diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e94e741a..96ea12f8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 * Update Pushbullet notifier (port from midgetspy/sickbeard)
 * Change startup code cleanup and PEP8
 * Change authentication credentials to display more securely on config pages
+* Add a "Use as default home page" selector to General Config/Interface/User Interface
 
 [develop changelog]
 
diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
index 6072ceb7..ad41cb8b 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
@@ -225,6 +225,19 @@
 							</label>
 						</div>
 
+						<div class="field-pair">
+							<label for="default_home">
+								<span class="component-title">Use as default home page:</span>
+								<span class="component-desc">
+									<select id="default_home" name="default_home" class="form-control input-sm">
+										<option value="shows" #if $sickbeard.DEFAULT_HOME == 'shows' then 'selected="selected"' else ''#>Shows</option>
+										<option value="episodes" #if $sickbeard.DEFAULT_HOME == 'episodes' then 'selected="selected"' else ''#>Episodes</option>
+										<option value="history" #if $sickbeard.DEFAULT_HOME == 'history' then 'selected="selected"' else ''#>History</option>
+									</select>
+								</span>
+							</label>
+						</div>
+
 						<div class="field-pair">
 							<label for="home_search_focus">
 								<span class="component-title">Give show list search focus</span>
diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
index 8c6c5b0d..ba9fbbb8 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/inc_top.tmpl
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 						<li id="NAVhome" class="dropdown">
 							<a href="$sbRoot/home/" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" data-delay="0" tabindex="$tab#set $tab += 1#">Shows <b class="caret"></b></a>
 							<ul class="dropdown-menu">
-								<li><a href="$sbRoot/home/" tabindex="$tab#set $tab += 1#"><i class="menu-icon-home"></i>&nbsp;Show List</a></li>
+								<li><a href="$sbRoot/home/showlistView/" tabindex="$tab#set $tab += 1#"><i class="menu-icon-home"></i>&nbsp;Show List</a></li>
 								<li><a href="$sbRoot/home/addShows/" tabindex="$tab#set $tab += 1#"><i class="menu-icon-addshow"></i>&nbsp;Add Shows</a></li>
 								<li><a href="$sbRoot/home/postprocess/" tabindex="$tab#set $tab += 1#"><i class="menu-icon-postprocess"></i>&nbsp;Manual Post-Processing</a></li>
 							</ul>
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index c8654594..ce9bfbc1 100755
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ EMAIL_FROM = None
 EMAIL_LIST = None
 
 GUI_NAME = None
+DEFAULT_HOME = None
 HOME_LAYOUT = None
 HISTORY_LAYOUT = None
 DISPLAY_SHOW_SPECIALS = False
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
             USE_EMAIL, EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_PORT, EMAIL_TLS, EMAIL_USER, EMAIL_PASSWORD, EMAIL_FROM, EMAIL_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH, EMAIL_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD, EMAIL_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD, EMAIL_LIST, \
             USE_LISTVIEW, METADATA_XBMC, METADATA_XBMC_12PLUS, METADATA_MEDIABROWSER, METADATA_PS3, metadata_provider_dict, \
             NEWZBIN, NEWZBIN_USERNAME, NEWZBIN_PASSWORD, GIT_PATH, MOVE_ASSOCIATED_FILES, POSTPONE_IF_SYNC_FILES, recentSearchScheduler, NFO_RENAME, \
-            GUI_NAME, HOME_LAYOUT, HISTORY_LAYOUT, DISPLAY_SHOW_SPECIALS, EPISODE_VIEW_LAYOUT, EPISODE_VIEW_SORT, EPISODE_VIEW_DISPLAY_PAUSED, EPISODE_VIEW_MISSED_RANGE, FUZZY_DATING, TRIM_ZERO, DATE_PRESET, TIME_PRESET, TIME_PRESET_W_SECONDS, THEME_NAME, \
+            GUI_NAME, DEFAULT_HOME, HOME_LAYOUT, HISTORY_LAYOUT, DISPLAY_SHOW_SPECIALS, EPISODE_VIEW_LAYOUT, EPISODE_VIEW_SORT, EPISODE_VIEW_DISPLAY_PAUSED, EPISODE_VIEW_MISSED_RANGE, FUZZY_DATING, TRIM_ZERO, DATE_PRESET, TIME_PRESET, TIME_PRESET_W_SECONDS, THEME_NAME, \
             POSTER_SORTBY, POSTER_SORTDIR, \
             METADATA_WDTV, METADATA_TIVO, METADATA_MEDE8ER, IGNORE_WORDS, REQUIRE_WORDS, CALENDAR_UNPROTECTED, CREATE_MISSING_SHOW_DIRS, \
             ADD_SHOWS_WO_DIR, USE_SUBTITLES, SUBTITLES_LANGUAGES, SUBTITLES_DIR, SUBTITLES_SERVICES_LIST, SUBTITLES_SERVICES_ENABLED, SUBTITLES_HISTORY, SUBTITLES_FINDER_FREQUENCY, subtitlesFinderScheduler, \
@@ -563,6 +564,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
             helpers.clearCache()
 
         GUI_NAME = check_setting_str(CFG, 'GUI', 'gui_name', 'slick')
+        DEFAULT_HOME = check_setting_str(CFG, 'GUI', 'default_home', 'home')
 
         THEME_NAME = check_setting_str(CFG, 'GUI', 'theme_name', 'dark')
 
@@ -1748,6 +1750,7 @@ def save_config():
 
     new_config['GUI'] = {}
     new_config['GUI']['gui_name'] = GUI_NAME
+    new_config['GUI']['default_home'] = DEFAULT_HOME
     new_config['GUI']['theme_name'] = THEME_NAME
     new_config['GUI']['home_layout'] = HOME_LAYOUT
     new_config['GUI']['history_layout'] = HISTORY_LAYOUT
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 978615f3..f32b8903 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -557,7 +557,14 @@ class Home(MainHandler):
         return epObj
 
     def index(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if 'episodes' == sickbeard.DEFAULT_HOME:
+            self.redirect('/episodeView/')
+        elif 'history' == sickbeard.DEFAULT_HOME:
+            self.redirect('/history/')
+        else:
+            self.redirect('/home/showlistView/')
 
+    def showlistView(self):
         t = PageTemplate(headers=self.request.headers, file='home.tmpl')
         if sickbeard.ANIME_SPLIT_HOME:
             shows = []
@@ -3288,7 +3295,7 @@ class ConfigGeneral(Config):
                     handle_reverse_proxy=None, home_search_focus=None, sort_article=None, auto_update=None, notify_on_update=None,
                     proxy_setting=None, proxy_indexers=None, anon_redirect=None, git_path=None, git_remote=None, calendar_unprotected=None,
                     fuzzy_dating=None, trim_zero=None, date_preset=None, date_preset_na=None, time_preset=None,
-                    indexer_timeout=None, rootDir=None, theme_name=None):
+                    indexer_timeout=None, rootDir=None, theme_name=None, default_home=None):
 
         results = []
 
@@ -3362,6 +3369,7 @@ class ConfigGeneral(Config):
         sickbeard.HANDLE_REVERSE_PROXY = config.checkbox_to_value(handle_reverse_proxy)
 
         sickbeard.THEME_NAME = theme_name
+        sickbeard.DEFAULT_HOME = default_home
 
         sickbeard.save_config()