I solved the problem by using a 301 redirect so that users are automatically redirected from my static front page to the blog page.
I am using the Expound theme with some modifications I did myself, and the site is self-hosted.
I have only 2 pages, a default blank page set as my “Front page”, and another blank page as a “Posts page”. Because of the way my theme builds the front and posts page, I want my “Front page” to just redirect to my “Posts page”. I can’t just set them differently under the readings settings because then the theme changes how the pages look.
