diff --git a/_includes/sidebar.html b/_includes/sidebar.html
index ac4704b4..88ffa02d 100644
--- a/_includes/sidebar.html
+++ b/_includes/sidebar.html
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <div class="sidebar">
   <header class="sidebar__logo" role="banner">
-    <a href="{{ "/" | prepend: site.baseurl }}">Liquid</a>
+    {% if page.home %}
+      Liquid
+    {% else %}
+      <a href="{{ "/" | relative_url }}">Liquid</a>
+    {% endif %}
   </header>
   <nav class="sidebar__nav"> {% assign sections = "basics, tags, filters" | split: ", " %}
 
diff --git a/_sass/modules/_layout.scss b/_sass/modules/_layout.scss
index 11299cf5..6da60bf6 100644
--- a/_sass/modules/_layout.scss
+++ b/_sass/modules/_layout.scss
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .sidebar__logo {
+  color: $color-white;
   font-size: $base-font-size * 2;
   font-weight: 300;
   text-align: center;
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index 0efb49de..338fc51a 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: default
 title: ' '
+home: true
 description: Documentation for the Liquid template language, created by Shopify.
 ---