diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a4227ac8f7..eafc720b09 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -28,16 +28,15 @@ gem 'choices'
 gem 'nokogiri'
 
 group :plugins do
-  gem 'sprockets-rails', '~> 0.0.1'
   gem 'thinking-sphinx', '~> 1.3.15', :require => nil
   gem 'will_paginate', '~> 2.3.14'
-  # gem 'acts_as_paranoid', '~> 0.3.1' # => too old!
-  gem 'cancan', '~> 1.2.0'
 end
 
+gem 'sprockets-rails', '~> 0.0.1'
 gem 'vestal_versions', '~> 1.0.2'
 gem 'paperclip', '~> 2.3.6'
 gem 'teambox-permalink_fu', :require => 'permalink_fu'
+gem 'cancan', '~> 1.2.0'
 
 group :development do
   gem 'sqlite3-ruby', '~> 1.2.5', :require => nil
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index fcd32b6451..1a5bcd29e3 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
   end
 
   match '/public' => 'public/projects#index', :as => :public_projects
+  root :to => 'projects#index'
 
   namespace :public do
     match ':id' => 'projects#show', :as => :project