diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 547d0115b29403034393405ed5be5e397dd09aaf..3f59dc8a0a646242e37d5452254256b028c5a702 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "build-min": "webpack --config webpack.prod.js",
     "build": "webpack --config webpack.dev.js",
     "plugin-server": "node ./src/plugin_examples/server.js",
-    "dev-server": "BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:3000/viewer/ webpack-dev-server --config webpack.dev.js --mode development",
+    "dev-server": "BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:3000/ webpack-dev-server --config webpack.dev.js --mode development",
     "dev": "npm run dev-server & (cd deploy; node server.js)",
     "dev-server-aot": "PRODUCTION=true GIT_HASH=`git log --pretty=format:'%h' --invert-grep --grep=^.ignore -1` webpack-dev-server --config webpack.aot.js",
     "dev-server-all-interfaces": "webpack-dev-server --config webpack.dev.js --mode development --hot --host 0.0.0.0",
diff --git a/src/ui/nehubaContainer/nehubaContainer.style.css b/src/ui/nehubaContainer/nehubaContainer.style.css
index 5023c2001888243b2a8e68e9838fb926d59adc2d..7013d42d1584faf82878c1af990b1afbd595c91c 100644
--- a/src/ui/nehubaContainer/nehubaContainer.style.css
+++ b/src/ui/nehubaContainer/nehubaContainer.style.css
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   width:100%;
   height:100%;
   position:relative;
+  /* n.b. needed for scrolling splash screen */
+  overflow: auto;
 }