diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a6be7571..1e1b9608 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ public/avatars
 public/sitemap*
 
 # templates to be created per-site
-app/views/home/404.*
-app/views/home/about.*
-app/views/home/chat.*
-app/views/home/privacy.*
+app/views/about/404.*
+app/views/about/about.*
+app/views/about/chat.*
+app/views/about/privacy.*
 public/apple-touch-icon*
 public/favicon.ico
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/about_controller.rb b/app/controllers/about_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..403cf064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/about_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+class AboutController < ApplicationController
+  caches_page :about, :chat, if: CACHE_PAGE
+
+  def four_oh_four
+    begin
+      @title = "Resource Not Found"
+      render :action => "404", :status => 404
+    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
+      render :html => ("<div class=\"box wide\">" <<
+        "<h1 class=\"title\">404</h1>" <<
+        "Resource not found" <<
+        "</div>").html_safe, :layout => "application"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def about
+    begin
+      @title = "About"
+      render :action => "about"
+    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
+      render :html => ("<div class=\"box wide\">" <<
+        "A mystery." <<
+        "</div>").html_safe, :layout => "application"
+    end
+    raise "Seriously, write your own about page." if @homeabout
+  end
+
+  def chat
+    begin
+      @title = "Chat"
+      render :action => "chat"
+    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
+      render :html => ("<div class=\"box wide\">" <<
+        "<h1 class=\"title\">Chat</h1>" <<
+        "Keep it on-site" <<
+        "</div>").html_safe, :layout => "application"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def privacy
+    begin
+      @title = "Privacy Policy"
+      render :action => "privacy"
+    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
+      render :html => ("<div class=\"box wide\">" <<
+                      "You apparently have no privacy." <<
+                      "</div>").html_safe, :layout => "application"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index 4c9162ee..450bffb4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -1,60 +1,13 @@
 class HomeController < ApplicationController
   include IntervalHelper
 
-  caches_page :about, :chat, :index, :newest, :newest_by_user, :recent, :top, if: CACHE_PAGE
+  caches_page :index, :newest, :newest_by_user, :recent, :top, if: CACHE_PAGE
 
   # for rss feeds, load the user's tag filters if a token is passed
   before_action :find_user_from_rss_token, :only => [:index, :newest, :saved, :upvoted]
   before_action { @page = page }
   before_action :require_logged_in_user, :only => [:upvoted]
 
-  def four_oh_four
-    begin
-      @title = "Resource Not Found"
-      render :action => "404", :status => 404
-    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
-      render :html => ("<div class=\"box wide\">" <<
-        "<h1 class=\"title\">404</h1>" <<
-        "Resource not found" <<
-        "</div>").html_safe, :layout => "application"
-    end
-  end
-
-  def about
-    begin
-      @title = "About"
-      render :action => "about"
-    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
-      render :html => ("<div class=\"box wide\">" <<
-        "A mystery." <<
-        "</div>").html_safe, :layout => "application"
-    end
-    raise "Seriously, write your own about page." if @homeabout
-  end
-
-  def chat
-    begin
-      @title = "Chat"
-      render :action => "chat"
-    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
-      render :html => ("<div class=\"box wide\">" <<
-        "<h1 class=\"title\">Chat</h1>" <<
-        "Keep it on-site" <<
-        "</div>").html_safe, :layout => "application"
-    end
-  end
-
-  def privacy
-    begin
-      @title = "Privacy Policy"
-      render :action => "privacy"
-    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
-      render :html => ("<div class=\"box wide\">" <<
-                      "You apparently have no privacy." <<
-                      "</div>").html_safe, :layout => "application"
-    end
-  end
-
   def hidden
     @stories, @show_more = get_from_cache(hidden: true) {
       paginate stories.hidden
diff --git a/app/views/home/about.html.erb b/app/views/about/about.html.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/views/home/about.html.erb
rename to app/views/about/about.html.erb
diff --git a/app/views/home/chat.html.erb b/app/views/about/chat.html.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/views/home/chat.html.erb
rename to app/views/about/chat.html.erb
diff --git a/app/views/home/privacy.html.erb b/app/views/about/privacy.html.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/views/home/privacy.html.erb
rename to app/views/about/privacy.html.erb
diff --git a/app/views/home/404.html.erb b/app/views/home/404.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 430efe44..00000000
--- a/app/views/home/404.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<div class="box wide">
-  <h1 class="title">404</h1>
-
-  <div class="story_text">
-  <p>
-  The resource you requested was not found, or the story has been deleted.
-  </p>
-  </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index aed41c88..025d4f64 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     :protocol => (Rails.application.config.force_ssl ? "https://" : "http://"),
     :as => "root"
 
-  get "/404" => "home#four_oh_four", :via => :all
+  get "/404" => "about#four_oh_four", :via => :all
 
   get "/rss" => "home#index", :format => "rss"
   get "/hottest" => "home#index", :format => "json"
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   get "/mod/notes(/:period)" => "mod_notes#index", :as => "mod_notes"
   post "/mod/notes" => "mod_notes#create"
 
-  get "/privacy" => "home#privacy"
-  get "/about" => "home#about"
-  get "/chat" => "home#chat"
+  get "/privacy" => "about#privacy"
+  get "/about" => "about#about"
+  get "/chat" => "about#chat"
 
   get "/stats" => "stats#index"