diff --git a/resources/static/pages/start.js b/resources/static/pages/start.js
index f6bb1b258897ed2588cd7c148d8445065db60d09..82b72c8c93f72d629832d97c7eccbf4c70f5449b 100644
--- a/resources/static/pages/start.js
+++ b/resources/static/pages/start.js
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ $(function() {
         verifyFunction: "verifyUser"
       });
     }
+    else if(path === "/about" || path === "/tos" || path === "/privacy") {
+      // do nothing.  This prevents "unknown path" from being displayed to the
+      // user.
+    }
     else {
       // Instead of throwing a hard error here, adding a message to the console
       // to let developers know something is up.