diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 719c905..d6f6ebf 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="node_modules/converse.js/dist/converse.min.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="resources/css/app.css">
 </head>
-<base href="./">
+<base href="./index.html">
 <body class="converse-fullscreen">
     <div class="main-window">
         <div class="page-default">
diff --git a/modules/menu-service.js b/modules/menu-service.js
index 1eeb1a5..588fde4 100644
--- a/modules/menu-service.js
+++ b/modules/menu-service.js
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ menuService.createMenu = (window) => {
                 accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+R',
                 click: () => {
                     window.show()
-                    window.reload()
+                    window.loadFile('index.html').catch((reason) => {
+                        console.log(reason);
+                        app.isQuitting = true;
+                        app.quit();
+                    });
                 }
             },
             {
