diff --git a/protocol.py b/protocol.py
index 39ee62e..ca4957e 100644
--- a/protocol.py
+++ b/protocol.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from datetime import timedelta
 import logging
 import re
 from threading import Lock
-from urllib.parse import urljoin
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
 
 from cachetools import cached, LRUCache
 from flask import g, request
@@ -301,10 +301,11 @@ class Protocol:
         if not id:
             return None
 
-        # step 1: check for our per-protocol subdomains
         if util.is_web(id):
+            # step 1: check for our per-protocol subdomains
+            is_homepage = urlparse(id).path.strip('/') == ''
             by_subdomain = Protocol.for_bridgy_subdomain(id)
-            if by_subdomain:
+            if by_subdomain and not is_homepage:
                 logger.info(f'  {by_subdomain.LABEL} owns id {id}')
                 return by_subdomain
 
diff --git a/tests/test_protocol.py b/tests/test_protocol.py
index 23de109..50d3135 100644
--- a/tests/test_protocol.py
+++ b/tests/test_protocol.py
@@ -90,8 +90,13 @@ class ProtocolTest(TestCase):
                 ('foo://bar', None),
                 ('fake:foo', Fake),
                 ('at://foo', ATProto),
+                # TODO: remove? should we require normalized ids?
                 ('https://ap.brid.gy/foo/bar', ActivityPub),
                 ('https://web.brid.gy/foo/bar', Web),
+                ('https://fed.brid.gy/', Web),
+                ('https://web.brid.gy/', Web),
+                ('https://bsky.brid.gy/', Web),
+                ('bsky.brid.gy', Web),
         ]:
             self.assertEqual(expected, Protocol.for_id(id, remote=False))
             self.assertEqual(expected, Protocol.for_id(id, remote=True))