diff --git a/website/src/routes/extraTopNavigationItems.ts b/website/src/routes/extraTopNavigationItems.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ec557fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/src/routes/extraTopNavigationItems.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const extraTopNavigationItems = [];
diff --git a/website/src/routes/navigationItems.ts b/website/src/routes/navigationItems.ts
index d63fcdc7b..1873d977d 100644
--- a/website/src/routes/navigationItems.ts
+++ b/website/src/routes/navigationItems.ts
@@ -1,46 +1,47 @@
 import { bottomNavigationItems } from './bottomNavigationItems.ts';
+import { extraTopNavigationItems } from './extraTopNavigationItems.js';
 import { routes } from './routes.ts';
+
 export const navigationItems = {
     top: topNavigationItems,
     bottom: bottomNavigationItems,
 };
 
-function topNavigationItems(organism: string | undefined, isLoggedIn: boolean, loginUrl: string | undefined) {
-    if (organism === undefined) {
-        return [
-            {
-                text: 'Browse',
-                path: routes.organismSelectorPage('search'),
-            },
-            {
-                text: 'Submit',
-                path: routes.organismSelectorPage('submission'),
-            },
-            {
-                text: 'SeqSets',
-                path: routes.seqSetsPage(),
-            },
-            ...(isLoggedIn
-                ? [{ text: 'My account', path: routes.userOverviewPage() }]
-                : [{ text: 'Login', path: loginUrl! }]),
-        ];
-    }
-
+function getSequenceRelatedItems(organism: string | undefined) {
     return [
         {
             text: 'Browse',
-            path: routes.searchPage(organism),
+            path: organism !== undefined ? routes.searchPage(organism) : routes.organismSelectorPage('search'),
         },
         {
             text: 'Submit',
-            path: routes.submissionPageWithoutGroup(organism),
+            path:
+                organism !== undefined
+                    ? routes.submissionPageWithoutGroup(organism)
+                    : routes.organismSelectorPage('submission'),
         },
         {
             text: 'SeqSets',
             path: routes.seqSetsPage(),
         },
-        ...(isLoggedIn
-            ? [{ text: 'My account', path: routes.userOverviewPage(organism) }]
-            : [{ text: 'Login', path: loginUrl! }]),
     ];
 }
+
+function getAccountItem(isLoggedIn: boolean, loginUrl: string | undefined, organism: string | undefined) {
+    return isLoggedIn
+        ? {
+              text: 'My account',
+              path: organism !== undefined ? routes.userOverviewPage(organism) : routes.userOverviewPage(),
+          }
+        : {
+              text: 'Login',
+              path: loginUrl!,
+          };
+}
+
+function topNavigationItems(organism: string | undefined, isLoggedIn: boolean, loginUrl: string | undefined) {
+    const sequenceRelatedItems = getSequenceRelatedItems(organism);
+    const accountItem = getAccountItem(isLoggedIn, loginUrl, organism);
+
+    return [...sequenceRelatedItems, ...extraTopNavigationItems, accountItem];
+}