diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/routes/index.js b/wherehows-web/app/routes/index.js
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+import Ember from 'ember';
+import AuthenticatedRouteMixin from 'ember-simple-auth/mixins/authenticated-route-mixin';
+
+export default Ember.Route.extend(AuthenticatedRouteMixin, {
+  init() {
+    this._super(...arguments);
+
+    Ember.run.scheduleOnce('afterRender', null, () => {
+      Ember.$('#dashboardtabs a:first').tab('show');
+    });
+  },
+
+  redirect() {
+    this.transitionTo('datasets.page', 1);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/templates/index.hbs b/wherehows-web/app/templates/index.hbs
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+{{outlet}}