diff --git a/client/src/app/+actors/actors.component.ts b/client/src/app/+actors/actors.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 74fbe7dea..000000000
--- a/client/src/app/+actors/actors.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core'
-import { empty } from 'rxjs'
-import { catchError } from 'rxjs/operators'
-import { RestExtractor } from '@app/core'
-
-import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router'
-import { AccountService } from '@app/shared/shared-main/account'
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'my-actor',
-  template: ''
-})
-export class ActorsComponent implements OnInit {
-  constructor (
-    private accountService: AccountService,
-    private route: ActivatedRoute,
-    private restExtractor: RestExtractor,
-    private router: Router
-  ) {
-  }
-
-  ngOnInit () {
-    const accountOrChannelName = this.route.snapshot.params['actorName'].replace('@', '')
-
-    this.accountService
-        .getAccount(accountOrChannelName)
-        .pipe(
-          catchError(res => {
-            if (res.status === 404 && res.message === 'Account not found') {
-              this.router.navigateByUrl(`/video-channels/${accountOrChannelName}`)
-              return empty()
-            }
-
-            return this.restExtractor.handleError(res)
-          })
-        )
-        .subscribe(() => {
-          this.router.navigateByUrl(`/accounts/${accountOrChannelName}`)
-        })
-  }
-}
diff --git a/client/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/client/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index c0a2d29e4..23fd52e8b 100644
--- a/client/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
-import { RouteReuseStrategy, RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router'
+import { RouteReuseStrategy, RouterModule, Routes, UrlMatchResult, UrlSegment } from '@angular/router'
 import { CustomReuseStrategy } from '@app/core/routing/custom-reuse-strategy'
 import { MenuGuards } from '@app/core/routing/menu-guard.service'
 import { POSSIBLE_LOCALES } from '@shared/core-utils/i18n'
 import { PreloadSelectedModulesList } from './core'
 import { EmptyComponent } from './empty.component'
-import { ActorsComponent } from './+actors/actors.component'
+import { RootComponent } from './root.component'
 
 const routes: Routes = [
   {
@@ -75,8 +75,20 @@ const routes: Routes = [
     redirectTo: 'video-channels'
   },
   {
-    path: ':actorName',
-    component: ActorsComponent
+    matcher: (url): UrlMatchResult => {
+      // Matches /@:actorName
+      if (url.length === 1 && url[0].path.match(/^@[\w]+$/gm)) {
+        return {
+          consumed: url,
+          posParams: {
+            actorName: new UrlSegment(url[0].path.substr(1), {})
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      return null
+    },
+    component: RootComponent
   },
   {
     path: '',
diff --git a/client/src/app/root.component.ts b/client/src/app/root.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c65f59448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/root.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core'
+import { catchError, distinctUntilChanged, map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators'
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router'
+import { RestExtractor } from '@app/core'
+import { ActorService } from '@app/shared/shared-main/account'
+import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/core-utils/miscs/http-error-codes'
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'my-root',
+  template: ''
+})
+export class RootComponent implements OnInit {
+  constructor (
+    private actorService: ActorService,
+    private route: ActivatedRoute,
+    private restExtractor: RestExtractor,
+    private router: Router
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit () {
+    this.route.params
+        .pipe(
+          map(params => params[ 'actorName' ]),
+          distinctUntilChanged(),
+          switchMap(actorName => this.actorService.getActor(actorName)),
+          catchError(err => this.restExtractor.redirectTo404IfNotFound(err, 'other', [
+            HttpStatusCode.BAD_REQUEST_400,
+            HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND_404
+          ]))
+        )
+        .subscribe(actor => {
+          if (actor.constructor.name === 'Account') {
+            this.router.navigateByUrl(`/accounts/${actor.name}`)
+          }
+
+          if (actor.constructor.name === 'VideoChannel') {
+            this.router.navigateByUrl(`/video-channels/${actor.name}`)
+          }
+        })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/account/actor.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/account/actor.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a789b6f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/account/actor.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { Observable, ReplaySubject } from 'rxjs'
+import { catchError, map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators'
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http'
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
+import { RestExtractor } from '@app/core'
+import { Account as ServerAccount, VideoChannel as ServerVideoChannel } from '@shared/models'
+import { environment } from '../../../../environments/environment'
+import { Account } from './account.model'
+import { VideoChannel } from '../video-channel/video-channel.model'
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ActorService {
+  static BASE_ACTOR_API_URL = environment.apiUrl + '/api/v1/actors/'
+
+  actorLoaded = new ReplaySubject<Account | VideoChannel>(1)
+
+  constructor (
+    private authHttp: HttpClient,
+    private restExtractor: RestExtractor
+  ) {}
+
+  getActor (actorName: string): Observable<Account | VideoChannel> {
+    return this.authHttp.get<ServerAccount | ServerVideoChannel>(ActorService.BASE_ACTOR_API_URL + actorName)
+                .pipe(
+                  map(actorHash => {
+                    const isAccount = /\/accounts\/.+/.test(actorHash.url)
+                    const isVideoChannel = /\/video-channels\/.+/.test(actorHash.url)
+
+                    if (isAccount) {
+                      return new Account(actorHash)
+                    }
+
+                    if (isVideoChannel) {
+                      return new VideoChannel(actorHash)
+                    }
+                  }),
+                  tap(actor => this.actorLoaded.next(actor)),
+                  catchError(res => this.restExtractor.handleError(res))
+                )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/account/index.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/account/index.ts
index b80ddb9f5..c6cdcd574 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/account/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/account/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './account.model'
 export * from './account.service'
 export * from './actor.model'
+export * from './actor.service'
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
index 772198cb2..05a5d77c7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/shared-main.module.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { LoadingBarModule } from '@ngx-loading-bar/core'
 import { LoadingBarHttpClientModule } from '@ngx-loading-bar/http-client'
 import { SharedGlobalIconModule } from '../shared-icons'
-import { AccountService } from './account'
+import { AccountService, ActorService } from './account'
 import {
   AutofocusDirective,
   BytesPipe,
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ import { VideoChannelService } from './video-channel'
     AUTH_INTERCEPTOR_PROVIDER,
 
     AccountService,
+    ActorService,
 
     UserHistoryService,
     UserNotificationService,