diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 23977f1943..57345715cd 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
   version of the python-gnupg package (0.4.3).
 - Set sensible default path for binaries by detecting
   the operating system.
+- The HOME_VIEW setting is not a Django setting but a setting
+  from the common app. The HOME_VIEW has been moved to the
+  COMMON namespace and renamed to COMMON_HOME_VIEW.
 
 3.1.9 (2018-11-01)
 ==================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/authentication/views.py b/mayan/apps/authentication/views.py
index 9ff0146275..6a657b7350 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/authentication/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/authentication/views.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from stronghold.decorators import public
 
 import mayan
 from mayan.apps.common.settings import (
-    setting_project_title, setting_project_url
+    setting_home_view, setting_project_title, setting_project_url
 )
 
 from .forms import EmailAuthenticationForm, UsernameAuthenticationForm
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def password_change_view(request):
                 'Changing the password is not allowed for this account.'
             )
         )
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse(settings.HOME_VIEW))
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse(setting_home_view.view))
 
     return password_change(
         request, extra_context=extra_context,
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/classes.py b/mayan/apps/common/classes.py
index 576aa286d3..340653c6e2 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/classes.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import hashlib
 
 from django.apps import apps
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.template import loader
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text, python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext
 
+from .settings import setting_home_view
+
 
 @python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Collection(object):
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ class Template(object):
 
     def render(self, request):
         context = {
-            'home_view': settings.HOME_VIEW,
+            'home_view': setting_home_view.value,
         }
         result = TemplateResponse(
             request=request,
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/literals.py b/mayan/apps/common/literals.py
index a8826f1d51..7513a2d33c 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/literals.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/literals.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+DEFAULT_COMMON_HOME_VIEW = 'common:home'
 DELETE_STALE_UPLOADS_INTERVAL = 60 * 10  # 10 minutes
 DJANGO_SQLITE_BACKEND = 'django.db.backends.sqlite3'
 MAYAN_PYPI_NAME = 'mayan-edms'
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/settings.py b/mayan/apps/common/settings.py
index 35a8900d3b..87243bc927 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/settings.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/settings.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import mayan
 from mayan.apps.smart_settings import Namespace
 
+from .literals import DEFAULT_COMMON_HOME_VIEW
+
 namespace = Namespace(name='common', label=_('Common'))
 
 setting_auto_logging = namespace.add_setting(
@@ -24,6 +26,14 @@ settings_db_sync_task_delay = namespace.add_setting(
         'propagate.'
     )
 )
+setting_home_view = namespace.add_setting(
+    global_name='COMMON_HOME_VIEW',
+    default=DEFAULT_COMMON_HOME_VIEW, help_text=_(
+        'Name of the view attached to the branch anchor in the main menu. '
+        'This is also the view to which users will be redirected after '
+        'log in.'
+    ),
+)
 setting_paginate_by = namespace.add_setting(
     global_name='COMMON_PAGINATE_BY',
     default=40,
@@ -276,14 +286,6 @@ setting_django_file_upload_max_memory_size = namespace.add_setting(
         'DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE.'
     ),
 )
-# Not really a Django setting, but since it is flat and defined in setting.py
-# We need to put it here.
-setting_home_view = namespace.add_setting(
-    global_name='HOME_VIEW',
-    default=settings.HOME_VIEW, help_text=_(
-        'Name of the view attached to the branch anchor in the main menu.'
-    ),
-)
 setting_django_installed_apps = namespace.add_setting(
     global_name='INSTALLED_APPS',
     default=settings.INSTALLED_APPS,
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/views.py b/mayan/apps/common/views.py
index 3b72ac917e..89aede0302 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/views.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from .generics import (  # NOQA
 from .icons import icon_setup
 from .menus import menu_setup, menu_tools
 from .permissions_runtime import permission_error_log_view
+from .settings import setting_home_view
 from .utils import check_version
 
 
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ class PackagesLicensesView(SimpleView):
 
 
 class RootView(SimpleView):
-    extra_context = {'home_view': settings.HOME_VIEW}
+    extra_context = {'home_view': setting_home_view.value}
     template_name = 'appearance/root.html'
 
 
diff --git a/mayan/settings/base.py b/mayan/settings/base.py
index f95767c83a..f5bd311660 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/base.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/base.py
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ TEST_RUNNER = 'mayan.apps.common.tests.runner.MayanTestRunner'
 
 # --------- Django -------------------
 
-HOME_VIEW = yaml_loads(os.environ.get('MAYAN_HOME_VIEW', 'common:home'))
 LOGIN_URL = yaml_loads(
     os.environ.get('MAYAN_LOGIN_URL', 'authentication:login_view')
 )