diff --git a/roles/easyredmine/files/maintenance.html_ b/roles/easyredmine/files/maintenance.html_
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d1168c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/easyredmine/files/maintenance.html_
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+<!-- http://www.9lessons.info/2011/08/html5-snake-game.html -->
+<!documentTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8" />
+<title>Redmine Maintenance</title>
+<style type="text/css">
+body {text-align:center;}
+canvas { border:5px dotted #ccc; }
+h1 { font-size:50px; text-align: center; margin: 0; padding-bottom: 25px;}
+</style>
+<script type="text/javascript">
+function play_game() 
+{
+var level = 160; // Game level, by decreasing will speed up
+var rect_w = 45; // Width 
+var rect_h = 30; // Height
+var inc_score = 50; // Score
+var snake_color = "#006699"; // Snake Color
+var ctx; // Canvas attributes
+var tn = []; // temp directions storage
+var x_dir = [-1, 0, 1, 0]; // position adjusments
+var y_dir = [0, -1, 0, 1]; // position adjusments
+var queue = []; 
+var frog = 1; // defalut food
+var map = [];
+var MR = Math.random; 
+var X = 5 + (MR() * (rect_w - 10))|0; // Calculate positions
+var Y = 5 + (MR() * (rect_h - 10))|0; // Calculate positions
+var direction = MR() * 3 | 0; 
+var interval = 0;
+var score = 0;
+var sum = 0, easy = 0;
+var i, dir;
+// getting play area 
+var c = document.getElementById('playArea');
+ctx = c.getContext('2d');
+// Map positions
+for (i = 0; i < rect_w; i++)
+{
+map[i] = [];
+}
+// random placement of snake food
+function rand_frog() 
+{
+var x, y;
+do 
+{
+x = MR() * rect_w|0;
+y = MR() * rect_h|0;
+} 
+while (map[x][y]);
+map[x][y] = 1;
+ctx.fillStyle = snake_color;
+ctx.strokeRect(x * 10+1, y * 10+1, 8, 8);
+}
+// Default somewhere placement 
+rand_frog();
+function set_game_speed() 
+{
+if (easy) 
+{
+X = (X+rect_w)%rect_w;
+Y = (Y+rect_h)%rect_h;
+}
+--inc_score;
+if (tn.length) 
+{
+dir = tn.pop();
+if ((dir % 2) !== (direction % 2)) 
+{
+direction = dir;
+}
+}
+if ((easy || (0 <= X && 0 <= Y && X < rect_w && Y < rect_h)) && 2 !== map[X][Y]) 
+{
+if (1 === map[X][Y]) 
+{
+score+= Math.max(5, inc_score);
+inc_score = 50;
+rand_frog();
+frog++;
+}
+//ctx.fillStyle("#ffffff");
+ctx.fillRect(X * 10, Y * 10, 9, 9);
+map[X][Y] = 2;
+queue.unshift([X, Y]);
+X+= x_dir[direction];
+Y+= y_dir[direction];
+if (frog < queue.length) 
+{
+dir = queue.pop()
+map[dir[0]][dir[1]] = 0;
+ctx.clearRect(dir[0] * 10, dir[1] * 10, 10, 10);
+}
+} 
+else if (!tn.length) 
+{
+var msg_score = document.getElementById("msg");
+msg_score.innerHTML = "Thank you for playing game.<br /> Your Score : <b>"+score+"</b><br /><br /><input type='button' value='Play Again' onclick='window.location.reload();' />";
+document.getElementById("playArea").style.display = 'none';
+window.clearInterval(interval);
+}
+}
+interval = window.setInterval(set_game_speed, level);
+document.onkeydown = function(e) {
+var code = e.keyCode - 37;
+if (0 <= code && code < 4 && code !== tn[0]) 
+{
+tn.unshift(code);
+} 
+else if (-5 == code) 
+{
+if (interval) 
+{
+window.clearInterval(interval);
+interval = 0;
+} 
+else 
+{
+interval = window.setInterval(set_game_speed, 60);
+}
+}
+else 
+{ 
+dir = sum + code;
+if (dir == 44||dir==94||dir==126||dir==171) {
+sum+= code
+} else if (dir === 218) easy = 1;
+}
+}
+}
+</script>
+</head>
+<body onload="play_game()">
+<h1>Redmine is down for maintenance</h1>
+Play snake while you wait.
+<div id="msg"></div>
+<canvas id="playArea" width="450" height="300">Sorry your browser does not support HTML5</canvas>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/roles/easyredmine/tasks/redmine.yml b/roles/easyredmine/tasks/redmine.yml
index d525ed6..2e5a1f2 100644
--- a/roles/easyredmine/tasks/redmine.yml
+++ b/roles/easyredmine/tasks/redmine.yml
@@ -84,9 +84,24 @@
   become: yes
 
