diff --git a/app/controllers/static_pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/static_pages_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6ad06be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/static_pages_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class StaticPagesController < ApplicationController
+  def home
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/app/views/static_pages/home.html.erb b/app/views/static_pages/home.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..741e018b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/static_pages/home.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h2>Home</h2>
+
+<p>This is the home page of the website Astuto.</p>
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diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index e37e1b5e..e977ab89 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
+  root to: 'static_pages#home'
   devise_for :users
 end