diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 8298e9bd..0211db4c 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## index file
+DirectoryIndex index.php
+
 ## set default server charset
 AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
 
@@ -15,4 +18,4 @@ RedirectMatch 404 /\\.git(/|$)
 ## deny access to system files
 <FilesMatch "\.(.*sql|tpl|db|inc|log|md)|(config|common).php$">
 deny from all
-</FilesMatch>
\ No newline at end of file
+</FilesMatch>