diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionController.php b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionController.php
--- a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionController.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionController.php
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 abstract class PhrictionController extends PhabricatorController {
 
+  private $showingWelcomeDocument = false;
+
+  public function setShowingWelcomeDocument($show_welcome) {
+    $this->showingWelcomeDocument = $show_welcome;
+    return $this;
+
+  }
+
   public function buildSideNavView($for_app = false) {
     $user = $this->getRequest()->getUser();
 
@@ -37,12 +45,14 @@
           ->setIcon('fa-home'));
     }
 
-    $crumbs->addAction(
-      id(new PHUIListItemView())
-        ->setName(pht('New Document'))
-        ->setHref('/phriction/new/?slug='.$this->getDocumentSlug())
-        ->setWorkflow(true)
-        ->setIcon('fa-plus-square'));
+    if (!$this->showingWelcomeDocument) {
+      $crumbs->addAction(
+        id(new PHUIListItemView())
+          ->setName(pht('New Document'))
+          ->setHref('/phriction/new/?slug='.$this->getDocumentSlug())
+          ->setWorkflow(true)
+          ->setIcon('fa-plus-square'));
+    }
 
     return $crumbs;
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionDocumentController.php b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionDocumentController.php
--- a/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionDocumentController.php
+++ b/src/applications/phriction/controller/PhrictionDocumentController.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+
   public function handleRequest(AphrontRequest $request) {
     $viewer = $request->getViewer();
     $this->slug = $request->getURIData('slug');
@@ -35,15 +36,15 @@
       ->needContent(true)
       ->executeOne();
     if (!$document) {
-
       $document = PhrictionDocument::initializeNewDocument($viewer, $slug);
-
       if ($slug == '/') {
         $title = pht('Welcome to Phriction');
         $subtitle = pht('Phriction is a simple and easy to use wiki for '.
           'keeping track of documents and their changes.');
         $page_title = pht('Welcome');
         $create_text = pht('Edit this Document');
+        $this->setShowingWelcomeDocument(true);
+
 
       } else {
         $title = pht('No Document Here');