diff --git a/ring/index.php b/ring/index.php
index 9317bab..d8d3f0a 100644
--- a/ring/index.php
+++ b/ring/index.php
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ if ($action !== "index") {
         die("invalid action");
     }
 
-    header("Location: https://tilde.team/~$user/");
+    // use custom link from second line of ~/.ring
+    if (filesize("/home/$user/.ring") > 0) {
+        $ringfile = file("/home/$user/.ring", FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
+        if (count($ringfile) > 1 && $ringfile[1] !== "")
+            $dest = trim($ringfile[1]);
+    }
+    $location = $dest ?? "/~$user/";
+    header("Location: $location");
     die();
 }
 else {
@@ -54,18 +61,26 @@ else {
     <p>then create a .ring file in your ~ to be added in the webring:</p>
     <pre>$ touch ~/.ring</pre>
 
-    <p>the first line of ~/.ring will be displayed here as a tagline</p>
+    <p>the first line of ~/.ring will be displayed here as a tagline.</p>
+    <p>the second line of the file is used as a custom link if your webring tags are not on your homepage.</p>
 
     <h3 id="explore">explore webring</h3>
     <p><a href="?action=random">jump to random page</a></p>
     <p>all members:</p>
     <ul>
     <?php foreach ($users as $user):
-        if (filesize("/home/$user/.ring") > 0)
-            $tagline = htmlspecialchars(trim(fgets(fopen("/home/$user/.ring", "r"))));
-        else unset($tagline); ?>
+        if (filesize("/home/$user/.ring") > 0) {
+            $ringfile = file("/home/$user/.ring", FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
+            $tagline = htmlspecialchars($ringfile[0]);
+            if (count($ringfile) > 1 && $ringfile[1] !== "")
+                $link = htmlspecialchars($ringfile[1]);
+        }
+        else {
+            unset($tagline);
+            unset($link);
+        } ?>
 
-        <li><a href="https://tilde.team/~<?=$user?>/">~<?=$user?></a><?=(isset($tagline) ? " &mdash; " : "")?><?=$tagline ?? ""?></li>
+        <li><a href="<?=$link ?? "/~$user/"?>">~<?=$user?></a><?=(isset($tagline) ? " &mdash; $tagline" : "")?></li>
     <?php endforeach; ?>
     </ul>