diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
index 655ae5ca77..6e7606549a 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ BitcoinGUI::BitcoinGUI(QWidget *parent):
 
     syncIconMovie = new QMovie(":/movies/update_spinner", "mng", this);
 
-    gotoOverviewPage();
+    // Clicking on a transaction simply sends you to transaction history page
+    connect(overviewPage, SIGNAL(transactionClicked(QModelIndex)), this, SLOT(gotoHistoryPage()));
+
+    gotoOverviewPage();    
 }
 
 void BitcoinGUI::createActions()
diff --git a/src/qt/overviewpage.cpp b/src/qt/overviewpage.cpp
index 8aa3bb860c..778ee037af 100644
--- a/src/qt/overviewpage.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/overviewpage.cpp
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ OverviewPage::OverviewPage(QWidget *parent) :
     ui->labelBalance->setToolTip(tr("Your current balance"));
     ui->labelBalance->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextSelectableByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByKeyboard);
 
-    // Balance: <balance>
+    // Unconfirmed balance: <balance>
     ui->labelUnconfirmed->setFont(QFont("Monospace", -1, QFont::Bold));
-    ui->labelUnconfirmed->setToolTip(tr("Balance of transactions that have yet to be confirmed"));
+    ui->labelUnconfirmed->setToolTip(tr("Total of transactions that have yet to be confirmed, and do not yet count toward the current balance"));
     ui->labelUnconfirmed->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextSelectableByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByKeyboard);
 
     ui->labelNumTransactions->setToolTip(tr("Total number of transactions in wallet"));
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ OverviewPage::OverviewPage(QWidget *parent) :
     ui->listTransactions->setIconSize(QSize(DECORATION_SIZE, DECORATION_SIZE));
     ui->listTransactions->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::NoSelection);
     ui->listTransactions->setMinimumHeight(NUM_ITEMS * (DECORATION_SIZE + 2));
+
+    connect(ui->listTransactions, SIGNAL(clicked(QModelIndex)), this, SIGNAL(transactionClicked(QModelIndex)));
 }
 
 OverviewPage::~OverviewPage()
@@ -142,7 +144,6 @@ void OverviewPage::setModel(WalletModel *model)
     this->model = model;
 
     // Set up transaction list
-
     TransactionFilterProxy *filter = new TransactionFilterProxy();
     filter->setSourceModel(model->getTransactionTableModel());
     filter->setLimit(NUM_ITEMS);
diff --git a/src/qt/overviewpage.h b/src/qt/overviewpage.h
index 2abddf16a6..4b4cc922ca 100644
--- a/src/qt/overviewpage.h
+++ b/src/qt/overviewpage.h
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 #include <QWidget>
 
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+class QModelIndex;
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
 namespace Ui {
     class OverviewPage;
 }
@@ -23,6 +27,9 @@ public slots:
     void setBalance(qint64 balance, qint64 unconfirmedBalance);
     void setNumTransactions(int count);
 
+signals:
+    void transactionClicked(const QModelIndex &index);
+
 private:
     Ui::OverviewPage *ui;
     WalletModel *model;