diff --git a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
index dc4a44c5787ad55cee95cce91ca8f381a779ff0d..c0e90150ddd12f6959d1e80bec158861eb82b17f 100644
--- a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
+++ b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
@@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ Listen '''+str(task.tcp_tunnel_port)+'''
       AuthUserFile /shared/etc_apache2_sites_enabled/'''+str(task.uuid)+'''.htpasswd
       Require valid-user
 
+      Redirect "/he1978xhe129" "/"
+
       # preserve Host header to avoid cross-origin problems
       ProxyPreserveHost on
       # proxy to the port
diff --git a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/views.py b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/views.py
index c2a2516c62b85a633e2965f315f02ee34928a331..db025f5e914d80ef8542247ca009ba80e589b2c5 100644
--- a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/views.py
+++ b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/views.py
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ def direct_connection_handler(request, uuid):
         if task.requires_proxy_auth and task.auth_token and not task.container.disable_http_basicauth_embedding:
             user = request.user.email
             password = task.auth_token
-            redirect_string = 'https://{}:{}@{}:{}'.format(user, password, rosetta_tasks_proxy_host, task.tcp_tunnel_port)
+            redirect_string = 'https://{}:{}@{}:{}/he1978xhe129'.format(user, password, rosetta_tasks_proxy_host, task.tcp_tunnel_port)
         else:
             redirect_string = 'https://{}:{}'.format(rosetta_tasks_proxy_host, task.tcp_tunnel_port)
     else: