diff --git a/app/views/layouts/public.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/public.html.haml
index 09e12b691d..83e92b938f 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/public.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/public.html.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
%span.single-user-login
= link_to t('auth.login'), new_user_session_path
—
- %span.domain= link_to site_hostname, root_path
+ %span.domain= link_to site_hostname, about_path
+ - else
+ %span.domain= link_to site_hostname, root_path
%span.powered-by
!= t('generic.powered_by', link: link_to('Mastodon', 'https://joinmastodon.org'))