diff --git a/web/src/lib.rs b/web/src/lib.rs
index 5e20ae15..4058d571 100644
--- a/web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/web/src/lib.rs
@@ -364,7 +364,12 @@ pub fn InlineActivity(activity: serde_json::Value) -> impl IntoView {
 #[component]
 pub fn About() -> impl IntoView {
 	view! {
-		<p>pick a timeline to start browsing</p>
+		<div class="ml-1">
+			<div class="tl-header w-100 center mb-s" >landing</div>
+			<div class="boxscroll mt-s mb-s" >
+				nothing to see here! pick a timeline to start browsing
+			</div>
+		</div>
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/main.rs b/web/src/main.rs
index 365c676e..ba04d169 100644
--- a/web/src/main.rs
+++ b/web/src/main.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ fn main() {
 			<hr />
 			<div class="container" >
 				<Router // TODO maybe set base="/web" ?
+					trailing_slash=TrailingSlash::Redirect
 					fallback=move || view! { 
 						<div class="center">
 							<h3>nothing to see here!</h3>
@@ -79,7 +80,6 @@ fn main() {
 											<Route path="/web/objects/:id" view=ObjectPage />
 
 											<Route path="/" view=move || view! { <Redirect path="/web" /> } />
-											<Route path="/web/" view=move || view! { <Redirect path="/web" /> } />
 										</Routes>
 									</div>
 								</div>