diff --git a/app/controllers/react_controller.rb b/app/controllers/react_controller.rb
index d4642a6c..bdba3e87 100644
--- a/app/controllers/react_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/react_controller.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class ReactController < ApplicationController
-  before_action :authenticate_user!, only: :react
-  before_action :set_referrer_policy_header, only: :react
-  before_action :set_initial_state_json, only: :react
-  before_action :set_data_for_meta, only: :react
+  before_action :authenticate_user!, only: [:react, :home]
+  before_action :set_referrer_policy_header, only: [:react, :home]
+  before_action :set_initial_state_json, only: [:react, :home]
+  before_action :set_data_for_meta, only: [:react, :home]
+
   before_action :set_instance_presenter
 
   def react
-    #
+    # 
+  end
+
+  def home
+    # 
+  end
+  
+  def groupBySlug
+    @group = Group.where(slug: params[:groupSlug], is_archived: false).first
+    unless @group.nil?
+      return redirect_to "/groups/#{@group.id}"
+    end
+
+    return not_found 
   end
 
   private
@@ -21,35 +35,37 @@ class ReactController < ApplicationController
       @group = Group.where(id: groupIdFromPath, is_archived: false).first
     elsif find_public_route_matches
       return
+    elsif request.path.count("/") == 1 && request.path.length === 1
+      # 
     elsif request.path.count("/") == 1 && !request.path.include?("@")
       acctFromPath = request.path.sub("/", "")
       @account = Account.find_local!(acctFromPath)
     end
-
   end
 
   def authenticate_user!
     return if user_signed_in?
-
     if find_public_route_matches
       return
     elsif find_route_matches
       # if no current user, dont allow to navigate to these paths
       redirect_to(homepage_path)
     end
+
+    return false
   end
 
   def find_route_matches
-    request.path.match(/\A\/(home|shortcuts|group|groups|list|lists|notifications|tags|compose|follow_requests|admin|account|settings|filters|timeline|blocks|domain_blocks|mutes)/)
+    request.path.match(/\A\/(home|news|shortcuts|group|groups|list|lists|notifications|tags|compose|follow_requests|admin|account|settings|filters|timeline|blocks|domain_blocks|mutes)/)
   end
 
   def find_public_route_matches
-    request.path.match(/\A\/(about|search|groups|explore)/)
+    request.path.match(/\A\/(about|news|search|groups|explore)/)
   end
 
   def set_initial_state_json
     serializable_resource = ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(InitialStatePresenter.new(initial_state_params), serializer: InitialStateSerializer)
-    @initial_state_json   = serializable_resource.to_json
+    @initial_state_json = serializable_resource.to_json
   end
 
   def initial_state_params
diff --git a/app/views/react/home.html.haml b/app/views/react/home.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84f265f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/react/home.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- content_for :header_tags do
+  %meta{name: 'applicationServerKey', content: Rails.configuration.x.vapid_public_key}
+  %script#initial-state{ type: 'application/json' }!= json_escape(@initial_state_json)
+
+  = javascript_pack_tag 'application', integrity: true, crossorigin: 'anonymous'
+
+#gabsocial{ data: { props: Oj.dump(default_props) } }
+  %noscript
+    %div{ :style => "padding: 60px; max-width: 560px;" }
+      = image_pack_tag 'logo.svg', alt: 'Gab Social', width: '100px'
+      %div{ :style => "margin-top: 20px; line-height: 2rem; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, sans-serif;" }
+        = t('errors.noscript_html', apps_path: 'https://apps.gab.com')
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 59ea7573..5bebf236 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     end
   end
 
-  get '/',           to: 'about#show', as: :homepage
+  get '/', to: 'react#home', as: :homepage
 
-  get '/tags/:tag', to: 'react#react'
+  get '/g/:groupSlug', to: 'react#groupBySlug'
   get '/:username/with_replies', to: 'accounts#show', username: username_regex, as: :short_account_with_replies
   get '/:username/comments_only', to: 'accounts#show', username: username_regex, as: :short_account_comments_only
   get '/:username/media', to: 'accounts#show', username: username_regex, as: :short_account_media