diff --git a/api/ApplyTrack.Api/ApplyTrack.Api.csproj b/api/ApplyTrack.Api/ApplyTrack.Api.csproj
index 127b298..b56b971 100644
--- a/api/ApplyTrack.Api/ApplyTrack.Api.csproj
+++ b/api/ApplyTrack.Api/ApplyTrack.Api.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <RootNamespace>ApplyTrack.Api</RootNamespace>
-    <Version>1.7.5</Version>
+    <Version>1.7.6</Version>
     <Authors>Aaron K. Clark</Authors>
     <Copyright>Copyright 2026 Aaron K. Clark</Copyright>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>Apache-2.0</PackageLicenseExpression>
diff --git a/api/ApplyTrack.Api/wwwroot/app.css b/api/ApplyTrack.Api/wwwroot/app.css
index 8d582d2..c0981e3 100644
--- a/api/ApplyTrack.Api/wwwroot/app.css
+++ b/api/ApplyTrack.Api/wwwroot/app.css
@@ -955,6 +955,20 @@ body,
 }
 .login-mark { font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -0.01em; }
 .login-sub { color: var(--text-soft); font-size: 0.9rem; }
+.login-signup-head {
+  font-size: 1.45rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+  color: #e5484d;
+  margin: 0.35rem 0 0.1rem;
+}
+.login-signup {
+  font-size: 1.15rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+  color: var(--text);
+  margin: 0 0 0.15rem;
+}
 .login-error {
   font-family: "JetBrains Mono", monospace;
   font-size: 0.72rem;
diff --git a/api/ApplyTrack.Api/wwwroot/app.js b/api/ApplyTrack.Api/wwwroot/app.js
index 553e2d0..e560556 100644
--- a/api/ApplyTrack.Api/wwwroot/app.js
+++ b/api/ApplyTrack.Api/wwwroot/app.js
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ function showLogin() {
       <h1 class="login-mark font-display"><span class="text-stamp">apply</span><span>track</span></h1>
       <p class="login-sub">Sign in with a one-time magic link.</p>
       ${badLink ? `<p class="login-error">That link was invalid or expired — request a fresh one.</p>` : ""}
+      <p class="login-signup-head">NEW HERE?</p>
+      <p class="login-signup">Just enter your email — your account is created automatically.</p>
       <input id="login-email" class="login-input" type="email" required autocomplete="email"
         inputmode="email" placeholder="you@example.com" aria-label="Email address" />
       <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary login-btn">Send magic link</button>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c735fd9..ba4bdb8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "applytrack-poller"
-version = "1.7.5"
+version = "1.7.6"
 description = "Discovery poller for OSApplyTrack — fetches and scores remote job leads into shared Postgres."
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }