diff --git a/cmd/signup/main.go b/cmd/signup/main.go
index b1eb726..e01a9ae 100644
--- a/cmd/signup/main.go
+++ b/cmd/signup/main.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func _main(l *log.Logger, db *signup.DB) error {
 	title.SetText("[purple]the tilde town sign up portal[-]")
 
 	footer := tview.NewTextView()
-	footer.SetText("type /help and press enter to get help")
+	footer.SetText("type /help and press enter to get help. type /quit and press enter to leave.")
 
 	msgScroll := tview.NewTextView()
 	msgScroll.SetDynamicColors(true)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func _main(l *log.Logger, db *signup.DB) error {
 				ok bye have a good one~
 			`),
 			"",
-			nil,
+			newCharacter("the æther", "the very air around you"),
 			nil),
 	}