diff --git a/app/controllers/contests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/contests_controller.rb
index af532cd87..6213b2315 100644
--- a/app/controllers/contests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/contests_controller.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ContestsController < ApplicationController
   
 
   def index
-    render_404
+    render_404 unless params[:name]
     # @contests = Contest.visible
     # @contests ||= []
     @offset, @limit = api_offset_and_limit(:limit => 10)