From 2e88024bca90e759a9b3e551086abccc54f40b8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cole <thegrumpydictator@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:21:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Close #290

Signed-off-by: James Cole <thegrumpydictator@gmail.com>
---
 .env.example                         |  1 +
 app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 5d2c00d42f..fd8ba37600 100755
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 APP_ENV=production
 APP_DEBUG=false
 APP_FORCE_SSL=false
+APP_FORCE_ROOT=
 APP_KEY=SomeRandomStringOf32CharsExactly
 LOG_LEVEL=warning
 
diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index e2ab998575..51076da6cc 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Providers;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Log;
+use URL;
 
 /**
  * Class AppServiceProvider
@@ -28,9 +29,16 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function boot()
     {
+
+        // force root URL.
+        $forcedUrl = env('APP_FORCE_ROOT', '');
+        if (strlen($forcedUrl) > 0) {
+            URL::forceRootUrl($forcedUrl);
+        }
+
         // force https urls
         if (env('APP_FORCE_SSL', false)) {
-            \URL::forceSchema('https');
+            URL::forceSchema('https');
         }
     }