diff --git a/primary/server/run.js b/primary/server/run.js
index 3d793f26de294b73aa3b6ac6b998d631841e7927..16d4c1fcc6ce03e94c845aa97059d15beb61c719 100644
--- a/primary/server/run.js
+++ b/primary/server/run.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ exports.handler = function(request, response, serveFile) {
     });
   } else {
     // node.js takes care of sanitizing the request path
+    if (urlpath == "/") urlpath = "/index.html"
     serveFile(path.join(STATIC_DIR, urlpath), response);
   }
 };