diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 60d8e435a275af9e8ef8e0578c64b2e34ca895ff..390a1baa80d3a0ace8349756717783625eb29259 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [2.9] - 2024-10-10
+
+- Fix duplicate username in the homepage
+
 ## [2.8] - 2024-10-10
 
 - Add the newest GUI
diff --git a/pages/index.tsx b/pages/index.tsx
index 61b3479b4080107a75e3205bface8565246da1d0..d86dc07bccdddcd45cb2671ef001e8494eb5c724 100644
--- a/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/index.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
-import { EuiPageHeader, EuiSpacer } from '@elastic/eui';
-import {
-  WfoStartPage,
-  useWfoSession,
-} from '@orchestrator-ui/orchestrator-ui-components';
-import { useTranslations } from 'next-intl';
+import { WfoStartPage } from '@orchestrator-ui/orchestrator-ui-components';
 import React from 'react';
 
 export function Index() {
-  const { session } = useWfoSession();
-  const t = useTranslations('main');
-  const username = session?.user?.name || '';
-
-  return (
-    <>
-      <EuiPageHeader pageTitle={`${t('welcome')} ${username}`} />
-      <EuiSpacer />
-      <WfoStartPage />
-    </>
-  );
+  return <WfoStartPage />;
 }
 
 export default Index;
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 74901042ddcac8f61c797a6939759ce2d3444733..d51255547b3f293f18c84641d47bf8c89f62a69b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 setup(
     name="geant-service-orchestrator-gui",
     py_modules=[],
-    version="2.8",
+    version="2.9",
     author="GÉANT Orchestration and Automation Team",
     author_email="goat@geant.org",
     description="GÉANT Service Orchestrator GUI dummy package",