diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
index c226d944eb..0c4c7bcf25 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default createWidget('home-logo', {
     } else if (logoUrl.length) {
       return h('img#site-logo.logo-big', { key: 'logo-big', attributes: { src: logoUrl, alt: title } });
     } else {
-      return h('h2#site-text-logo.text-logo', { key: 'logo-text' }, title);
+      return h('h1#site-text-logo.text-logo', { key: 'logo-text' }, title);
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
index de313f904f..ad83f6d2c2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ and (max-width : 570px) {
 
 header {
   #site-text-logo {
+    font-size: $font-up-3;
     margin-top: .4em;
     line-height: $line-height-medium;
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
index 88f270868f..3f13dafb5c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
@@ -154,6 +154,6 @@ blockquote {
 
 // somehow the image logo assumption inherits margins from earlier in the CSS
 // stack we must remove margins for text site titles
-h2#site-text-logo {
+h1#site-text-logo {
   margin: 0 0 0 10px;
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
index df2e5090eb..30f480f94b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 // Discourse header
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
+#site-text-logo {
+  font-size: $font-up-3;
+}
 @media only screen and (max-width: 320px) {
   #site-text-logo {
     font-size: $font-up-2;
diff --git a/test/javascripts/widgets/home-logo-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/widgets/home-logo-test.js.es6
index 96bd889f50..70615b7805 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/widgets/home-logo-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/widgets/home-logo-test.js.es6
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ widgetTest('no logo', {
   },
 
   test(assert) {
-    assert.ok(this.$('h2#site-text-logo.text-logo').length === 1);
+    assert.ok(this.$('h1#site-text-logo.text-logo').length === 1);
     assert.equal(this.$('#site-text-logo').text(), title);
   }
 });