diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/app.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/app.component.ts
index dfceb4197..5b777bc75 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { CookieService } from "ngx-cookie-service";
 import { LanguageService } from './core/services/language/language.service';
 import { ConfigurationService } from './core/services/configuration/configuration.service';
 
+import { Location } from '@angular/common';
+
 
 declare const gapi: any;
 declare var $: any;
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
 	sideNavOpen = false;
 	helpContentEnabled: boolean;
 	private statusChangeSubscription: Subscription;
-	onlySplash = true;
+	onlySplash = false;
 
 	constructor(
 		private router: Router,
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
 		private cookieService: CookieService,
 		private ccService: NgcCookieConsentService,
 		private language: LanguageService,
-		private configurationService: ConfigurationService
+		private configurationService: ConfigurationService,
+		private location: Location
 	) {
 		this.initializeServices();
 		this.helpContentEnabled = configurationService.helpService.enabled;
@@ -58,12 +61,18 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
 	}
 
 	ngOnInit() {
-		if (!this.configurationService.useSplash) {
-			this.onlySplash = false;
-			this.router.navigate(['/reload']).then(() => this.router.navigate(['/home']));
-		} else {
+		if (this.location.path() === '') {
+			if (!this.configurationService.useSplash) {
+				this.onlySplash = false;
+				this.router.navigate(['/reload']).then(() => this.router.navigate(['/home']));
+			} else {
+				this.onlySplash = true;
+				this.router.navigate(['/reload']).then(() => this.router.navigate(['/splash']));
+			}
+		} else if (this.location.path() === '/splash') {
 			this.onlySplash = true;
-			this.router.navigate(['/reload']).then(() => this.router.navigate(['/splash']));
+		} else {
+			this.onlySplash = false;
 		}
 		if (!this.cookieService.check("cookiesConsent")) {
 			this.cookieService.set("cookiesConsent", "false", 356);