diff --git a/rfs b/rfs
index 7476e91..a43a412 100755
--- a/rfs
+++ b/rfs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ if(~ $mflag yes)
 if not
 	url=`{echo $fullurl | sed 's/gemini:\/\/[0-9 a-z .]*//
 			s/
//'}
+if(~ $url '') url=/
 if(test -f $webroot$url){
 	header 20 text/gemini
 	cat $webroot$url
@@ -49,4 +50,3 @@ if(test -f $webroot$url/index.gmi)
 }
 header 51 'file not found'
 
-