# Discourse sign in redirects to root directory instead of subfolder

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sign-in-redirects-to-root-directory-instead-of-subfolder/390516
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** subfolder
**Created:** [December 5, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sign-in-redirects-to-root-directory-instead-of-subfolder/390516 "2025-12-05T14:36:19Z")
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### Author: ![Science\_Geeks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/science_geeks/32/532583_2.png) [@Science\_Geeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Science_Geeks)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sign-in-redirects-to-root-directory-instead-of-subfolder/390516/6 "2025-12-06T14:00:15Z")

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I was informed that having forum in root domain level will be good seo-wise for my main service([example.com](http://example.com)). Are you saying that is false?

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