diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
index 68065e82a..71e74c251 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 @import "admin";
 @import "layout";
 @import "participation";
+@import "custom";
 @import "c3";
 @import "annotator.min";
 @import "annotator_overrides";
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/custom.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/custom.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c764f4ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/custom.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Overrides and adds customized styles in this file
+//
\ No newline at end of file