Index: trunk/packages/invirt-web/code/main.py
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--- trunk/packages/invirt-web/code/main.py	(revision 2810)
+++ trunk/packages/invirt-web/code/main.py	(revision 2811)
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@
     @cherrypy.tools.mako(filename="/unauth.mako")
     def index(self):
-        if(os.path.exists("/etc/invirt/message")):
+        d = dict(simple=True)
+        if os.path.exists("/etc/invirt/message"):
             f = open('/etc/invirt/message')
-            message = f.read()
-        else:message = None
-        d = dict(simple = True, serviceMessage = message)
+            d['serviceMessage']= f.read()
         return d
-
 
 class InvirtWeb(View):