diff --git a/src/App.scss b/src/App.scss
index 056a235e..fcab3b1c 100644
--- a/src/App.scss
+++ b/src/App.scss
@@ -206,24 +206,23 @@ i[class*=icon-] {
   padding: 0 10px 0 10px;
 }
 
-.gaps {
-  margin: -1em 0 0 -1em;
-}
-
 .item {
   flex: 1;
   line-height: 50px;
   height: 50px;
   overflow: hidden;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
 
   .nav-icon {
     font-size: 1.1em;
     margin-left: 0.4em;
   }
-}
 
-.gaps > .item {
-  padding: 1em 0 0 1em;
+  &.right {
+    justify-content: right;
+    padding-right: 20px;
+  }
 }
 
 .auto-size {
@@ -271,8 +270,6 @@ nav {
   }
 
   .inner-nav {
-    padding-left: 20px;
-    padding-right: 20px;
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     flex-basis: 970px;
@@ -392,6 +389,23 @@ nav {
   color: $fallback--faint;
   color: var(--faint, $fallback--faint);
   box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.6);
+
+  .back-button {
+    display: block;
+    max-width: 99px;
+    transition-property: opacity, max-width;
+    transition-duration: 300ms;
+    transition-timing-function: ease-out;
+
+    i {
+      margin: 0 1em;
+    }
+
+    &.hidden {
+      opacity: 0;
+      max-width: 20px;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .fade-enter-active, .fade-leave-active {
@@ -426,6 +440,7 @@ nav {
   display: none;
   width: 100%;
   height: 46px;
+
   button {
     display: block;
     flex: 1;
@@ -439,6 +454,16 @@ nav {
   body {
     overflow-y: scroll;
   }
+
+  nav {
+    .back-button {
+      display: none;
+    }
+    .site-name {
+      padding-left: 20px;
+    }
+  }
+
   .sidebar-bounds {
     overflow: hidden;
     max-height: 100vh;
@@ -505,11 +530,6 @@ nav {
   }
 }
 
-.item.right {
-  text-align: right;
-  padding-right: 20px;
-}
-
 .visibility-tray {
   font-size: 1.2em;
   padding: 3px;
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 9d66b9d4..7716ac39 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
       </div>
       <div class='inner-nav'>
         <div class='item'>
-          <router-link :to="{ name: 'root'}">{{sitename}}</router-link>
+          <router-link class="back-button" @click.native="activatePanel('timeline')" :to="{ name: 'root' }" active-class="hidden">
+            <i class="icon-left-open" :title="$t('nav.back')"></i>
+          </router-link>
+          <router-link class="site-name" :to="{ name: 'root' }" active-class="home">{{sitename}}</router-link>
         </div>
         <div class='item right'>
           <user-finder class="nav-icon"></user-finder>
diff --git a/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.vue b/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.vue
index 8786f6c7..4d9f6842 100644
--- a/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.vue
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <template>
-  <span class="user-finder-container">
+  <div class="user-finder-container">
     <i class="icon-spin4 user-finder-icon animate-spin-slow" v-if="loading" />
     <a href="#" v-if="hidden"  :title="$t('finder.find_user')" ><i class="icon-user-plus user-finder-icon" @click.prevent.stop="toggleHidden" /></a>
     <span v-else>
       <input class="user-finder-input" @keyup.enter="findUser(username)" v-model="username" :placeholder="$t('finder.find_user')" id="user-finder-input" type="text"/>
       <i class="icon-cancel user-finder-icon" @click.prevent.stop="toggleHidden"/>
     </span>
-  </span>
+  </div>
 </template>
 
 <script src="./user_finder.js"></script>
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 @import '../../_variables.scss';
 
 .user-finder-container {
-  height: 29px;
   max-width: 100%;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 8fd546ef..398b5dc9 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "username": "Username"
   },
   "nav": {
+    "back": "Back",
     "chat": "Local Chat",
     "friend_requests": "Follow Requests",
     "mentions": "Mentions",
diff --git a/src/i18n/ru.json b/src/i18n/ru.json
index 9c28ccf4..09c1a4a9 100644
--- a/src/i18n/ru.json
+++ b/src/i18n/ru.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "username": "Имя пользователя"
   },
   "nav": {
+    "back": "Назад",
     "chat": "Локальный чат",
     "mentions": "Упоминания",
     "public_tl": "Публичная лента",