diff --git a/assembly-sdk-war/src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml b/assembly-sdk-war/src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml
index 8f920023675..28a8d48eb9c 100644
--- a/assembly-sdk-war/src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml
+++ b/assembly-sdk-war/src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@
Codenvy, S.A. - initial API and implementation
-->
-
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+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assembly-sdk-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/rewrite.config b/assembly-sdk-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/rewrite.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcea9c06880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assembly-sdk-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/rewrite.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+RewriteRule ^/$ ../dashboard [R]
diff --git a/assembly-sdk/src/assembly/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/rewrite.config b/assembly-sdk/src/assembly/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/rewrite.config
index 66291ee6277..bcc1b15f4b9 100644
--- a/assembly-sdk/src/assembly/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/rewrite.config
+++ b/assembly-sdk/src/assembly/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/rewrite.config
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
RewriteRule ^/api/ext/(.*)$ /che/ext/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/api/(.*)$ /che/api/$1 [L]
+RewriteRule ^/$ /dashboard [R]
diff --git a/assembly-sdk/src/assembly/webapps/ROOT/index.html b/assembly-sdk/src/assembly/webapps/ROOT/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 211cc6ee7c8..00000000000
--- a/assembly-sdk/src/assembly/webapps/ROOT/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-