diff --git a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.candidate-registry.conf b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.candidate-registry.conf
index 38eefdfbdd..f004e4764d 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.candidate-registry.conf
+++ b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.candidate-registry.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ RequestHeader set X-Scheme https early
 RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto https early
 ProxyPreserveHost On
 
+# redirect the top / level to the catalog.
+Redirect / https://candidate-registry.fedoraproject.org/v2/_catalog
+
 ProxyPass {{ localpath }} {{ proxyurl }}{{remotepath}}
 ProxyPassReverse {{ localpath }} {{ proxyurl }}{{remotepath}}