.io</a> for detailed information.
+  </p>
+  <p>This workspace is set up to run Nextflow workflows in AWS Batch. Your
+    Nextflow configuration must include the Batch queue, IAM role ARN and work
+    directory that were created for you automatically. The sample configuration
+    file will allow you to run simple workflows and can be adapted to your
+    needs. To get started:
+  </p>
+  <ul>
+    <li>Open a new "Launcher" tab and open a terminal.
+    <li>You can find your sample configuration file in the "data" directory.
+      Copy it to a new "nextflow.config" file by running this command in the
+      terminal: <code>cp
+      ./data/sample-nextflow-config.txt ./nextflow.config</code>
+    <li>Launch a Hello World workflow by running this command in the terminal:
+      <code>nextflow run hello</code>
+  </ul>
+</div>
