diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/dashboards_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/dashboards_controller.rb
index 3ff70e8e0..5fe263e22 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/dashboards_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/dashboards_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 class Admin::DashboardsController < AdminController
   authorize_resource class: false
 
-  def show; end
+  def show
+    redirect_to [:admin, :domains] if can? :show, Domain
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 1acd32396..20ead7a06 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   def after_sign_in_path_for(_resource)
     return session[:user_return_to].to_s if session[:user_return_to] && session[:user_return_to] != login_path
-    admin_root_path
+    admin_dashboard_path
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.haml
index 8bf33ea3f..d0cc031d5 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             %span.icon-bar
             %span.icon-bar
             %span.icon-bar
-          = link_to root_path, class: 'navbar-brand' do
+          = link_to admin_dashboard_path, class: 'navbar-brand' do
             = APP_CONFIG['app_name']
             - if unstable_env.present?
               .text-center
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@
 
         .navbar-collapse.collapse
           %ul.nav.navbar-nav
-            %li= link_to t('domains'), admin_domains_path
-            %li= link_to t('contacts'), admin_contacts_path
-            %li= link_to t('registrars'), admin_registrars_path
-            %li= link_to t('keyrelays'), admin_keyrelays_path
+            - if can? :show, Domain
+              %li= link_to t('domains'), admin_domains_path
+            - if can? :show, Contact
+              %li= link_to t('contacts'), admin_contacts_path
+            - if can? :show, Registrar
+              %li= link_to t('registrars'), admin_registrars_path
+            - if can? :show, Keyrelay
+              %li= link_to t('keyrelays'), admin_keyrelays_path
             - if can?(:access, :settings_menu)
               %li.dropdown
                 %a.dropdown-toggle{"data-toggle" => "dropdown", href: "#"}