 - name: install custom login background image
-  copy: dest='{{ redmine_root_dir }}/public/assets/{{ easyredmine_login_bg_img }}'
+  copy: dest='{{ item }}'
         src='{{ easyredmine_login_bg_img }}'
         owner='{{ redmine_owner }}'
+  with_items:
+    - '{{ redmine_root_dir }}/public/plugin_assets/easy_extensions/images/login-bg.jpg'
+    - '{{ redmine_root_dir }}/public/assets/{{ easyredmine_login_bg_img }}'
+  become: yes
+
+- name: create maintenance dir
+  file: path='/usr/share/nginx/html/easyredmine'
+        state=directory
+        owner='{{ redmine_owner }}'
+        mode=0755
+  become: yes
+- name: install maintenance.html
+  copy: dest=/usr/share/nginx/html/easyredmine/maintenance.html_
+        src=maintenance.html_
+        owner='{{ redmine_owner }}'
   become: yes
 
 - name: restrict config permissions
diff --git a/roles/easyredmine/templates/easyredmine.conf.j2 b/roles/easyredmine/templates/easyredmine.conf.j2
index 7be148c..9eda3d9 100644
--- a/roles/easyredmine/templates/easyredmine.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/easyredmine/templates/easyredmine.conf.j2
@@ -1,20 +1,49 @@
 server {
   listen 80;
-  {% if is_production_vm %}
+  {%- if is_production_vm %}
   server_name redmine.apidb.org;
-  {% else %}
+  {%- else %}
   server_name {{ ansible_fqdn }};
-  {% endif %}
+  {%- endif %}
   return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
 }
 
 server {
   listen 443;
-  {% if is_production_vm %}
+  {%- if is_production_vm %}
   server_name redmine.apidb.org;
-  {% else %}
+  {%- else %}
   server_name {{ ansible_fqdn }};
-  {% endif %}
+  {%- endif %}
+
+  ssl    on;
+  ssl_certificate     /etc/pki/tls/certs/{{ ansible_fqdn }}.pem;
+  ssl_certificate_key /etc/pki/tls/certs/{{ ansible_fqdn }}.pem;
+
+  # take site offline for maintenance with
+  # sudo cp /usr/share/nginx/html/easyredmine/maintenance.html_ /usr/share/nginx/html/easyredmine/maintenance.html
+  if (-f /usr/share/nginx/html/easyredmine/maintenance.html) {
+    return 503;
+  }
+  error_page 503 @maintenance;
+  location @maintenance {
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    rewrite ^(.*)$ /easyredmine/maintenance.html break;
+  }
+
+  root {{ redmine_root_dir }}/public;
+  passenger_enabled on;
+  client_max_body_size 50M;
+}
+
+# alt. name for inspecting site during public downtime
+server {
+  listen 443;
+  {%- if is_production_vm %}
+  server_name maint.redmine.apidb.org;
+  {%- else %}
+  server_name maint.{{ ansible_fqdn }};
+  {%- endif %}
 
   ssl    on;
   ssl_certificate     /etc/pki/tls/certs/{{ ansible_fqdn }}.pem;
