diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index c524488..d89b7b8 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+unreleased
+==========
+
+  * Add link to root directory
+
 1.5.3 / 2014-12-10
 ==================
 
diff --git a/public/directory.html b/public/directory.html
index 8ed8b4a..cda1601 100644
--- a/public/directory.html
+++ b/public/directory.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   <body class="directory">
     <input id="search" type="text" placeholder="Search" autocomplete="off" />
     <div id="wrapper">
-      <h1>{linked-path}</h1>
+      <h1><a href="/">~</a>{linked-path}</h1>
       {files}
     </div>
   </body>
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index d775bc8..a4046db 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ describe('serveIndex(root)', function () {
         .expect(200)
         .expect('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
         .end(function (err, res) {
-          if (err) throw err;
-          var urls = res.text.split(/<a href="([^"]*)"/).filter(function(s, i){ return i%2; });
+          if (err) done(err);
+          var body = res.text.split('</h1>')[1];
+          var urls = body.split(/<a href="([^"]*)"/).filter(function(s, i){ return i%2; });
           assert.deepEqual(urls, [
             '/%23directory',
             '/collect',
