diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
index 3d385eee2b..f7fc231740 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import Header from './components/header';
 // Dummy import, to make sure that <Status /> ends up in the application bundle.
 // Without this it ends up in ~8 very commonly used bundles.
 import '../../../glitch/components/status';
+import { timelinePreview } from 'flavours/glitch/initial_state';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   beforeUnload: { id: 'ui.beforeunload', defaultMessage: 'Your draft will be lost if you leave Mastodon.' },
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ class SwitchingColumnsArea extends React.PureComponent {
       }
     } else if (singleUserMode && owner && initialState?.accounts[owner]) {
       redirect = <Redirect from='/' to={`/@${initialState.accounts[owner].username}`} exact />;
-    } else if (showTrends) {
+    } else if (showTrends && (signedIn || timelinePreview)) {
       redirect = <Redirect from='/' to='/explore' exact />;
     } else {
       redirect = <Redirect from='/' to='/about' exact />;
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/index.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/index.js
index 298f2111de..bfe6b5c15f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/index.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import {
   About,
   PrivacyPolicy,
 } from './util/async-components';
-import initialState, { me, owner, singleUserMode, showTrends } from '../../initial_state';
+import initialState, { me, owner, singleUserMode, showTrends, timelinePreview } from '../../initial_state';
 import { closeOnboarding, INTRODUCTION_VERSION } from 'mastodon/actions/onboarding';
 import Header from './components/header';
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class SwitchingColumnsArea extends React.PureComponent {
       }
     } else if (singleUserMode && owner && initialState?.accounts[owner]) {
       redirect = <Redirect from='/' to={`/@${initialState.accounts[owner].username}`} exact />;
-    } else if (showTrends) {
+    } else if (showTrends && (signedIn || timelinePreview)) {
       redirect = <Redirect from='/' to='/explore' exact />;
     } else {
       redirect = <Redirect from='/' to='/about' exact />;