diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/forms/MarkdownView.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/forms/MarkdownView.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1f46f7881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/forms/MarkdownView.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//@flow
+import React from "react";
+
+type Props = {
+  content: string
+};
+
+class MarkdownView extends React.Component<Props> {
+
+  render() {
+    const {content } = this.props;
+    return (
+      <div>
+        {content}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default MarkdownView;
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/forms/index.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/forms/index.js
index ef4d7a1ae4..ae983cb147 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/forms/index.js
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/forms/index.js
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ export { default as Textarea } from "./Textarea.js";
 export { default as PasswordConfirmation } from "./PasswordConfirmation.js";
 export { default as LabelWithHelpIcon } from "./LabelWithHelpIcon.js";
 export { default as DropDown } from "./DropDown.js";
+export { default as MarkdownView } from "./MarkdownView.js";
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/containers/Main.js b/scm-ui/src/containers/Main.js
index e963fb00f9..6ce4e982fa 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/containers/Main.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/containers/Main.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Main extends React.Component<Props> {
     return (
       <div className="main">
         <Switch>
-          <Redirect exact path="/" to={url}/>
+          <Redirect exact from="/" to={url}/>
           <Route exact path="/login" component={Login} />
           <Route path="/logout" component={Logout} />
           <ProtectedRoute
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.js b/scm-ui/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.js
index 08d6aa9380..62c1800100 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from "../modules/repos";
 
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
-import { Route, Switch } from "react-router-dom";
+import {Redirect, Route, Switch} from "react-router-dom";
 import type { Repository } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
 
 import {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import PermissionsNavLink from "../components/PermissionsNavLink";
 import Sources from "../sources/containers/Sources";
 import RepositoryNavLink from "../components/RepositoryNavLink";
 import {getLinks, getRepositoriesLink} from "../../modules/indexResource";
-import {ExtensionPoint} from "@scm-manager/ui-extensions";
+import {binder, ExtensionPoint} from "@scm-manager/ui-extensions";
 
 type Props = {
   namespace: string,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class RepositoryRoot extends React.Component<Props> {
 
   stripEndingSlash = (url: string) => {
     if (url.endsWith("/")) {
-      return url.substring(0, url.length - 2);
+      return url.substring(0, url.length - 1);
     }
     return url;
   };
@@ -101,13 +101,22 @@ class RepositoryRoot extends React.Component<Props> {
       indexLinks
     };
 
+    const redirectUrlFactory = binder.getExtension("repository.redirect", this.props);
+    let redirectedUrl;
+    if (redirectUrlFactory){
+      redirectedUrl = url + redirectUrlFactory(this.props);
+    }else{
+      redirectedUrl = url + "/info";
+    }
+
     return (
       <Page title={repository.namespace + "/" + repository.name}>
         <div className="columns">
           <div className="column is-three-quarters is-clipped">
             <Switch>
+              <Redirect exact from={this.props.match.url} to={redirectedUrl}/>
               <Route
-                path={url}
+                path={`${url}/info`}
                 exact
                 component={() => <RepositoryDetails repository={repository} />}
               />
@@ -172,8 +181,13 @@ class RepositoryRoot extends React.Component<Props> {
           <div className="column">
             <Navigation>
               <Section label={t("repositoryRoot.menu.navigationLabel")}>
+                <ExtensionPoint
+                  name="repository.navigation.topLevel"
+                  props={extensionProps}
+                  renderAll={true}
+                />
                 <NavLink
-                  to={url}
+                  to={`${url}/info`}
                   icon="fas fa-info-circle"
                   label={t("repositoryRoot.menu.informationNavLink")}
                 />