diff --git a/lib/app_web/controllers/page_controller.ex b/lib/app_web/controllers/page_controller.ex
index 2941548d..dae442a7 100644
--- a/lib/app_web/controllers/page_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/app_web/controllers/page_controller.ex
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 defmodule AppWeb.PageController do
   use AppWeb, :controller
 
-  def index(conn, _params) do
-    render(conn, "index.html")
+  def index(conn, params) do
+    if Map.has_key?(conn.assigns, :person) do
+      redirect(conn, to: AppWeb.Router.Helpers.item_path(conn, :new, params))
+    else
+      render(conn, "index.html")
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/app_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs b/test/app_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs
index 0aeb2083..e00cc64b 100644
--- a/test/app_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/app_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 defmodule AppWeb.PageControllerTest do
   use AppWeb.ConnCase
+  import App.SetupHelpers
 
   test "GET /", %{conn: conn} do
     conn = get(conn, "/")
     assert html_response(conn, 200) =~ "effectiveness"
   end
+
+  describe "GET / (homepage) when logged-in shows /items/new" do
+    setup [:person_login]
+
+    test "redirects to the new item form form", %{conn: conn} do
+      conn = get(conn, "/")
+      assert html_response(conn, 302) =~ "redirected"
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.exs b/test/test_helper.exs
index 92e3d2a5..f3c1859e 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.exs
+++ b/test/test_helper.exs
@@ -40,4 +40,9 @@ defmodule AppTest do
 
     {:ok, conn: conn}
   end
+
+  # create a random person and log them into the app
+  # def non_admin_login(conn) do
+
+  # end
 end