diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 2c783c76..60e8d5a2 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ output:
     html_preview: false
 ---
 
-<!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
+<!-- README.md and index.md are generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file. -->
 
 ```{r, include = FALSE}
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ clean_output <- function(x, options) {
   
   index <- x
   index <- gsub("─", "-", index)
+  index <- strsplit(paste(index, collapse = "\n"), "\n---\n")[[1]][[2]]
   writeLines(index, "index.md")
   
   x <- fansi::strip_sgr(x)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fc7bbd4..564da66b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-<!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
+<!-- README.md and index.md are generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file. -->
 
 # duckplyr <a href="https://duckplyr.tidyverse.org"><img src="man/figures/logo.png" align="right" height="138" /></a>
 
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index 84d6bcc6..febcd0db 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
----
-output: 
-  github_document:
-    html_preview: false
----
 
-<!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
+<!-- README.md and index.md are generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file. -->