diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/i18n/de/translation.json b/packages/app-shell/src/i18n/de/translation.json
index 513078a357f765170c29f3c362270c16184a5e94..8dc8750c9cd0ca5d425d24d735cef3a9dd794267 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/src/i18n/de/translation.json
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/i18n/de/translation.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     "hello-world": "Hallo Welt"
   },
   "welcome": {
-      "headline": "Willkommen bei der Applikation '{{appname}}'"
+      "headline": "Willkommen bei der Applikation '{{appname}}'."
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/i18n/en/translation.json b/packages/app-shell/src/i18n/en/translation.json
index 22757e705de6f3889f785b0053bb3190249fd9a7..f58ff854f649775e70102722923e7fd7e32beffb 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/src/i18n/en/translation.json
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/i18n/en/translation.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     "hello-world": "Hello World"
   },
   "welcome": {
-      "headline": "Welcome to the '{{appname}}' application"
+      "headline": "Welcome to the '{{appname}}' application."
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/vpu-app-shell-welcome.js b/packages/app-shell/src/vpu-app-shell-welcome.js
index 2e14ee3970e1269bdd547d1b8c9968515d3374ad..3871fb6a986d957ea4db0a49000095eab41ba844 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/src/vpu-app-shell-welcome.js
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/vpu-app-shell-welcome.js
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ class AppShellWelcome extends ScopedElementsMixin(LitElement) {
         }
 
         return html`
-            <p>${i18n.t('welcome.headline', {appname: app.topic.name[this.lang]})}</p>
-            <p>${app.topic.description[this.lang] }</p>
+            <p>${i18n.t('welcome.headline', {appname: app.topic.name[this.lang]})}
+            ${app.topic.description[this.lang] }.</p>
             <br>
             ${itemTemplates}
         `;