diff --git a/plugins/homepage/server/__init__.py b/plugins/homepage/server/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/plugins/homepage/server/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/homepage/server/__init__.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def getOrCreateAssetsFolder():
     collection = ModelImporter.model('collection').createCollection(
         NAME, public=False, reuseExisting=True)
     folder = ModelImporter.model('folder').createFolder(
-        collection, NAME, parentType='collection', public=False,
+        collection, NAME, parentType='collection', public=True,
         reuseExisting=True)
     return folder
 
diff --git a/plugins/homepage/web_client/js/ConfigView.js b/plugins/homepage/web_client/js/ConfigView.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/plugins/homepage/web_client/js/ConfigView.js
+++ b/plugins/homepage/web_client/js/ConfigView.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ girder.views.homepage_ConfigView = girder.View.extend({
                 parent: this.folder,
                 enableUploads: true,
                 maxUploadSize: 1024 * 1024 * 10,
-                allowedExtensions: ['png', 'jpeg', 'jpg', 'gif'],
+                allowedExtensions: ['png', 'jpeg', 'jpg', 'gif']
             });
             this.render();
             this.editor.val(resp['homepage.markdown']);
Public folder. Remove trailing comma.