diff --git a/locales/en.yml b/locales/en.yml
index 639219d2de..2845eec6a1 100644
--- a/locales/en.yml
+++ b/locales/en.yml
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ desktop:
     mk-channel-home-widget:
       title: "Channel"
       settings: "Widget settings"
+      get-started: "Please click the cog in the upper right to specify the channel to receive"
 
     mk-timemachine-home-widget:
       title: "{1} / {2}"
diff --git a/locales/ja.yml b/locales/ja.yml
index 5fedc27196..2d9aceb2db 100644
--- a/locales/ja.yml
+++ b/locales/ja.yml
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ desktop:
     mk-channel-home-widget:
       title: "チャンネル"
       settings: "ウィジェットの設定"
+      get-started: "右上の歯車をクリックして受信するチャンネルを指定してください"
 
     mk-timemachine-home-widget:
       title: "{1}年 {2}月"
diff --git a/src/web/app/desktop/tags/home-widgets/channel.tag b/src/web/app/desktop/tags/home-widgets/channel.tag
index e663dd3158..c1a29f60bc 100644
--- a/src/web/app/desktop/tags/home-widgets/channel.tag
+++ b/src/web/app/desktop/tags/home-widgets/channel.tag
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 		channel ? channel.title : '%i18n:desktop.tags.mk-channel-home-widget.title%'
 	}</p>
 	<button onclick={ settings } title="%i18n:desktop.tags.mk-channel-home-widget.settings%"><i class="fa fa-cog"></i></button>
-	<mk-channel ref="channel"/>
+	<p class="get-started" if={ this.data.channel == null }>%i18n:desktop.tags.mk-channel-home-widget.get-started%</p>
+	<mk-channel ref="channel" show={ this.data.channel }/>
 	<style>
 		:scope
 			display block
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@
 				&:active
 					color #999
 
+			> .get-started
+				margin 0
+				padding 16px
+				text-align center
+				color #aaa
+
 			> mk-channel
 				height 200px