diff --git a/automad/blocks/dist/blocks.min.css b/automad/blocks/dist/blocks.min.css
index 359a2ff5e..fd10ed78c 100644
--- a/automad/blocks/dist/blocks.min.css
+++ b/automad/blocks/dist/blocks.min.css
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  * AUTOMAD
  * 
- * version 1.8.4
+ * version 1.8.5
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 by Marc Anton Dahmen
  * https://marcdahmen.de
diff --git a/automad/blocks/dist/blocks.min.js b/automad/blocks/dist/blocks.min.js
index 14852c82d..a5d90b68c 100644
--- a/automad/blocks/dist/blocks.min.js
+++ b/automad/blocks/dist/blocks.min.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  * AUTOMAD
  * 
- * version 1.8.4
+ * version 1.8.5
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 by Marc Anton Dahmen
  * https://marcdahmen.de
diff --git a/automad/package-lock.json b/automad/package-lock.json
index 7fd796daf..1f8dc78fc 100644
--- a/automad/package-lock.json
+++ b/automad/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "automad",
-  "version": "1.8.4",
+  "version": "1.8.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/automad/package.json b/automad/package.json
index 181779b8f..3cdb21c45 100644
--- a/automad/package.json
+++ b/automad/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "automad",
-  "version": "1.8.4",
+  "version": "1.8.5",
   "description": "Automad",
   "author": "Marc Anton Dahmen",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/automad/ui/components/layout/pagedata.php b/automad/ui/components/layout/pagedata.php
index b68f40255..b394f30b7 100644
--- a/automad/ui/components/layout/pagedata.php
+++ b/automad/ui/components/layout/pagedata.php
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ private function settings() {
 	 * @return string the slug input field HTML
 	 */
 	private function slug() {
+		if ($this->url == '/') {
+			return '';
+		}
+
 		$slug = Page::extractSlugFromPath($this->Page->path);
 
 		return $this->input(
diff --git a/automad/ui/dist/automad.min.css b/automad/ui/dist/automad.min.css
index 7f33258f8..97af360dc 100644
--- a/automad/ui/dist/automad.min.css
+++ b/automad/ui/dist/automad.min.css
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  * AUTOMAD
  * 
- * version 1.8.4
+ * version 1.8.5
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 by Marc Anton Dahmen
  * https://marcdahmen.de
diff --git a/automad/ui/dist/automad.min.js b/automad/ui/dist/automad.min.js
index 0d2075723..9429456f9 100644
--- a/automad/ui/dist/automad.min.js
+++ b/automad/ui/dist/automad.min.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  * AUTOMAD
  * 
- * version 1.8.4
+ * version 1.8.5
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 by Marc Anton Dahmen
  * https://marcdahmen.de
diff --git a/automad/version.php b/automad/version.php
index dbe861377..16c444ee3 100644
--- a/automad/version.php
+++ b/automad/version.php
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<?php define('AM_VERSION', '1.8.4'); ?>
+<?php define('AM_VERSION', '1.8.5'); ?>
diff --git a/packages/standard/dark/theme.json b/packages/standard/dark/theme.json
index 07e855296..f05548f55 100644
--- a/packages/standard/dark/theme.json
+++ b/packages/standard/dark/theme.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "Dark",
 	"description": "A dark and elegant multi-purpose theme",
 	"author": "Marc Anton Dahmen",
-	"version": "1.8.4",
+	"version": "1.8.5",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"masks": {
 		"page": [
diff --git a/packages/standard/light/theme.json b/packages/standard/light/theme.json
index 2de17e70d..3f3977d37 100644
--- a/packages/standard/light/theme.json
+++ b/packages/standard/light/theme.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "Light",
 	"description": "A light and elegant multi-purpose theme",
 	"author": "Marc Anton Dahmen",
-	"version": "1.8.4",
+	"version": "1.8.5",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"masks": {
 		"page": [
diff --git a/packages/standard/package-lock.json b/packages/standard/package-lock.json
index 196856358..4d578c26b 100644
--- a/packages/standard/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/standard/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "standard",
-  "version": "1.8.4",
+  "version": "1.8.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/standard/package.json b/packages/standard/package.json
index 7881ce6aa..87d6b93cf 100644
--- a/packages/standard/package.json
+++ b/packages/standard/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "standard",
-  "version": "1.8.4",
+  "version": "1.8.5",
   "description": "A standard collection of elegant Automad themes",
   "main": "gulpfile.js",
   "private": true,