diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.test.tsx b/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.test.tsx
index 7a0ce57de5..72c530071a 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.test.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ describe('<VisitListener/>', () => {
   afterEach(jest.resetAllMocks);
 
   it('registers a visit', async () => {
-    jest.spyOn(document, 'title', 'get').mockReturnValue('MockedTitle');
     const pathname = '/catalog/default/component/playback-order';
 
     await renderInTestApp(
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ describe('<VisitListener/>', () => {
       visit: {
         pathname,
         entityRef: 'component:default/playback-order',
-        name: 'MockedTitle',
+        name: 'playback-order',
       },
     });
   });
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ describe('<VisitListener/>', () => {
   });
 
   it('is able to override how visit names are defined', async () => {
-    jest.spyOn(document, 'title', 'get').mockReturnValue('MockedTitle');
     const pathname = '/catalog/default/component/playback-order';
 
     const visitNameOverride = ({ pathname: path }: { pathname: string }) =>
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ describe('<VisitListener/>', () => {
   });
 
   it('is able to override how entityRefs are defined', async () => {
-    jest.spyOn(document, 'title', 'get').mockReturnValue('MockedTitle');
     const pathname = '/catalog/default/component/playback-order';
 
     const toEntityRefOverride = ({ pathname: path }: { pathname: string }) =>
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ describe('<VisitListener/>', () => {
         visit: {
           pathname,
           entityRef: pathname,
-          name: 'MockedTitle',
+          name: 'playback-order',
         },
       }),
     );
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.tsx b/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.tsx
index 4cddd307c5..de7d16e44f 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.tsx
@@ -54,17 +54,23 @@ const getToEntityRef =
 /**
  * @public
  * This function returns an implementation of visitName which is responsible
- * for receiving a pathname and returning a string (name). The default
- * implementation ignores the pathname and uses the document.title .
+ * for receiving a pathname and returning a string (name).
  */
 export const getVisitName =
   ({ rootPath = 'catalog', document = global.document } = {}) =>
   ({ pathname }: { pathname: string }) => {
+    // If it is a catalog entity, get the name from the path
     const regex = new RegExp(
       `^\/${rootPath}\/(?<namespace>[^\/]+)\/(?<kind>[^\/]+)\/(?<name>[^\/]+)`,
     );
-    const result = regex.exec(pathname);
+    let result = regex.exec(pathname);
     if (result && result?.groups) return result.groups.name;
+
+    // If it is a root pathname, get the name from there
+    result = /^\/(?<name>[^\/]+)$/.exec(pathname);
+    if (result && result?.groups) return result.groups.name;
+
+    // Fallback to document title
     return document.title;
   };