diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/url.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/url.js.es6
index 50ef5e45f68..93e1ca73151 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/url.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/url.js.es6
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ const DiscourseURL = Ember.Object.extend({
       }
     }
 
-    rewrites.forEach(function(rw) {
-      path = path.replace(rw.regexp, rw.replacement);
-    });
+    rewrites.forEach(rw => path = path.replace(rw.regexp, rw.replacement));
 
     if (this.navigatedToPost(oldPath, path)) { return; }
     // Schedule a DOM cleanup event
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
index 31aea3d6ebc..dc52db7cba5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ export default createWidget('home-logo', {
 
   click(e) {
     if (wantsNewWindow(e)) { return false; }
+
     e.preventDefault();
+    const a = $(e.target).closest('a')[0];
+    if (a && a.host !== document.location.host) {
+      document.location = a.href;
+    }
+
     DiscourseURL.routeTo(this.href());
     return false;
   }