diff --git a/docs/_templates/layout.html b/docs/_templates/layout.html
index b403179..366dbf3 100644
--- a/docs/_templates/layout.html
+++ b/docs/_templates/layout.html
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.9, maximum-scale=0.9" />
 
+  {% if pagename == 'index' %}
+  <link rel="canonical" href="http://docs.python-guide.org/"/>
+  {% else %}
   <link rel="canonical" href="http://docs.python-guide.org/{{ pagename }}/"/>
+  {% endif %}
+
   <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="https://media.readthedocs.org/images/favicon.png">
 
   <meta name="google-site-verification" content="013PxE2_8KX9jdUSC5gr8QsfdxTXr1mFgmD9zplp5II" />