diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/HomePageController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/HomePageController.java
index c17ce0ac0..7ec415c25 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/HomePageController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/HomePageController.java
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ public class HomePageController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 
     @Override
     protected ResponseValues processRequest(VitroRequest vreq) { 
-        vreq.getSession(false);
+        
+        vreq.getSession(false); // enables login directly from home page
+        
         Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();        
         // Add home page data to body here         
         return new TemplateResponseValues(BODY_TEMPLATE, body);