diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 67b4b4f..1cfb9d1 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ timezone:
 # URL
 ## If your site is put in a subdirectory, set url as 'http://yoursite.com/child' and root as '/child/'
 url: https://curben.netlify.com
-root: ''
+root: /
 permalink: blog/:year/:month/:day/:title/
 permalink_defaults:
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ theme_config:
 
   # Header
   menu:
-    Home: /
+    Home: /blog
     About: /about
     GitLab: https://gitlab.com/curben/blog
 
diff --git a/source/_redirects b/source/_redirects
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dc7d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/_redirects
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Temporarily set the homepage to /blog
+/ /blog 307
diff --git a/themes/typing/scripts/sitemap/.sitemap.xml b/themes/typing/scripts/sitemap/.sitemap.xml
index 59a7b61..e698078 100644
--- a/themes/typing/scripts/sitemap/.sitemap.xml
+++ b/themes/typing/scripts/sitemap/.sitemap.xml
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
   </url>
   {% endfor %}
 
-  {# ------------- home page - with now date #}
+  {# home page #}
   <url>
-      <loc>{{ config.url }}</loc>
+      <loc>{{ config.url + '/' + config.archive_dir + '/' }}</loc>
       <lastmod>{{ sNow }}</lastmod>
       <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
       <priority>1.0</priority>
    </url>
 
-  {# ------------- tag pages #}
+  {# tag pages #}
   {% for tag in tags %}
     <url>
       <loc>{{ tag.permalink }}</loc>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     </url>
   {% endfor %}
 
-  {# ------------- categories pages #}
+  {# categories pages #}
   {% for cat in categories %}
     <url>
       <loc>{{ cat.permalink }}</loc>