diff --git a/app/components/TemporaryUtilityHub.tsx b/app/components/TemporaryUtilityHub.tsx
index 3f03332..25b393e 100644
--- a/app/components/TemporaryUtilityHub.tsx
+++ b/app/components/TemporaryUtilityHub.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ export default function TemporaryUtilityHub() {
           Our database and member features are temporarily offline while we change backend
           systems. These free utilities remain available without an account.
         </p>
+        <p className="mt-4 max-w-3xl rounded-lg border border-amber-500/30 bg-amber-500/10 p-4 text-sm leading-6 text-amber-100">
+          Directus was the system behind our member features, but it has moved to a corporate
+          licensing model that we cannot afford for a free community project. We are moving the
+          site to another free and open source CMS. Until that work is finished, user accounts,
+          community libraries, and databases will be unavailable. We are working to bring
+          everything back as soon as we can. Thank you for your patience.
+        </p>
       </header>
 
       <nav aria-label="Utilities" className="mb-8 grid gap-3 md:grid-cols-3">