diff --git a/defaults/yacy.logging b/defaults/yacy.logging
index ce3dcb484..abbb105f6 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.logging
+++ b/defaults/yacy.logging
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ net.yacy.kelondro.logging.LogalizerHandler.enabled = false
 net.yacy.kelondro.logging.LogalizerHandler.debug = false
 net.yacy.kelondro.logging.LogalizerHandler.parserPackage = net.yacy.kelondro.logging
 
+# Poperties for the HttpServer (Jetty)
+org.eclipse.jetty.io.level = INFO
+org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.level = INFO
+
 org.apache.http.level = OFF
 org.apache.commons.httpclient.level = OFF
 httpclient.wire.level = OFF
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/HttpServer.java b/source/net/yacy/http/HttpServer.java
index ed947ad31..b19153208 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/HttpServer.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/HttpServer.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class HttpServer {
 
         //add SolrServlet
         ServletContextHandler solrContext = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
-        solrContext.setContextPath("/solr/");       
+        solrContext.setContextPath("/solr");       
         solrContext.addServlet(new ServletHolder(Servlet404.class),"/*");  
      
         SolrServlet.initCore(sb.index.fulltext().getDefaultEmbeddedConnector());
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ public class HttpServer {
         ServletContextHandler htrootContext = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
         htrootContext.setContextPath("/");  
         ServletHolder sholder = new ServletHolder(YaCyDefaultServlet.class);
-        sholder.setInitParameter("resourceBase", "htroot");
+        sholder.setInitParameter("resourceBase", "htroot");        
         htrootContext.addServlet(sholder,"/*");    
+        htrootContext.setWelcomeFiles(new String[]{"index.html"});
         
         ContextHandlerCollection servletContext = new ContextHandlerCollection();                
         servletContext.setHandlers(new Handler[] { solrContext, htrootContext });