diff --git a/dev/js/spec/tourSpec.js b/dev/js/spec/tourSpec.js
index 5dac709..e7ec308 100644
--- a/dev/js/spec/tourSpec.js
+++ b/dev/js/spec/tourSpec.js
@@ -456,7 +456,9 @@
      let searchTour = tourClass.gTstartSearch(intrkorap);
      searchTour.start();
      let totalSteps = searchTour.stepCount;
-     expect(document.querySelector(".introjs-tooltiptext").textContent).toEqual(loc.TOUR_sear1);
+     let welc = document.createElement("DIV");
+     welc.innerHTML = loc.TOUR_welc;
+     expect(document.querySelector(".introjs-tooltiptext").textContent).toEqual(welc.textContent);
      expect(document.querySelector(".introjs-skipbutton").textContent).toEqual(loc.TOUR_lskip);
      expect(document.querySelector(".introjs-prevbutton").textContent).toEqual(loc.TOUR_lprev);
      expect(document.querySelector(".introjs-nextbutton").textContent).toEqual(loc.TOUR_lnext);
@@ -467,14 +469,14 @@
        expect(document.querySelector(".introjs-tooltiptext").textContent).toEqual(searchTour.testIntros[i-1]);
 
        switch(i){
-       case 4:
+       case 5:
        expect(intrkorap.querySelector('#hint')).not.toBeNull(); 
        expect(KorAP.Hint).not.toBeNull();
        expect(KorAP.Hint.active().dontHide).toBe(true); 
        expect(KorAP.Hint._active).not.toBeNull();
        break;
        
-       case 5:
+       case 6:
        expect(KorAP.Hint._active).toBeNull();
        break;
                      
@@ -512,7 +514,7 @@
      tourAbort.start(); 
      expect(KorAP.Hint._active).toBeNull();
      expect(document.querySelector(".introjs-skipbutton")).not.toBeNull();
-     tourAbort.goToStepNumber(4);
+     tourAbort.goToStepNumber(5);
      expect(KorAP.Hint._active).not.toBeNull()
      expect(KorAP.Hint.active().dontHide).toBe(true);
      tourAbort.exit();
diff --git a/dev/js/src/loc/de.js b/dev/js/src/loc/de.js
index 1f0c821..d81f138 100644
--- a/dev/js/src/loc/de.js
+++ b/dev/js/src/loc/de.js
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
   loc.TOUR_ldone = "Beenden";
   
   //Guided Tour: Steps
+  loc.TOUR_welc = "<span class = 'tgreeting'>Willkommen zur KorAP Tour! </span> " +
+  "<p class='pfirstStep'> Hier zeigen wir Ihnen einige wichtige Funktionalitäten von KorAP. </p>" + 
+  "<p> Bitte beachten sie: Haben sie bereits eine Suchanfrage oder ein Korpus definiert," +
+  "werden diese während der Tour gelöscht. Falls Sie das nicht wollen, können sie die Tour jetzt mit <code>" +  
+  loc.TOUR_lskip + "</code> beenden.</p>"; 
   loc.TOUR_sear1 = "Geben Sie die Suchanfrage hier ein.";
   loc.TOUR_sear2 = "Zum Beispiel die Suche nach '"+ loc.TOUR_Qexample +  "'.";
   loc.TOUR_searAnnot ="Für die Suche nach Annotationen steht der Annotationsassistent zur Verfügung.";
diff --git a/dev/js/src/tour/tours.js b/dev/js/src/tour/tours.js
index 45992ce..8485ae6 100644
--- a/dev/js/src/tour/tours.js
+++ b/dev/js/src/tour/tours.js
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
   loc.TOUR_ldone = loc.TOUR_ldone || "Done";
 
   //localization guided tour gTstartSearch
+  loc.TOUR_welc = loc.TOUR_welc || "<span class='tgreeting'> Welcome to our guided tour!</span>" +
+  		                           "<p class='pfirstStep'> This tour should give you a quick introduction to KorAP. </p>" +
+  		                           "<p> Please note, that if you already defined a corpus or query, these definitions are deleted during the guided tour. " +
+  		                           "If you don't want that, you can stop the tour now with <code>" +  
+  		                           loc.TOUR_lskip + "</code>. </p> </div>"; 
   loc.TOUR_sear1 = loc.TOUR_sear1 || "Enter your search enquiry here.";
   loc.TOUR_sear2 = loc.TOUR_sear2 || "For example the search for '" +  loc.TOUR_Qexample + "'.";
   loc.TOUR_searAnnot = loc.TOUR_searAnnot || "Annotation helper";
@@ -25,20 +30,20 @@
   loc.TOUR_vccho2 = loc.TOUR_vccho2 || "Define your corpus here.";
   loc.TOUR_vcStat1 = loc.TOUR_vcStat1 || "Click here to display corpus statistic.";
   loc.TOUR_vcStat2 = loc.TOUR_vcStat2 || "Corpus statistic";
-  loc.TOUR_qlfield = loc.TOUR_qlfield|| "Selection of the query language: You can use KorAP with different languages.";  
-  loc.TOUR_help = loc.TOUR_help || "Help and more information about KorAP.";
-  loc.TOUR_glimpse = loc.TOUR_glimpse || "Select to show only the first hits in arbitrary order.";
-  loc.TOUR_seargo = loc.TOUR_seargo || "Start the search.";
+  loc.TOUR_qlfield = loc.TOUR_qlfield|| "Selection of the query language: You can use KorAP with different query languages.";  
+  loc.TOUR_help = loc.TOUR_help || "Help and information about KorAP.";
+  loc.TOUR_glimpse = loc.TOUR_glimpse || "Select this to show only the first hits in arbitrary order.";
+  loc.TOUR_seargo = loc.TOUR_seargo || "Start the search";
 
