diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/base_controller.rb
index 2bb86c14..11fde8c1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/base_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Admin
 
     include Locomotive::Routing::SiteDispatcher
 
-    layout 'admin/application'
+    layout '/admin/layouts/application'
 
     before_filter :authenticate_admin!
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/cross_domain_sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/cross_domain_sessions_controller.rb
index dc184687..2f333801 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/cross_domain_sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/cross_domain_sessions_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module Admin
   class CrossDomainSessionsController < BaseController
 
-    layout 'admin/box'
+    layout '/admin/layouts/box'
 
     skip_before_filter :verify_authenticity_token
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/passwords_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/passwords_controller.rb
index ec99d835..cc513ab7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/passwords_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/passwords_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Admin
 
     include Locomotive::Routing::SiteDispatcher
 
-    layout 'admin/box'
+    layout '/admin/layouts/box'
 
     before_filter :require_site
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/sessions_controller.rb
index f3b43c8b..7aa60f68 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Admin
 
     include Locomotive::Routing::SiteDispatcher
 
-    layout 'admin/box'
+    layout '/admin/layouts/box'
 
     before_filter :require_site
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 6e5f9df7..6947e663 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   # rescue_from Exception, :with => :render_error
   #
   # def render_error
-  #   render :template => "/admin/errors/500", :layout => 'admin/box', :status => 500
+  #   render :template => "/admin/errors/500", :layout => '/admin/layouts/box', :status => 500
   # end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 594b2ea5..00000000
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-class HomeController < ApplicationController
-
-  def show; end
-
-  def unknown; end
-
-end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/errors/no_page.html.haml b/app/views/admin/errors/no_page.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4948def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/admin/errors/no_page.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+No Page!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/admin/errors/no_site.html.haml b/app/views/admin/errors/no_site.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bee4fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/admin/errors/no_site.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+No Site!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/admin/application.html.haml b/app/views/admin/layouts/application.html.haml
similarity index 100%
rename from app/views/layouts/admin/application.html.haml
rename to app/views/admin/layouts/application.html.haml
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/admin/box.html.haml b/app/views/admin/layouts/box.html.haml
similarity index 100%
rename from app/views/layouts/admin/box.html.haml
rename to app/views/admin/layouts/box.html.haml
diff --git a/app/views/admin/layouts/error.html.haml b/app/views/admin/layouts/error.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1d0cc89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/admin/layouts/error.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+= yield
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/home/show.html.haml b/app/views/home/show.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 86bb6f0a..00000000
--- a/app/views/home/show.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-%h2 Locomotive rocks !!!
-
-%p
-  = flash[:error]
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 639013e7..00000000
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-!!! XML
-!!!
-%html{ :xmlns => 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'  }
-  %head
-  %body
-    %h1 Welcome to Locomotive
-    = yield
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index de40631b..a7b5af09 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Locomotive::Application.routes.draw do |map|
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
-  constraints(Locomotive::Routing::DefaultConstraint) do
-    root :to => 'home#show'
-  end
+  # constraints(Locomotive::Routing::DefaultConstraint) do
+  #   root :to => 'home#show'
+  # end
 
   # admin authentication
   devise_for :admin, :class_name => 'Account', :controllers => { :sessions => 'admin/sessions', :passwords => 'admin/passwords' }
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/render.rb b/lib/locomotive/render.rb
index f44e5417..8a5147dc 100644
--- a/lib/locomotive/render.rb
+++ b/lib/locomotive/render.rb
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ module Locomotive
 
       def render_locomotive_page
         if request.fullpath =~ /^\/admin\//
-          render :template => "/admin/errors/404", :layout => 'admin/box', :status => 404
+          render :template => "/admin/errors/404", :layout => '/admin/layouts/box', :status => 404
         else
           @page = locomotive_page
 
-          redirect_to application_root_url and return if @page.nil?
+          render_no_page_error and return if @page.nil?
 
           output = @page.render(locomotive_context)
 
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ module Locomotive
         end
       end
 
+      def render_no_page_error
+        render :template => "/admin/errors/no_page", :layout => false
+      end
+
       def locomotive_page
         path = (params[:path] || request.fullpath).clone # TODO: params[:path] is more consistent
         path.gsub!(/\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]{2,}$/, '')
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/routing/site_dispatcher.rb b/lib/locomotive/routing/site_dispatcher.rb
index 3836898f..9fa988f9 100644
--- a/lib/locomotive/routing/site_dispatcher.rb
+++ b/lib/locomotive/routing/site_dispatcher.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ module Locomotive
         end
 
         def require_site
-          redirect_to application_root_url and return false if current_site.nil?
+          render_no_site_error and return false if current_site.nil?
+        end
+
+        def render_no_site_error
+          render :template => "/admin/errors/no_site", :layout => false
         end
 
         def validate_site_membership
@@ -34,10 +38,6 @@ module Locomotive
           sign_out_and_redirect(current_admin)
         end
 
-        def application_root_url
-          root_url(:host => Locomotive.config.default_domain, :port => request.port)
-        end
-
       end
 
     end