diff --git a/themes/varia/static/css/main.css b/themes/varia/static/css/main.css
index 19fc33e411..0f4c0ef8ca 100644
--- a/themes/varia/static/css/main.css
+++ b/themes/varia/static/css/main.css
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ ul li{
 header {
 	width:calc(100% - 50px);
 	margin-top:26px;
-	margin-bottom:5em;
+	margin-bottom:1em;
 	padding-bottom:1em;
 	font-family: "header";
 	font-size: 17px;
@@ -194,10 +194,9 @@ header {
 		vertical-align: calc(-2px);
 	}
 	/* custom font size for index */
-	#content.index header{
+	#banner {
 		font-size: 24px;
 		line-height: 1.5;
-		margin-top:0;
 	}
 	header p{
 		display: inline;
diff --git a/themes/varia/templates/article.html b/themes/varia/templates/article.html
index ec868c26e9..576d004cf6 100644
--- a/themes/varia/templates/article.html
+++ b/themes/varia/templates/article.html
@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
-<header id="banner">
-    {% for p in pages %}
-        {% if p.title == 'header' %}
-            <div id="title">{{ p.content }}</div>
-        {% endif %}
-    {% endfor %}
-</header>
 
 {% set glob={} %}
 {% if article.translations %}
diff --git a/themes/varia/templates/base.html b/themes/varia/templates/base.html
index 6cb880615c..3ebe81da6d 100644
--- a/themes/varia/templates/base.html
+++ b/themes/varia/templates/base.html
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@
     <div class="buttons top">
         
     </div>
+    {% block banner %}
+    <header id="banner">
+    {% for p in pages %}
+        {% if p.title == 'header' %}
+            <div id="title">
+                {{ p.content }}
+            </div>      
+        {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+    </header>
+    {% endblock banner %}
     {% block content %}
     {% endblock %}
 </body>
diff --git a/themes/varia/templates/index.html b/themes/varia/templates/index.html
index d5ed12394d..7743922848 100644
--- a/themes/varia/templates/index.html
+++ b/themes/varia/templates/index.html
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block content %}
 <section id="content" class="index">
-<header id="banner">
-    {% for p in pages %}
-        {% if p.title == 'header' %}
-            <div id="title">
-                {{ p.content }}
-            </div>      
-        {% endif %}
-    {% endfor %}
-</header>
-
 {% set glob={} %}
 
 {% if DEFAULT_LANG == 'nl' %}
diff --git a/themes/varia/templates/page.html b/themes/varia/templates/page.html
index c1c48664e6..87a119e280 100644
--- a/themes/varia/templates/page.html
+++ b/themes/varia/templates/page.html
@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@
 {% block title %}{{ page.title }}{%endblock%}
 
 {% block content %}
-<section id="content" class="index">
-	<header id="banner">
-	{% for p in pages %}
-
-		<!-- header -->
-	    {% if p.title == 'header' %}
-	        <div id="title">{{ p.content }}</div>
-	    {% endif %}
-
-	{% endfor %}
-	</header>
 </section>
     <div id="page-content">
 		{{ page.content }}