diff --git a/app/routes.php b/app/routes.php
index 5569ece14a4f..59db888558d7 100755
--- a/app/routes.php
+++ b/app/routes.php
@@ -256,7 +256,11 @@
 |
 */
 
-// default admin screen until we get a fancy dashboard up
-Route::get('/', array('as' => 'hardware', 'uses' => 'Controllers\Admin\AssetsController@getIndex'));
-Route::get('reports', array('as' => 'reports', 'uses' => 'Controllers\Admin\AssetsController@getReports'));
 
+// Redirect requests to / to the hardware section until we get a fancy dashboard set up
+Route::get('/', function()
+{
+    return Redirect::to('hardware');
+});
+Route::get('/', array('as' => 'home', 'uses' => 'Controllers\Admin\AssetsController@getIndex'));
+Route::get('reports', array('as' => 'reports', 'uses' => 'Controllers\Admin\AssetsController@getReports'));