diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/newtaburl.js b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/newtaburl.js
index afe0b43fb9..ac0eec1c53 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/newtaburl.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/newtaburl.js
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ var gNewtabUrl = {
           newtabUrlPref = "about:logopage";
           break;
         case 2:
-          newtabUrlPref = "http://start.palemoon.org/";
+          newtabUrlPref = Services.prefs.getDefaultBranch("browser.")
+                            .getComplexValue("startup.homepage",
+                              Components.interfaces.nsIPrefLocalizedString).data;
           break;
         case 3:
           // If url is a pipe-delimited set of pages, just take the first one.
diff --git a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
index 4d57a29fb3..17084a7703 100644
--- a/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
+++ b/application/palemoon/components/preferences/tabs.js
@@ -85,11 +85,14 @@ var gTabsPane = {
     let newtabUrlPref = document.getElementById("browser.newtab.url");
     let newtabUrlSanitizedPref = document.getElementById("browser.newtab.myhome");
     let newtabUrlChoice = document.getElementById("browser.newtab.choice");
+    let defaultStartupHomepage = Services.prefs.getDefaultBranch("browser.")
+                                  .getComplexValue("startup.homepage",
+                                    Components.interfaces.nsIPrefLocalizedString).data;
     switch (newtabUrlPref.value) {
       case "about:logopage": 
         newtabUrlChoice.value = 1;
         break;
-      case "http://start.palemoon.org/":
+      case defaultStartupHomepage:
         newtabUrlChoice.value = 2;
         break;
       case newtabUrlSanitizedPref.value: