diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/config/MvcConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/config/MvcConfig.java
index 61d95d5..93a2d74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/config/MvcConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/config/MvcConfig.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 public class MvcConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
     public void addViewControllers(ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
-        registry.addViewController("/addCourse").setViewName("addCourse");
+        registry.addViewController("/courses").setViewName("addCourse");
         registry.addViewController("/").setViewName("start");
         registry.addViewController("/login").setViewName("login");
         registry.addViewController("/start").setViewName("start");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/config/WebSecurityConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/config/WebSecurityConfig.java
index 2882b8a..cbf6c76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/config/WebSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/config/WebSecurityConfig.java
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ public class WebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
 
     @Override
     protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
-        http
-                .authorizeRequests()
-                .antMatchers( "/courses/**").authenticated()
+        http.authorizeRequests()
+                .antMatchers( "/", "/courses/**").authenticated()
                 .antMatchers("/", "/register").permitAll()
                 .antMatchers("/", "/start").authenticated()
                 //.anyRequest().authenticated()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/controllers/StartController.java b/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/controllers/StartController.java
index 6fd7f83..481ce02 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/controllers/StartController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wmi/lti/controllers/StartController.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.imsglobal.lti.launch.LtiSigningException;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ public class StartController {
         return "start"; //view
 
     }
+
+    @GetMapping("")
+    public String start(){
+        return "start"; //view
+    }
 }