diff --git a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
index c6363798e..eca5a2c53 100644
--- a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
+++ b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::ps_displayLatestNews(QNetworkReply *reply)
     {
         const QString html = nwReply->readAll().trimmed();
         if (html.isEmpty()) { return; }
-        ui->te_LatestNews->setHtml(html);
+        ui->tbr_LatestNews->setHtml(html);
         constexpr qint64 newNews = 72 * 3600 * 1000;
         const qint64 deltaT = CNetworkUtils::lastModifiedSinceNow(nwReply.data());
         if (deltaT > 0 && deltaT < newNews)
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::loadLatestNews()
     sGui->getFromNetwork(newsUrl, { this, &CSwiftLauncher::ps_displayLatestNews});
 }
 
+void CSwiftLauncher::loadAbout()
+{
+    // workaround:
+    // 1) Only reading as HTML gives proper formatting
+    // 2) Reading the file resource fails (likely because of the style sheet)
+    static const QString html = CFileUtils::readFileToString(CBuildConfig::getAboutFileLocation());
+    static const QString legalDir = sGui->getGlobalSetup().getLegalDirectoryUrl().getFullUrl();
+    // make links absolute
+    static const QString htmlFixed = QString(html).
+                                     replace(QLatin1Literal("href=\"./"), "href=\"" + legalDir);
+    ui->tbr_About->setHtml(htmlFixed);
+}
+
 void CSwiftLauncher::initDBusGui()
 {
     ui->cb_DBusServerAddress->addItem("127.0.0.1");
@@ -348,6 +361,7 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::ps_loadedUpdateInfo(bool success)
     }
 
     this->loadLatestNews();
+    this->loadAbout();
 }
 
 void CSwiftLauncher::ps_changedUpdateInfoCache()
diff --git a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.h b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.h
index b120a9e15..bb0c8df28 100644
--- a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.h
+++ b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ protected:
     void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event) override;
 
 private slots:
+    //! Display latest news
     void ps_displayLatestNews(QNetworkReply *reply);
 
 private:
@@ -110,9 +111,13 @@ private:
     //! Log display
     void initLogDisplay();
 
-    //! latest news
+    //! Latest news
+    //! \sa CSwiftLauncher::ps_displayLatestNews
     void loadLatestNews();
 
+    //! Load credits and legal info
+    void loadAbout();
+
     //! Start the core
     void startSwiftCore();
 
diff --git a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
index 2de9ea7fd..c7a52ea91 100644
--- a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
+++ b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
           <item>
            <widget class="QToolBox" name="tb_Launcher">
             <property name="currentIndex">
-             <number>2</number>
+             <number>4</number>
             </property>
             <property name="tabSpacing">
              <number>6</number>
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@
               </rect>
              </property>
              <attribute name="label">
-              <string>Latest news</string>
+              <string>Latest &amp;news</string>
              </attribute>
              <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="vl_LatestNews">
               <item>
-               <widget class="QTextEdit" name="te_LatestNews">
+               <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="tbr_LatestNews">
                 <property name="documentTitle">
                  <string>Latest news</string>
                 </property>
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@
                 <property name="placeholderText">
                  <string>Latest news will go here</string>
                 </property>
+                <property name="openExternalLinks">
+                 <bool>true</bool>
+                </property>
                </widget>
               </item>
              </layout>
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@
               </rect>
              </property>
              <attribute name="label">
-              <string>Window type</string>
+              <string>&amp;Window type</string>
              </attribute>
              <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gl_WindowType">
               <item row="1" column="1" alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@
               </rect>
              </property>
              <attribute name="label">
-              <string>Core mode</string>
+              <string>&amp;Core mode</string>
              </attribute>
              <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gl_CoreMode" columnstretch="10,14,14">
               <property name="leftMargin">
@@ -430,7 +433,7 @@
               </rect>
              </property>
              <attribute name="label">
-              <string>Check for updates</string>
+              <string>Check for &amp;updates</string>
              </attribute>
              <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="vl_Updates">
               <property name="leftMargin">
@@ -591,7 +594,7 @@
               </item>
              </layout>
             </widget>
-            <widget class="QWidget" name="pg_CreditsLicense">
+            <widget class="QWidget" name="pg_About">
              <property name="geometry">
               <rect>
                <x>0</x>
@@ -601,21 +604,27 @@
               </rect>
              </property>
              <attribute name="label">
-              <string>Credits and License</string>
+              <string>&amp;About (credits and license)</string>
              </attribute>
              <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="vl_Credits">
               <item>
-               <widget class="QTextEdit" name="te_CreditsLicense">
+               <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="tbr_About">
+                <property name="documentTitle">
+                 <string>About swift</string>
+                </property>
                 <property name="readOnly">
                  <bool>true</bool>
                 </property>
                 <property name="html">
                  <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
-&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;title&gt;About swift&lt;/title&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
 &lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:7.875pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
 &lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:8.25pt;&quot;&gt;Credits will go here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
                 </property>
+                <property name="openExternalLinks">
+                 <bool>true</bool>
+                </property>
                </widget>
               </item>
              </layout>