diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index e18f8cf..f08bb46 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
   </head>
   <body>
   <header>
-  <% if notice %><p class="notice"><%= notice %></p><% end %>
-  <% if alert %><p class="alert"><%= alert %></p><% end %>
   <nav>
     <a href="/">Home</a>
     <% if !user_signed_in? %>
@@ -22,6 +20,9 @@
     <% end %>
   </nav>
   </header>
+  <% if notice or alert %>
+    <% if notice %><p class="notice"><%= notice %></p><% end %><% if alert %><p class="alert"><%= alert %></p><% end %>
+  <% end %>
     <%= yield %>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 22e54a6..a985844 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
       resources :cafs
   end
 
+  authenticated :user do
+    root to: 'home#index', as: :authenticated_root
+  end
+
   # Define your application routes per the DSL in https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
 
   # Defines the root path route ("/")
-  root "home#index"
+  root to: redirect('/users/sign_in')
 end