   //localization guided Tour gTshowResults
   loc.TOUR_kwic = loc.TOUR_kwic || "KWIC result (keyword in context)";
   loc.TOUR_snippet = loc.TOUR_snippet ||  "Click on a match to show a larger snippet.";
-  loc.TOUR_snippetb = loc.TOUR_snippetb || "Display of larger snippet";
-  loc.TOUR_metadatab =  loc.TOUR_metadatab || "Click here to display the metadata.";
+  loc.TOUR_snippetb = loc.TOUR_snippetb || "Snippet";
+  loc.TOUR_metadatab =  loc.TOUR_metadatab || "Display of metadata";
   loc.TOUR_metadata = loc.TOUR_metadata || "Metadata";
-  loc.TOUR_tokenb = loc.TOUR_tokenb || "Click here to display the token annotations.";
+  loc.TOUR_tokenb = loc.TOUR_tokenb || "Display of token annotations";
   loc.TOUR_token = loc.TOUR_token || "KorAP supports multiple annotations.";
-  loc.TOUR_treeb = loc.TOUR_treeb || "Display further annotations."
+  loc.TOUR_treeb = loc.TOUR_treeb || "Display further annotations"
   loc.TOUR_tree = loc.TOUR_tree || "Further annotations can be displayed as tree and arch views."
   loc.TOUR_tourdone = loc.TOUR_tourdone || "Have fun with KorAP!";
   
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@
       let intro = introClass();
       intro.setOptions(labelOptions);
       intro.setOption('doneLabel', loc.TOUR_seargo);
+      intro.setOption('tooltipClass', 'gTstartSearch');
      
       //for testing purposes
       if(elparam){
@@ -75,6 +81,9 @@
       //steps of the example tour
       let Steps =[
         {
+          intro: loc.TOUR_welc,
+        },
+        {
           element: '#q-field',
           intro: loc.TOUR_sear1,
           position: 'bottom'
@@ -149,7 +158,7 @@
            * #268 is not merged at the time beeing: 
            * introJs.currentStep() merge requested https://github.com/usablica/intro.js/pull/268/files
            */
-          if(this._currentStep == 1){ 
+          if(this._currentStep == 2){ 
             targetedElement.value = loc.TOUR_Qexample;
           }   
           break;
@@ -164,8 +173,8 @@
             /*
              * Intro.js caches elements at the beginning, so element and position has to be set again.
              */
-            intro._introItems[6].element = doe.querySelector('.statistic');
-            intro._introItems[6].position = "left";
+            intro._introItems[7].element = doe.querySelector('.statistic');
+            intro._introItems[7].position = "left";
           }   
           break;   
           
@@ -180,11 +189,11 @@
           break;
         } 
         
-        if(this._currentStep == 7){
+        if(this._currentStep == 8){
           let statbut = doe.querySelector('.statistic');
           statbut.click();
-          intro._introItems[7].element = doe.querySelector(".stattable");
-          intro._introItems[7].position = "bottom";
+          intro._introItems[8].element = doe.querySelector(".stattable");
+          intro._introItems[8].position = "bottom";
         }
       });
 
@@ -198,18 +207,18 @@
         var that = this; 
         switch(this._currentStep){
         //hides Hint if back button is pressed 
-        case 2:   
+        case 3:   
           if(KorAP.Hint.active()){
           KorAP.Hint.unshow(); 
           }
           break;
-        case 3:
+        case 4:
           KorAP.Hint.show(false);
           KorAP.Hint.active().dontHide = true;
-          intro._introItems[3].element = doe.querySelector(".menu.roll.hint");
-          intro._introItems[3].position = doe.querySelector("bottom");
+          intro._introItems[4].element = doe.querySelector(".menu.roll.hint");
+          intro._introItems[4].position = doe.querySelector("bottom");
           break;
-        case 4: 
+        case 5: 
           KorAP.Hint.unshow();      
           break;
         }
diff --git a/dev/scss/main/introjs-ids.scss b/dev/scss/main/introjs-ids.scss
index 12acbc1..015e84e 100644
--- a/dev/scss/main/introjs-ids.scss
+++ b/dev/scss/main/introjs-ids.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 @import "../util";
 
-
-.introjs-helperNumberLayer {
-      background:$ids-orange-2;
-    }
- 
 .introjs-helperLayer {
     background-color:transparent;
      }
- 
\ No newline at end of file
+ 
+.introjs-tooltip.gTstartSearch{
+    max-width: 500px;
+}
+
+.tgreeting {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: $darkest-orange;
+}
+
+.pfirstStep{
+    width: 500px;
+}