diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/spree/home_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ce796b0c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/spree/home_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module Spree
+  class HomeController < Spree::StoreController
+    respond_to :html
+
+    def index
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes/spree.rb b/config/routes/spree.rb
index f2c251caac..d5e7fec42c 100644
--- a/config/routes/spree.rb
+++ b/config/routes/spree.rb
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ Spree::Core::Engine.routes.prepend do
     put :cancel, on: :member
   end
 
-  root :to => 'home#index'
-
   resources :products
 
   match '/locale/set', :to => 'locale#set'