diff --git a/themes/startwords/assets/scss/_i18n.scss b/themes/startwords/assets/scss/_i18n.scss
index 1366662a..145f1da7 100644
--- a/themes/startwords/assets/scss/_i18n.scss
+++ b/themes/startwords/assets/scss/_i18n.scss
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ aside.translations {
     }
 }
 
+/* adjust placement on homepage, where it is in the top right corner */
+.home aside.translations {
+    padding: 8px;    
+    @media (min-width: $breakpoint-m) {
+        padding: 15px;
+    }
+}
+
+
 .issue-list {
     .languages {
         padding: 2rem 0 1.5rem 2rem;
diff --git a/themes/startwords/layouts/index.html b/themes/startwords/layouts/index.html
index 7568a3e4..f99c7ea3 100644
--- a/themes/startwords/layouts/index.html
+++ b/themes/startwords/layouts/index.html
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@
 {{ define "main" }}
 <main>
     <h1 class="sr-only">{{ .Site.Title }}</h1>
+    {{ partial "translations.html" . }}
     <div class="logotype">
         <img alt="" src="/logotype.svg" />
     </div>
     <div class="issue-summary inverted grid">
-
         <div class="container">
-            {{ partial "translations.html" . }}
             {{/* get issues for the current language; fill in with all issues; then choose the first. */}}
             {{ $issues := where .Site.Pages "Type" "issue" | lang.Merge (where .Site.AllPages "Type" "issue") }}
             {{ $issue := index ($issues) 0 }}