diff --git a/swarm/api/http/server.go b/swarm/api/http/server.go
index 74341899d2..686f1cacd2 100644
--- a/swarm/api/http/server.go
+++ b/swarm/api/http/server.go
@@ -544,6 +544,24 @@ func (s *Server) HandleGetFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// if request is "empty" results in swarm landing page
+	// check if URI is empty and looking for HTML
+	if r.uri.Addr == "" && strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept"), "text/html") {
+
+	// first, 200 server response
+
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+
+	// create the landing page
+	// !! need to serve home node template page !!
+		
+
+	// return the whole response
+		return
+	}
+
+
+
 	key, err := s.api.Resolve(r.uri)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.Error(w, r, fmt.Errorf("error resolving %s: %s", r.uri.Addr, err))