diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index dc8204cf..42ad1473 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import getRoutes from './routes';
 import requests from './utils/requests';
 
 import { updateApiUrls } from './constants/api_urls';
-import { getSubdomainSettings } from './utils/constants_utils';
+import { getDefaultSubdomainSettings, getSubdomainSettings } from './utils/constants_utils';
 import { initLogging } from './utils/error_utils';
 import { getSubdomain } from './utils/general_utils';
 
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ requests.defaults({
 
 class AppGateway {
     start() {
-        let settings;
-        let subdomain = getSubdomain();
-
         try {
-            settings = getSubdomainSettings(subdomain);
+            const subdomain = getSubdomain();
+            const settings = getSubdomainSettings(subdomain);
+
             AppConstants.whitelabel = settings;
             updateApiUrls(settings.type, subdomain);
             this.load(settings);
@@ -62,28 +61,25 @@ class AppGateway {
             // if there are no matching subdomains, we're routing
             // to the default frontend
             console.logGlobal(err);
-            this.load();
+            this.load(getDefaultSubdomainSettings());
         }
     }
 
     load(settings) {
-        let type = 'default';
-        let subdomain = 'www';
+        const { subdomain, type } = settings;
         let redirectRoute = (<Redirect from="/" to="/collection" />);
 
-        if (settings) {
-            type = settings.type;
-            subdomain = settings.subdomain;
-        }
+        if (subdomain) {
+            // Some whitelabels have landing pages so we should not automatically redirect from / to /collection.
+            // Only www and cc do not have a landing page.
+            if (subdomain !== 'cc') {
+                redirectRoute = null;
+            }
 
-        // www and cc do not have a landing page
-        if(subdomain && subdomain !== 'cc') {
-            redirectRoute = null;
+            // Adds a client specific class to the body for whitelabel styling
+            window.document.body.classList.add('client--' + subdomain);
         }
 
-        // Adds a client specific class to the body for whitelabel styling
-        window.document.body.classList.add('client--' + subdomain);
-
         // Send the applicationWillBoot event to the third-party stores
         EventActions.applicationWillBoot(settings);
 
diff --git a/js/routes.js b/js/routes.js
index 49a284af..025a0fb6 100644
--- a/js/routes.js
+++ b/js/routes.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import RegisterPiece from './components/register_piece';
 import { ProxyHandler, AuthRedirect } from './components/ascribe_routes/proxy_handler';
 
 
-let COMMON_ROUTES = (
+const COMMON_ROUTES = (
     <Route path='/' component={App}>
         <Route
             path='login'
@@ -65,17 +65,13 @@ let COMMON_ROUTES = (
 
 
 function getRoutes(type, subdomain) {
-    let routes = null;
-
     if (type === 'prize') {
-        routes = getPrizeRoutes(COMMON_ROUTES, subdomain);
+        return getPrizeRoutes(COMMON_ROUTES, subdomain);
     } else if(type === 'wallet') {
-        routes = getWalletRoutes(COMMON_ROUTES, subdomain);
+        return getWalletRoutes(COMMON_ROUTES, subdomain);
     } else {
-        routes = COMMON_ROUTES;
+        return COMMON_ROUTES;
     }
-
-    return routes;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/js/utils/constants_utils.js b/js/utils/constants_utils.js
index 8bf408d1..b42db817 100644
--- a/js/utils/constants_utils.js
+++ b/js/utils/constants_utils.js
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import appConstants from '../constants/application_constants';
+import AppConstants from '../constants/application_constants';
+
+export function getDefaultSubdomainSettings() {
+    return AppConstants.defaultDomain;
+}
 
 export function getSubdomainSettings(subdomain) {
-    let settings = appConstants.subdomains.filter((sdSettings) => subdomain === sdSettings.subdomain);
+    const settings = AppConstants.subdomains.filter((sdSettings) => subdomain === sdSettings.subdomain);
 
-    if(settings.length === 1) {
+    if (settings.length === 1) {
         return settings[0];
-    } else if(settings.length === 0) {
+    } else if (settings.length === 0) {
         console.warn('There are no subdomain settings for the subdomain: ' + subdomain);
-        return appConstants.defaultDomain;
+        return AppConstants.defaultDomain;
     } else {
         throw new Error('Matched multiple subdomains. Adjust constants file.');
     }