diff --git a/res/home.html b/res/home.html
index efe2da4b89..3072fcacb7 100644
--- a/res/home.html
+++ b/res/home.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     margin-top: 20px;
     margin-right: 20px;
+    color: #454545;
 }
 
 .mx_HomePage_header h2 {
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@
     margin-top: 5px;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
     margin-right: 20px;
+    color: #454545;
+}
+
+.mx_HomePage_header h1 a {
+    color: #454545;
 }
 
 .mx_HomePage h3 {
@@ -26,7 +32,6 @@
     border: 1px solid #76CFA6;
     background-color: #eaf5f0;
     border-radius: 5px;
-    color: #454545;
     align-items: center;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/structures/HomePage.js b/src/components/structures/HomePage.js
index c646f1cebc..6e2bd51f26 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/HomePage.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/HomePage.js
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         };
     },
 
+    translate: function(s) {
+        s = sanitizeHtml(_t(s));
+        // ugly fix for https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/4243
+        s = s.replace(/Riot\.im/, '<a href="https://riot.im">Riot.im</a>');
+        return s;
+    },
+
     componentWillMount: function() {
         if (this.props.teamToken && this.props.teamServerUrl) {
             this.setState({
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                         this.setState({ page: "Couldn't load home page" });
                     }
 
-                    body = body.replace(/_t\(['"]([\s\S]*?)['"]\)/mg, (match, g1)=>{ return sanitizeHtml(_t(g1)) });
+                    body = body.replace(/_t\(['"]([\s\S]*?)['"]\)/mg, (match, g1)=>this.translate(g1));
                     this.setState({ page: body });
                 }
             );