diff --git a/imagedephi/gui.py b/imagedephi/gui.py
index 9b3db37f..59cd7ba1 100644
--- a/imagedephi/gui.py
+++ b/imagedephi/gui.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi import BackgroundTasks, FastAPI, Form, HTTPException, Request
-from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, PlainTextResponse
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, PlainTextResponse, RedirectResponse
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 from jinja2 import FunctionLoader
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTask
@@ -63,11 +63,25 @@ def reset_shutdown_event() -> None:
     shutdown_event.clear()
 
 
-@app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+@app.get("/", response_class=RedirectResponse)
+def home(request: Request) -> str:
+    # On Windows, there may be multiple roots, so pick the one that's an ancestor of the CWD
+    # On Linux, this should typically resolve to "/"
+    root_directory = Path.cwd().root
+
+    # TODO: FastAPI has a bug where a URL object can't be directly returned here
+    return str(
+        request.url_for("select_directory").include_query_params(
+            input_directory=str(root_directory), output_directory=str(root_directory)
+        )
+    )
+
+
+@app.get("/select-directory", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 def select_directory(
     request: Request,
-    input_directory: Path = Path("/"),  # noqa: B008
-    output_directory: Path = Path("/"),  # noqa: B008
+    input_directory: Path,
+    output_directory: Path,
 ):
     # TODO: if input_directory is specified but an empty string, it gets instantiated as the CWD
     if not input_directory.is_dir():
diff --git a/imagedephi/main.py b/imagedephi/main.py
index 268f3565..a06ac286 100644
--- a/imagedephi/main.py
+++ b/imagedephi/main.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import webbrowser
 
 import click
+from fastapi.datastructures import URL
 from hypercorn import Config
 from hypercorn.asyncio import serve
 import yaml
@@ -105,9 +106,11 @@ async def announce_ready() -> None:
         # To avoid race conditions, ensure that the webserver is
         # actually running before launching the browser
         await wait_for_port(port)
-        url = f"http://{host}:{port}/"
-        click.echo(f"Server is running at {url} .")
-        webbrowser.open(url)
+        home_url = app.url_path_for("home").make_absolute_url(
+            URL(scheme="http", netloc=f"{host}:{port}")
+        )
+        click.echo(f"Server is running at {home_url} .")
+        webbrowser.open(str(home_url))
 
     async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as task_group:
         task_group.create_task(announce_ready())
diff --git a/tests/test_gui.py b/tests/test_gui.py
index 47cd4287..84bece6b 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ def client() -> TestClient:
     return TestClient(app)
 
 
-def test_gui_select_directory(client: TestClient) -> None:
-    response = client.get("/")
+def test_gui_home(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    response = client.get(app.url_path_for("home"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert "Select Directory" in response.text
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def test_gui_select_directory_input_not_found(
     tmp_path: Path,
 ) -> None:
     response = client.get(
-        app.url_path_for("select_directory"), params={"input_directory": str(tmp_path / "fake")}
+        app.url_path_for("select_directory"),
+        params={"input_directory": str(tmp_path / "fake"), "output_directory": str(tmp_path)},
     )
 
     assert response.status_code == 404
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ def test_gui_select_directory_output_not_found(
     tmp_path: Path,
 ) -> None:
     response = client.get(
-        app.url_path_for("select_directory"), params={"output_directory": str(tmp_path / "fake")}
+        app.url_path_for("select_directory"),
+        params={"input_directory": str(tmp_path), "output_directory": str(tmp_path / "fake")},
     )
 
     assert response.status_code == 404