diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index d4bf9a8ed..54a86be6e 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <a id="skip-to-content" href="#content">Skip to the content.</a>
 
     <header class="page-header" role="banner">
-      {% if page.url == site.baseurl %}
+      {% if page.url == site.baseurl | append: '/' %}
       <h1 class="project-name">aider</h1>
       <h2 class="project-tagline">aider is GPT-4 powered coding in your terminal</h2>
       {% else %}