# I want to start my application without welcome screen

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-want-to-start-my-application-without-welcome-screen/130550>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 29, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-want-to-start-my-application-without-welcome-screen/130550 "2008-02-29T08:53:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rustam)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-want-to-start-my-application-without-welcome-screen/130550/1 "2008-02-29T08:53:08Z")

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i am newbie for rubyonrails. i want to start my application without  
welcome screen .if url [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) the it should be show the  
my application not the welcome screen .how can i do it .please any  
instruct .  
ありがとうございます！！

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**Author:** ![rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rustam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rustam)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-want-to-start-my-application-without-welcome-screen/130550/2 "2008-02-29T09:10:23Z")

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Rustam M. wrote:

> i am newbie for rubyonrails. i want to start my application without  
> welcome screen .if url [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) the it should be show the  
> my application not the welcome screen .how can i do it .please any  
> instruct .

Remove (or rename) public/index.html and add a route (to  
config/routes.rb) like:

map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> ‘someController’, :action =\>  
‘someAction’

to specify the controller and action for the initial page.