diff --git a/ui-v2/app/routes/dc/index.js b/ui-v2/app/routes/dc/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ff228e5c3
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+++ b/ui-v2/app/routes/dc/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
+
+export default Route.extend({
+  beforeModel: function() {
+    this.transitionTo('dc.services');
+  },
+});
diff --git a/ui-v2/tests/acceptance/dc/forwarding.feature b/ui-v2/tests/acceptance/dc/forwarding.feature
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index 0000000000..5ba35d01d4
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+++ b/ui-v2/tests/acceptance/dc/forwarding.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@setupApplicationTest
+Feature: dc forwarding
+  In order to arrive at a useful page when only specifying a dc in the url
+  As a user
+  I should be redirected to the services page for the dc
+  Scenario: Arriving at the datacenter index page with no other url info
+    Given 1 datacenter model with the value "datacenter"
+    When I visit the dcs page for yaml
+    ---
+    dc: datacenter
+    ---
+    Then the url should be /datacenter/services
diff --git a/ui-v2/tests/acceptance/steps/dc/forwarding-steps.js b/ui-v2/tests/acceptance/steps/dc/forwarding-steps.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..960cdf533d
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+++ b/ui-v2/tests/acceptance/steps/dc/forwarding-steps.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import steps from '../steps';
+
+// step definitions that are shared between features should be moved to the
+// tests/acceptance/steps/steps.js file
+
+export default function(assert) {
+  return steps(assert).then('I should find a file', function() {
+    assert.ok(true, this.step);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/ui-v2/tests/pages/dc.js b/ui-v2/tests/pages/dc.js
index f181c0b4cb..ad4eeb9a3b 100644
--- a/ui-v2/tests/pages/dc.js
+++ b/ui-v2/tests/pages/dc.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { create, visitable, attribute, collection, clickable } from 'ember-cli-page-object';
 
 export default create({
-  visit: visitable('/:dc/services/'),
+  visit: visitable('/:dc/'),
   dcs: collection('[data-test-datacenter-picker]'),
   showDatacenters: clickable('[data-test-datacenter-selected]'),
   selectedDc: attribute('data-test-datacenter-selected', '[data-test-datacenter-selected]'),
diff --git a/ui-v2/tests/unit/routes/dc/index-test.js b/ui-v2/tests/unit/routes/dc/index-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05fe014c51
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+++ b/ui-v2/tests/unit/routes/dc/index-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { moduleFor, test } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+moduleFor('route:dc/index', 'Unit | Route | dc/index', {
+  // Specify the other units that are required for this test.
+  // needs: ['controller:foo']
+});
+
+test('it exists', function(assert) {
+  let route = this.subject();
+  assert.ok(route);
+});