diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 7def44c7c4..dfb760ed60 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ function run () {
   if (window.location.hostname === 'yann300.github.io') {
     modalDialogCustom.alert(`This UNSTABLE ALPHA branch of Remix has been moved to http://ethereum.github.io/remix-live-alpha.`)
   } else if (window.location.hostname === 'ethereum.github.io' &&
-  window.location.pathname.indexOf('remix-live-alpha') === 0) {
+  window.location.pathname.indexOf('/remix-live-alpha') === 0) {
     modalDialogCustom.alert(`This instance of the Remix IDE is an UNSTABLE ALPHA branch.\n
 Please only use it if you know what you are doing, otherwise visit the stable version at http://remix.ethereum.org.`)
   } else if (window.location.protocol.indexOf('http') === 0 &&