diff --git a/cmd/system_update.go b/cmd/system_update.go
index b338485..e11819f 100644
--- a/cmd/system_update.go
+++ b/cmd/system_update.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func (si systemupdate) Run(context wisski_distillery.Context) error {
 		dis.Instances().Path(),
 		dis.Exporter().StagingPath(),
 		dis.Exporter().ArchivePath(),
+		dis.Custom().CustomAssetsPath(),
 	} {
 		context.Println(d)
 		if err := dis.Still.Environment.MkdirAll(d, environment.DefaultDirPerm); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/dis/component/control/control.env b/internal/dis/component/control/control.env
index 2b65aa7..6a42245 100644
--- a/internal/dis/component/control/control.env
+++ b/internal/dis/component/control/control.env
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ SELF_OVERRIDES_FILE=${SELF_OVERRIDES_FILE}
 SELF_RESOLVER_BLOCK_FILE=${SELF_RESOLVER_BLOCK_FILE}
 
 DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME=${DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME}
-HTTPS_ENABLED=${HTTPS_ENABLED}
\ No newline at end of file
+HTTPS_ENABLED=${HTTPS_ENABLED}
+
+CUSTOM_ASSETS_PATH=${CUSTOM_ASSETS_PATH}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/dis/component/control/control.go b/internal/dis/component/control/control.go
index 516a9a1..9dd9c12 100644
--- a/internal/dis/component/control/control.go
+++ b/internal/dis/component/control/control.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/FAU-CDI/wisski-distillery/internal/bootstrap"
 	"github.com/FAU-CDI/wisski-distillery/internal/dis/component"
+	"github.com/FAU-CDI/wisski-distillery/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom"
 	"github.com/FAU-CDI/wisski-distillery/pkg/environment"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ type Control struct {
 	Dependencies struct {
 		Routeables []component.Routeable
 		Cronables  []component.Cronable
+
+		Custom *custom.Custom
 	}
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ func (control *Control) Stack(env environment.Environment) component.StackWithRe
 			"GLOBAL_AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE": control.Config.GlobalAuthorizedKeysFile,
 			"SELF_OVERRIDES_FILE":         control.Config.SelfOverridesFile,
 			"SELF_RESOLVER_BLOCK_FILE":    control.Config.SelfResolverBlockFile,
+
+			"CUSTOM_ASSETS_PATH": control.Dependencies.Custom.CustomAssetsPath(),
 		},
 
 		CopyContextFiles: []string{bootstrap.Executable},
diff --git a/internal/dis/component/control/control/docker-compose.yml b/internal/dis/component/control/control/docker-compose.yml
index 83c31ed..b1f15c0 100644
--- a/internal/dis/component/control/control/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/internal/dis/component/control/control/docker-compose.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ services:
       - "${GLOBAL_AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE}:${GLOBAL_AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FILE}:ro"
       - "${SELF_OVERRIDES_FILE}:${SELF_OVERRIDES_FILE}:ro"
       - "${SELF_RESOLVER_BLOCK_FILE}:${SELF_RESOLVER_BLOCK_FILE}:ro"
+      - "${CUSTOM_ASSETS_PATH}:${CUSTOM_ASSETS_PATH}:ro"
 
 networks:
   default:
diff --git a/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/assets.go b/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/assets.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7efe957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/assets.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package custom
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/FAU-CDI/wisski-distillery/internal/dis/component"
+)
+
+// CustomAssetsPath is the path custom assets are stored at
+func (custom *Custom) CustomAssetsPath() string {
+	return filepath.Join(custom.Config.DeployRoot, "core", "assets")
+}
+
+func (custom *Custom) FooterPath() string {
+	return filepath.Join(custom.CustomAssetsPath(), "footer.html")
+}
+
+func (custom *Custom) BackupName() string { return "custom" }
+
+func (custom *Custom) Backup(context component.StagingContext) error {
+	return context.CopyDirectory("", custom.CustomAssetsPath())
+}
diff --git a/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/custom.go b/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/custom.go
index 5f1473c..a745c32 100644
--- a/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/custom.go
+++ b/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/custom.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package custom
 
-import "github.com/FAU-CDI/wisski-distillery/internal/dis/component"
+import (
+	"github.com/FAU-CDI/wisski-distillery/internal/dis/component"
+)
 
 // Custom implements theme and page customization.
 type Custom struct {
@@ -9,3 +11,7 @@ type Custom struct {
 		// nothing yet
 	}
 }
+
+var (
+	_ component.Backupable = (*Custom)(nil)
+)
diff --git a/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/template.go b/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/template.go
index 9544d9b..52d076f 100644
--- a/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/template.go
+++ b/internal/dis/component/control/static/custom/template.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package custom
 import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"html/template"
+	"text/template/parse"
+
+	"github.com/FAU-CDI/wisski-distillery/pkg/environment"
 )
 
 const footerName = "footer"
@@ -14,9 +17,26 @@ var defaultTemplate = template.Must(template.New("footer.html").Parse(defaultTem
 // Template creates a copy of template with shared template parts updated accordingly.
 // Any template using this should use one of the template contexts in this package.
 func (custom *Custom) Template(tpl *template.Template) *template.Template {
-	tree := defaultTemplate.Tree.Copy()
+	tree := custom.footerTemplate()
 
 	clone := template.Must(tpl.Clone())                 // create a clone of the template
 	template.Must(clone.AddParseTree(footerName, tree)) // add the parse tree to it
 	return clone                                        // and return the tree
 }
+
+// footerTemplate returns a new copy of the footer template
+func (custom *Custom) footerTemplate() *parse.Tree {
+	footer, err := (func() (*template.Template, error) {
+		data, err := environment.ReadFile(custom.Environment, custom.FooterPath())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return template.New("footer.html").Parse(string(data))
+	})()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return defaultTemplate.Tree.Copy()
+	}
+
+	return footer.Tree
+}