diff --git a/assets/scripts/app/controllers/repos.coffee b/assets/scripts/app/controllers/repos.coffee
index ad750336..eb28ac62 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/app/controllers/repos.coffee
+++ b/assets/scripts/app/controllers/repos.coffee
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ Travis.ReposController = Ember.ArrayController.extend
       @activate('recent')
   ).observes('currentUser.id')
 
+  tabOrIsLoadedDidChange: (->
+    if @get('tab') == 'owned' && @get('isLoaded') && @get('length') == 0 && !@get('gettingStartedLoaded')
+      @set('gettingStartedLoaded', true)
+
+      @container.lookup('router:main').transitionTo('getting_started')
+  ).observes('isLoaded', 'tab')
+
   isLoadedBinding: 'content.isLoaded'
   needs: ['currentUser', 'repo']
   currentUserBinding: 'controllers.currentUser'
diff --git a/assets/scripts/app/routes.coffee b/assets/scripts/app/routes.coffee
index 01126b47..421d0a62 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/app/routes.coffee
+++ b/assets/scripts/app/routes.coffee
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ Travis.Router.map ->
       @resource 'pullRequests', path: '/pull_requests'
       @resource 'branches', path: '/branches'
 
+  @route 'getting_started'
   @route 'stats', path: '/stats'
   @route 'auth', path: '/auth'
   @route 'notFound', path: '/not-found'
@@ -140,6 +141,16 @@ Travis.SetupLastBuild = Ember.Mixin.create
     build = @controllerFor('repo').get('repo.lastBuild')
     @controllerFor('build').set('build', build)
 
+Travis.GettingStartedRoute = Ember.Route.extend
+  setupController: ->
+    $('body').attr('id', 'getting-started')
+    @controllerFor('application').connectLayout('simple')
+    @_super.apply(this, arguments)
+
+  renderTemplate: ->
+    @render 'top', outlet: 'top'
+    @_super.apply(this, arguments)
+
 Travis.IndexCurrentRoute = Ember.Route.extend Travis.DontSetupModelForControllerMixin, Travis.SetupLastBuild,
   renderTemplate: ->
     @render 'repo'
diff --git a/assets/scripts/app/templates/getting_started.hbs b/assets/scripts/app/templates/getting_started.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8e8fbc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/scripts/app/templates/getting_started.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+It looks like you don't have any repositories set up, you can do that on the {{#linkTo "profile.index"}}profile page{{/linkTo}}.
+
+More instructions....
diff --git a/assets/scripts/app/templates/repos/list.hbs b/assets/scripts/app/templates/repos/list.hbs
index 525efae7..f8cfaf70 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/app/templates/repos/list.hbs
+++ b/assets/scripts/app/templates/repos/list.hbs
@@ -5,30 +5,34 @@
 {{view Travis.ReposListTabsView}}
 
 <div class="tab">
-  {{#collection Travis.ReposListView contentBinding="this"}}
-    {{#with view.repo}}
-      <div class="slug-and-status">
-        <span class="status"></span>
-        {{#if slug}}
-          {{#linkTo repo this class="slug"}}{{slug}}{{/linkTo}}
-        {{/if}}
-      </div>
-      {{#with lastBuildHash}}
-        {{#if repo.slug}}
-          {{#linkTo build repo id class="last_build"}}{{number}}{{/linkTo}}
-        {{/if}}
+  {{#if isLoaded}}
+    {{#collection Travis.ReposListView contentBinding="this"}}
+      {{#with view.repo}}
+        <div class="slug-and-status">
+          <span class="status"></span>
+          {{#if slug}}
+            {{#linkTo repo this class="slug"}}{{slug}}{{/linkTo}}
+          {{/if}}
+        </div>
+        {{#with lastBuildHash}}
+          {{#if repo.slug}}
+            {{#linkTo build repo id class="last_build"}}{{number}}{{/linkTo}}
+          {{/if}}
+        {{/with}}
+
+        <p class="summary">
+          <span class="duration_label">{{t repositories.duration}}:</span>
+          <abbr class="duration" {{bindAttr title="lastBuildStartedAt"}}>{{formatDuration lastBuildDuration}}</abbr>,
+          <span class="finished_at_label">{{t repositories.finished_at}}:</span>
+          <abbr class="finished_at timeago" {{bindAttr title="lastBuildFinishedAt"}}>{{formatTime lastBuildFinishedAt}}</abbr>
+        </p>
+
+        <div class="indicator"><span></span></div>
       {{/with}}
-
-      <p class="summary">
-        <span class="duration_label">{{t repositories.duration}}:</span>
-        <abbr class="duration" {{bindAttr title="lastBuildStartedAt"}}>{{formatDuration lastBuildDuration}}</abbr>,
-        <span class="finished_at_label">{{t repositories.finished_at}}:</span>
-        <abbr class="finished_at timeago" {{bindAttr title="lastBuildFinishedAt"}}>{{formatTime lastBuildFinishedAt}}</abbr>
-      </p>
-
-      <div class="indicator"><span></span></div>
-    {{/with}}
+    {{else}}
+      <p class="empty">You don't have any repos set up on Travis CI</p>
+    {{/collection}}
   {{else}}
-    <p class="empty"></p>
-  {{/collection}}
+    <div class="loading"><span>Loading</span></div>
+  {{/if}}
 </div>
diff --git a/assets/scripts/app/templates/repos/show.hbs b/assets/scripts/app/templates/repos/show.hbs
index 152d29f7..4e030667 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/app/templates/repos/show.hbs
+++ b/assets/scripts/app/templates/repos/show.hbs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         {{outlet pane}}
       </div>
     {{else}}
-      <span>Loading</span>
+      <div class="loading"><span>Loading</span></div>
     {{/if}}
   {{/if}}
 </div>
diff --git a/assets/styles/getting_started.sass b/assets/styles/getting_started.sass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..964cbaf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/styles/getting_started.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#getting-started
+  a
+    font-weight: bold
+
+    &:hover
+      text-decoration: underline
diff --git a/assets/styles/left/list.sass b/assets/styles/left/list.sass
index 24352d73..5ec5de83 100644
--- a/assets/styles/left/list.sass
+++ b/assets/styles/left/list.sass
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@
     &.selected .indicator
       display: block
 
-  .loading
-    padding: 15px 25px 15px 30px
-    background-color: $color-bg-list-odd
-    background-image: none
+#left .loading
+  padding: 15px 25px 15px 30px
+  background-color: $color-bg-list-odd
+  background-image: none
 
 #accounts
   li