diff --git a/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf b/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf
index f5710dcbd..2571ac736 100644
--- a/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf
+++ b/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" env=HTTPS
 
 ##
-## Provide /freedombox as an alias to /plinth
+## Redirect traffic on home to /plinth as part of turning the machine
+## into FreedomBox server.  Plinth then acts as a portal to reach all
+## other services.
 ##
+RedirectMatch "^/$" "/plinth"
 RedirectMatch "^/freedombox" "/plinth"
 
 ##