diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/CustomExceptionHandler.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/CustomExceptionHandler.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1081985a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/CustomExceptionHandler.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jackett.Common;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using NLog;
+
+namespace Jackett.Server.Middleware
+{
+    public class CustomExceptionHandler
+    {
+        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+        private Logger logger;
+
+        public CustomExceptionHandler(RequestDelegate next, Logger l)
+        {
+            _next = next;
+            logger = l;
+        }
+
+        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                await _next(httpContext);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    string msg = "";
+                    var json = new JObject();
+
+                    logger.Error(ex);
+
+                    var message = ex.Message;
+                    if (ex.InnerException != null)
+                    {
+                        message += ": " + ex.InnerException.Message;
+                    }
+
+                    msg = message;
+
+                    if (ex is ExceptionWithConfigData)
+                    {
+                        json["config"] = ((ExceptionWithConfigData)ex).ConfigData.ToJson(null, false);
+                    }
+
+                    json["result"] = "error";
+                    json["error"] = msg;
+                    json["stacktrace"] = ex.StackTrace;
+                    if (ex.InnerException != null)
+                    {
+                        json["innerstacktrace"] = ex.InnerException.StackTrace;
+                    }
+
+                    httpContext.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status500InternalServerError;
+                    httpContext.Response.ContentType = "application/json";
+                    await httpContext.Response.WriteAsync(json.ToString());
+                    return;
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex2)
+                {
+                    logger.Error(ex2, "An exception was thrown attempting to execute the custom exception error handler.");
+                }
+
+                await _next(httpContext);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Extension method used to add the middleware to the HTTP request pipeline.
+    public static class CustomExceptionHandlerExtensions
+    {
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseCustomExceptionHandler(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
+        {
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<CustomExceptionHandler>();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/RedirectRules.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/RedirectRules.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc90e0a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/RedirectRules.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite;
+using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
+
+namespace Jackett.Server.Middleware
+{
+    public class RedirectRules
+    {
+        public static void RedirectToDashboard(RewriteContext context)
+        {
+            var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
+
+            if (request.Path == null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.Path.ToString()) || request.Path.ToString() == "/")
+            {
+                // 301 is the status code of permanent redirect
+                var redir = Initialisation.ServerService.BasePath() + "/UI/Dashboard";
+                var response = context.HttpContext.Response;
+                response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status301MovedPermanently;
+                context.Result = RuleResult.EndResponse;
+                response.Headers[HeaderNames.Location] = redir;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/RewriteRules.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/RewriteRules.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d87f7797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Middleware/RewriteRules.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite;
+using System;
+
+namespace Jackett.Server.Middleware
+{
+    public class RewriteRules
+    {
+        public static void RewriteBasePath(RewriteContext context)
+        {
+            var request = context.HttpContext.Request;
+
+            string serverBasePath = Initialisation.ServerService.BasePath() ?? string.Empty;
+
+            if (request.Path != null && request.Path.HasValue && serverBasePath.Length > 0 && request.Path.Value.StartsWith(serverBasePath, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                request.Path = new PathString(request.Path.Value.Substring(serverBasePath.Length));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Startup.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Startup.cs
index 14bb4823b..0a82f8467 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Startup.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ using Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Jackett.Common.Models.Config;
 using Jackett.Common.Plumbing;
 using Jackett.Common.Services.Interfaces;
+using Jackett.Server.Middleware;
 using Jackett.Server.Services;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
@@ -59,6 +61,14 @@ namespace Jackett.Server
 
             app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
 
+            app.UseCustomExceptionHandler();
+
+            var rewriteOptions = new RewriteOptions()
+                .Add(RewriteRules.RewriteBasePath)
+                .Add(RedirectRules.RedirectToDashboard);
+
+            app.UseRewriter(rewriteOptions);
+
             app.UseFileServer(new FileServerOptions
             {
                 FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(Initialisation.ConfigService.GetContentFolder()),