diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9b7d4ad5..6a11772c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <pre>
 2008-XX-XX:
     * version 2.0 (probably)
+    * add 'helpfile' option
     * add 'wildignore' option
     * add :finish command
     * new events BookmarkPost, ShellCmdPost, QuitPre
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index 52c2fdd7..19a73b6f 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                 }
             });
 
+        liberator.options.add(["helpfile", "hf"],
+            "Name of the main help file",
+            "string", "intro.html");
+
         liberator.options.add(["loadplugins", "lpl"],
             "Load plugin scripts when starting up",
             "boolean", true);
@@ -757,6 +761,18 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                          liberator.options["newtab"].split(",").indexOf("help") != -1)) ?
                             liberator.NEW_TAB : liberator.CURRENT_TAB;
 
+            if (!topic)
+            {
+                var helpFile = liberator.options["helpfile"];
+
+                if (liberator.config.helpFiles.indexOf(helpFile) != -1)
+                    liberator.open("chrome://" + liberator.config.name.toLowerCase() + "/locale/" + helpFile, where);
+                else
+                    liberator.echo("Sorry, help file \"" + helpFile + "\" not found");
+
+                return;
+            }
+
             function jumpToTag(file, tag)
             {
                 liberator.open("chrome://" + liberator.config.name.toLowerCase() + "/locale/" + file, where);
@@ -770,14 +786,9 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                 }, 500);
             }
 
-            if (!topic)
-            {
-                liberator.open("chrome://" + liberator.config.name.toLowerCase() + "/locale/intro.html", where);
-                return;
-            }
-
             var [, items] = getHelpCompletions(topic);
             var partialMatch = -1;
+
             for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
             {
                 if (items[i][0] == topic)
diff --git a/locale/en-US/options.txt b/locale/en-US/options.txt
index a7b6086a..ad4cf2c9 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/options.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/options.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ You can also hide the tab bar with [c]:set showtabline=0[c].
 ____
 
 
+|\'hf'| |\'helpfile'|
+||'helpfile' 'hf'|| string (default: "intro.html")
+____
+Name of the main help file. This is the tail component of the chrome URL as
+displayed in the status line when viewing the page.
+____
+
+
 |\'hm'| |\'hintmatching'|
 ||'hintmatching' 'hm'|| string (default: contains)
 ____
diff --git a/vimperator.vim b/vimperator.vim
index 150d27b0..93ad42c9 100644
--- a/vimperator.vim
+++ b/vimperator.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:         VIMperator configuration file
 " Maintainer:       Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
-" Last Change:      2008 Sep 04
+" Last Change:      2008 Sep 06
 
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ syn match vimperatorCommandWrapper "\%(^\s*:\=\)\@<=\%(!\|\h\w*\>\)" contains=vi
 syn region vimperatorSet matchgroup=vimperatorCommand start="\%(^\s*:\=\)\@<=\<set\=\>" end="$" keepend oneline contains=vimperatorOption
 syn keyword vimperatorOption activate act activelinkfgcolor alfc activelinkbgcolor albc cdpath cd complete cpt defsearch ds editor
     \ extendedhinttags eht eventignore ei focuscontent fc nofocuscontent nofc fullscreen fs nofullscreen nofs guioptions go
-    \ hintmatching hm hintstyle hs hinttags ht hinttimeout hto history hi hlsearch hls nohlsearch nohls hlsearchstyle hlss
-    \ incsearch is noincsearch nois ignorecase ic noignorecase noic insertmode im noinsertmode noim laststatus ls linkbgcolor lbc
-    \ linkfgcolor lfc linksearch lks nolinksearch nolks loadplugins noloadplugins lpl nolpl more newtab nextpattern nomore
+    \ helpfile hf hintmatching hm hintstyle hs hinttags ht hinttimeout hto history hi hlsearch hls nohlsearch nohls hlsearchstyle
+    \ hlss incsearch is noincsearch nois ignorecase ic noignorecase noic insertmode im noinsertmode noim laststatus ls linkbgcolor
+    \ lbc linkfgcolor lfc linksearch lks nolinksearch nolks loadplugins noloadplugins lpl nolpl more newtab nextpattern nomore
     \ pageinfo pa popups pps preload nopreload previewheight pvh previouspattern online noonline scroll scr shell sh shellcmdflag
     \ shcf showmode smd noshowmode nosmd showstatuslinks ssli showtabline stal smartcase scs nosmartcase noscs suggestengines
     \ titlestring usermode um nousermode noum urlseparator verbose vbs visualbell vb novisualbell novb visualbellstyle wildignore