diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/static/site/css/c3nav.css b/src/c3nav/site/static/site/css/c3nav.css
index d6577049..7a6bdb89 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/site/static/site/css/c3nav.css
+++ b/src/c3nav/site/static/site/css/c3nav.css
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ header h1 {
     font-size: 3rem;
     margin: 0;
 }
+header h1 a {
+    color: inherit;
+}
 header #user {
     text-align: right;
     padding: 0 0 3px 10px;
diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/static/site/js/c3nav.js b/src/c3nav/site/static/site/js/c3nav.js
index 05233676..c481cc1f 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/site/static/site/js/c3nav.js
+++ b/src/c3nav/site/static/site/js/c3nav.js
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ c3nav = {
             .on('submit', 'form', c3nav._modal_submit);
         $('header #user').on('click', c3nav._modal_link_click);
 
+        $('header h1 a').removeAttr('href');
+
         window.onpopstate = c3nav._onpopstate;
     },
     get_csrf_token: function() {
diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/templates/site/base.html b/src/c3nav/site/templates/site/base.html
index fcf03804..d0fc37de 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/site/templates/site/base.html
+++ b/src/c3nav/site/templates/site/base.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 <body>
     {% if not embed %}
         <header>
-            <h1>c3nav</h1>
+            <h1><a href="/">c3nav</a></h1>
             <a href="/account/" id="user">
                 <span>{{ user_data.title }}</span>
                 <small>{% if user_data.subtitle %}{{ user_data.subtitle }}{% endif %}</small>
