diff --git a/frontend/templates/503.html b/frontend/templates/503.html
index ac436a2d..e69ecbd3 100644
--- a/frontend/templates/503.html
+++ b/frontend/templates/503.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {% block news %}
 <div class="launch_top">
-    Amazon database connectivity outages are keeping us from being able to unglue with you right now.  See <a href="http://status.aws.amazon.com/">Amazon's status page</a> for more.  We're doing what we can from our end.  Do come back later.
+    We estimate that we will be back online at 2:00 pm EDT on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
 
diff --git a/settings/prod.py b/settings/prod.py
index 1fc5be78..06eb9541 100644
--- a/settings/prod.py
+++ b/settings/prod.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE['notify_ending_soon'] = NOTIFY_ENDING_SOON_JOB
 AMAZON_FPS_HOST = "fps.amazonaws.com"
 
 # local settings for maintenance mode
-MAINTENANCE_MODE = False
+MAINTENANCE_MODE = True
 
 # Amazon keys to permit S3 access
 DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
@@ -154,11 +154,12 @@ AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'AKIAIRLBDIET3DFCNU4A'
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = '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'
 AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = 'unglueit_files'
 
+# we should suppress Google Analytics outside of production
+SHOW_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS = True
+
 # if settings/local.py exists, import those settings -- allows for dynamic generation of parameters such as DATABASES
 try:
     from regluit.settings.local import *
 except ImportError:
     pass
     
-# we should suppress Google Analytics outside of production
-SHOW_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS = True