diff --git a/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/base.html b/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/base.html
index 073c34243c..dfa6bba70f 100644
--- a/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/base.html
+++ b/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/base.html
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
             <i class="icon-info-sign" title="<strong>Toaster version information</strong>" data-content="<dl><dt>Branch</dt><dd>{{TOASTER_BRANCH}}</dd><dt>Revision</dt><dd>{{TOASTER_REVISION}}</dd></dl>"></i>
             {% endif %}
           </span>
-          {% if request.resolver_match.url_name != 'landing' and request.resolver_match.url_name != 'newproject' %}
+          {% if BUILD_MODE and request.resolver_match.url_name != 'landing' and request.resolver_match.url_name != 'newproject' %}
           <ul class="nav">
-            <li  {% if request.resolver_match.url_name == 'all-builds' %}
+            <li {% if request.resolver_match.url_name == 'all-builds' %}
                 class="active"
                 {% endif %}>
               <a href="{% url 'all-builds' %}">
diff --git a/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py b/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
index d675f4f2d2..6ebb6a927a 100755
--- a/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
+++ b/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
@@ -71,14 +71,24 @@ def get_mimetype(self, path):
 # all new sessions should come through the landing page;
 # determine in which mode we are running in, and redirect appropriately
 def landing(request):
+    # in build mode, we redirect to the command-line builds page
+    # if there are any builds for the default (cli builds) project
+    default_project = Project.objects.get_default_project()
+    default_project_builds = Build.objects.filter(project = default_project)
+
+    if (not toastermain.settings.BUILD_MODE) and default_project_builds.count() > 0:
+        args = (default_project.id,)
+        return redirect(reverse('projectbuilds', args = args), permanent = False)
+
     # we only redirect to projects page if there is a user-generated project
+    num_builds = Build.objects.all().count()
     user_projects = Project.objects.filter(is_default = False)
     has_user_project = user_projects.count() > 0
 
-    if Build.objects.count() == 0 and has_user_project:
+    if num_builds == 0 and has_user_project:
         return redirect(reverse('all-projects'), permanent = False)
 
-    if Build.objects.all().count() > 0:
+    if num_builds > 0:
         return redirect(reverse('all-builds'), permanent = False)
 
     context = {'lvs_nos' : Layer_Version.objects.all().count()}