diff --git a/gtk/gtk_gui.c b/gtk/gtk_gui.c
index 401d798ae..06fc8e326 100644
--- a/gtk/gtk_gui.c
+++ b/gtk/gtk_gui.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void gui_init(int argc, char** argv)
 
 void gui_init2(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-	const char *addr = "http://netsurf-browser.org/";
+	const char *addr = "http://netsurf-browser.org/welcome/";
 
         if (option_homepage_url != NULL && option_homepage_url[0] != '\0')
                 addr = option_homepage_url;
diff --git a/gtk/gtk_scaffolding.c b/gtk/gtk_scaffolding.c
index 568288931..5f824bbd7 100644
--- a/gtk/gtk_scaffolding.c
+++ b/gtk/gtk_scaffolding.c
@@ -330,10 +330,10 @@ gboolean nsgtk_window_reload_button_clicked(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
 gboolean nsgtk_window_home_button_clicked(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
 {
         struct gtk_scaffolding *g = data;
-        static const char *addr = "http://netsurf-browser.org/";
+        static const char *addr = "http://netsurf-browser.org/welcome/";
         struct browser_window *bw = nsgtk_get_browser_for_gui(g->top_level);
 
-        if (option_homepage_url != NULL)
+        if (option_homepage_url != NULL && option_homepage_url[0] != '\0')
                 addr = option_homepage_url;
 
         browser_window_go(bw, addr, 0, true);