diff --git a/src/main/twirl/repo/files.scala.html b/src/main/twirl/repo/files.scala.html
index aef88a223..35cfa45e7 100644
--- a/src/main/twirl/repo/files.scala.html
+++ b/src/main/twirl/repo/files.scala.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       <a href="@url(repository)/tree/@encodeRefName(branch)/@pathList.take(i + 1).mkString("/")">@section</a> /
     }
     @if(hasWritePermission){
-      <a href="@url(repository)/new/@encodeRefName(branch)/@pathList.mkString("/")">+</a>
+      <a href="@url(repository)/new/@encodeRefName(branch)/@pathList.mkString("/")"><img src="@assets/common/images/newfile.png"/></a>
     }
   </div>
   <div class="box">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/assets/common/images/newfile.png b/src/main/webapp/assets/common/images/newfile.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4b20fbf6
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/main/webapp/assets/common/images/newfile.png differ