diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1aaee3593..74bdeaca8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     "es6-object-assign": "^1.1.0",
     "es6-promise-polyfill": "^1.2.0",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
+    "express-naked-redirect": "^0.1.2",
     "express-static-gzip": "^0.2.2",
     "leaflet": "^1.2.0",
     "leaflet-image": "^0.4.0",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index b13ba8bb0..da785b993 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ if (devServer) {
   app.use('/dist', express.static('dist')); // why is this line here?
 }
 
+/* redirect www.nextstrain.org to nextstrain.org */
+app.use(require('express-naked-redirect')({
+  reverse: true
+}));
+
 /* loader.io token (needed to run tests) */
 app.get("/loaderio-b65b3d7f32a7febf80e8e05678347cb3.txt", (req, res) => {
   res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "loader.io-token.txt"));