diff --git a/src/js/adstoscix.js b/src/js/adstoscix.js
index 40b69d711..fd6d7d3b4 100644
--- a/src/js/adstoscix.js
+++ b/src/js/adstoscix.js
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ const css = `
const currentUrl = window.location.href;
let correspondingUrl = currentUrl.replace(window.location.host, 'scixplorer.org');
const pathname = window.location.pathname;
+
+ // landing page, default to astrophysics discipline
+ if (pathname === '/') {
+ const index = correspondingUrl.lastIndexOf('/');
+ correspondingUrl = correspondingUrl.slice(0, index) + '/astrophysics';
+ window.open(correspondingUrl, '_blank');
+ return;
+ }
+
let newpath = window.location.pathname;
if (pathname.match(/\/export-([a-zA-Z]+)$/)) {
// this check must come before /search/
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/navbar/template/navbar.html b/src/js/widgets/navbar/template/navbar.html
index 8d4241191..c34bcd6dd 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/navbar/template/navbar.html
+++ b/src/js/widgets/navbar/template/navbar.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ads