diff --git a/packages/app-shell/assets/index.html b/packages/app-shell/assets/index.html
index 25bfd720d53abfe49b49262fcd670baa357423f7..cc89a804118a27a54897772dbf97bdd01eeb0cc7 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/assets/index.html
+++ b/packages/app-shell/assets/index.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
<body>
-<vpu-app lang="de" src="/example.topic.metadata.json" base-path="/"></vpu-app>
+<vpu-app lang="de" src="/example.topic.metadata.json"></vpu-app>
</body>
</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/index.js b/packages/app-shell/src/index.js
index 6f1288b786488ada55c1d98cdefd20d0147067e2..2124994bc19061f3e93740e4d6891a9216c0b718 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/index.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class VPUApp extends LitElement {
this.routes = [];
this.metadata = {};
this.topic = {};
- this.basePath = '';
+ this.basePath = '/';
this._updateAuth = this._updateAuth.bind(this);
this._loginStatus = 'unknown';