diff --git a/src/app/+home-page/home-page.component.ts b/src/app/+home-page/home-page.component.ts
index 797b209405..65caa01430 100644
--- a/src/app/+home-page/home-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+home-page/home-page.component.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Site } from '../core/shared/site.model';
   templateUrl: './home-page.component.html'
 })
 export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit {
-  testInput = 'Bingo!';
+
   site$: Observable<Site>;
 
   constructor(
@@ -23,8 +23,4 @@ export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit {
       map((data) => data.site as Site),
     );
   }
-
-  onOutput(event: string) {
-    console.log('testOutput:', event);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts b/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
index 165b372986..4b6c5c813e 100644
--- a/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
+++ b/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service';
 import { LocaleService } from '../../app/core/locale/locale.service';
 import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from '../../app/statistics/google-analytics.service';
+import { RouterModule, NoPreloading } from '@angular/router';
 
 export const REQ_KEY = makeStateKey<string>('req');
 
@@ -50,12 +51,12 @@ export function getRequest(transferState: TransferState): any {
     HttpClientModule,
     // forRoot ensures the providers are only created once
     IdlePreloadModule.forRoot(),
-    // RouterModule.forRoot([], {
-    //   // enableTracing: true,
-    //   useHash: false,
-    //   scrollPositionRestoration: 'enabled',
-    //   preloadingStrategy: NoPreloading
-    // }),
+    RouterModule.forRoot([], {
+      // enableTracing: true,
+      useHash: false,
+      scrollPositionRestoration: 'enabled',
+      preloadingStrategy: NoPreloading
+    }),
     StatisticsModule.forRoot(),
     Angulartics2RouterlessModule.forRoot(),
     BrowserAnimationsModule,
diff --git a/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts b/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
index 5539bab23f..906d4c5f35 100644
--- a/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
+++ b/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { HardRedirectService } from '../../app/core/services/hard-redirect.servi
 import { ServerHardRedirectService } from '../../app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service';
 import { Angulartics2 } from 'angulartics2';
 import { Angulartics2Mock } from '../../app/shared/mocks/angulartics2.service.mock';
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 
 export function createTranslateLoader() {
   return new TranslateJson5UniversalLoader('dist/server/assets/i18n/', '.json5');
@@ -41,9 +42,9 @@ export function createTranslateLoader() {
     BrowserModule.withServerTransition({
       appId: 'dspace-angular'
     }),
-    // RouterModule.forRoot([], {
-    //   useHash: false
-    // }),
+    RouterModule.forRoot([], {
+      useHash: false
+    }),
     NoopAnimationsModule,
     DSpaceServerTransferStateModule,
     TranslateModule.forRoot({