diff --git a/pygeoapi/flask_app.py b/pygeoapi/flask_app.py
index d22e6b0..4bed078 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/flask_app.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/flask_app.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ APP = Flask(__name__)
 
 
 @APP.route('/')
-def describe_collections():
-    headers, status_code, content = views.describe_collections(
+def root():
+    headers, status_code, content = views.root(
         request.headers, request.args, APP.config['PYGEOAPI_BASEURL'])
 
     response = make_response(content, status_code)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def api():
     return response
 
 
-@APP.route('/api/conformance')
+@APP.route('/conformance')
 def api_conformance():
     headers, status_code, content = views.api_conformance(request.headers,
                                                           request.args)
@@ -83,8 +83,20 @@ def api_conformance():
     return response
 
 
-@APP.route('/<feature_collection>/')
-@APP.route('/<feature_collection>/<feature>')
+@APP.route('/collections')
+def describe_collections():
+    headers, status_code, content = views.describe_collections(
+        request.headers, request.args)
+
+    response = make_response(content, status_code)
+    if headers:
+        response.headers = headers
+
+    return response
+
+
+@APP.route('/collections/<feature_collection>/')
+@APP.route('/collections/<feature_collection>/<feature>')
 def dataset(feature_collection, feature=None):
     if feature is None:
         headers, status_code, content = views.get_features(
diff --git a/pygeoapi/openapi.py b/pygeoapi/openapi.py
index 6147d13..277eb32 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/openapi.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/openapi.py
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ def get_oas_30(cfg):
 
     paths['/'] = {
         'get': {
-            'summary': 'Feature Collections',
-            'descriptions': 'Feature Collections',
+            'summary': 'API',
+            'description': 'API',
             'tags': ['server'],
             'responses': {
                 200: {
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def get_oas_30(cfg):
             }
         }
     }
+
     paths['/api'] = {
         'get': {
             'summary': 'This document',
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ def get_oas_30(cfg):
             }
         }
     }
-    paths['/api/conformance'] = {
+
+    paths['/conformance'] = {
         'get': {
             'summary': 'API conformance definition',
             'description': 'API conformance definition',
@@ -113,6 +115,20 @@ def get_oas_30(cfg):
             }
         }
     }
+
+    paths['/collections'] = {
+        'get': {
+            'summary': 'Feature Collections',
+            'descriptions': 'Feature Collections',
+            'tags': ['server'],
+            'responses': {
+                200: {
+                    'description': 'successful operation'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     oas['tags'].append({
         'name': 'server',
         'description': cfg['metadata']['identification']['description'],
@@ -134,7 +150,7 @@ def get_oas_30(cfg):
                 tag['externalDocs']['url'] = link['url']
                 break
         oas['tags'].append(tag)
-        paths['/{}'.format(k)] = {
+        paths['/collections/{}'.format(k)] = {
             'get': {
                 'summary': 'Get {} features'.format(v['title']),
                 'description': v['description'],
diff --git a/pygeoapi/views.py b/pygeoapi/views.py
index ff32a0a..0042fef 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/views.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/views.py
@@ -43,6 +43,69 @@ TEMPLATES = '{}{}templates'.format(os.path.dirname(
     os.path.realpath(__file__)), os.sep)
 
 
+def root(headers, args, baseurl):
+    """
+    Provide API
+
+    :param headers: dict of HTTP headers
+    :param args: dict of HTTP request parameters
+    :param baseurl: baseurl of the server
+
+    :returns: tuple of headers, status code, content
+    """
+
+    headers_ = {
+        'Content-type': 'application/json'
+    }
+
+    formats = ['json', 'html']
+
+    format_ = args.get('f')
+    if format_ is not None and format_ not in formats:
+        exception = {
+            'code': 'InvalidParameterValue',
+            'description': 'Invalid format'
+        }
+        LOGGER.error(exception)
+        return headers_, 400, json.dumps(exception)
+
+    fcm = {
+        'links': [],
+    }
+
+    LOGGER.debug('Creating links')
+    fcm['links'] = [{
+          'rel': 'self',
+          'type': 'application/json',
+          'title': 'this document',
+          'href': baseurl
+        }, {
+          'rel': 'self',
+          'type': 'text/html',
+          'title': 'this document as HTML',
+          'href': '{}?f=html'.format(baseurl)
+        }, {
+          'rel': 'self',
+          'type': 'application/openapi+json;version=3.0',
+          'title': 'the OpenAPI definition as JSON',
+          'href': '{}api'.format(baseurl)
+        }, {
+          'rel': 'self',
+          'type': 'text/html',
+          'title': 'the OpenAPI definition as HTML',
+          'href': '{}?f=html'.format(baseurl)
+        }
+    ]
+
+    if format_ == 'html':  # render
+        headers_['Content-type'] = 'text/html'
+        content = _render_j2_template(settings, 'service.html', fcm)
+
+        return headers_, 200, content
+
+    return headers_, 200, json.dumps(fcm)
+
+
 def api(headers, args, openapi):
     """
     Provide OpenAPI document
@@ -87,13 +150,12 @@ def api_conformance(headers, args):
     return headers_, 200, json.dumps(conformance)
 
 
-def describe_collections(headers, args, baseurl):
+def describe_collections(headers, args):
     """
     Provide feature collection metadata
 
     :param headers: dict of HTTP headers
     :param args: dict of HTTP request parameters
-    :param baseurl: baseurl of the server
 
     :returns: tuple of headers, status code, content
     """
@@ -114,34 +176,9 @@ def describe_collections(headers, args, baseurl):
         return headers_, 400, json.dumps(exception)
 
     fcm = {
-        'links': [],
         'collections': []
     }
 
-    LOGGER.debug('Creating links')
-    fcm['links'] = [{
-          'rel': 'self',
-          'type': 'application/json',
-          'title': 'this document',
-          'href': baseurl
-        }, {
-          'rel': 'self',
-          'type': 'text/html',
-          'title': 'this document as HTML',
-          'href': '{}?f=html'.format(baseurl)
-        }, {
-          'rel': 'self',
-          'type': 'application/openapi+json;version=3.0',
-          'title': 'the OpenAPI definition as JSON',
-          'href': '{}api'.format(baseurl)
-        }, {
-          'rel': 'self',
-          'type': 'text/html',
-          'title': 'the OpenAPI definition as HTML',
-          'href': '{}?f=html'.format(baseurl)
-        }
-    ]
-
     LOGGER.debug('Creating collections')
     for k, v in settings['datasets'].items():
         collection = {'links': [], 'crs': []}