@@ -206,7 +206,15 @@ }
 	r.Hashes = append(r.Hashes, h)
 
 	log.Debug("rendering homepage")
-	if err := renderToFile(homepage(config, posts), publicDir, "index.html"); err != nil {
+	_, text, err := content.GetPost(path.Join("content", "_index.md"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	content, err := content.RenderMarkdown(text)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := renderToFile(homepage(config, posts, content), publicDir, "index.html"); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// it would be nice to set LastMod here, but using the latest post

@@ -2,23 +2,10 @@ package builder
 
 import (
 	"website/internal/config"
-	"path"
 	"website/internal/content"
 )
 
-func getContent(filename string) templ.Component {
-	return templ.ComponentFunc(func(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer) error {
-		_, index, err := content.GetPost(path.Join("content", filename))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		_, err = io.WriteString(w, string(index))
-
-		return err
-	})
-}
-
-templ homepage(config config.Config, posts []content.Post) {
+templ homepage(config config.Config, posts []content.Post, content string) {
 	@page(config, PageSettings{
 		Title: config.Title,
 		TitleAttrs: templ.Attributes{
@@ -30,7 +17,7 @@ "class": "h-card",
 		},
 	}) {
 		<div id="content">
-			@getContent("_index.md")
+			@Unsafe(content)
 		</div>
 		<section>
 			<h2>Latest Posts</h2>

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	return &matter, rest, nil
 }
 
-func renderMarkdown(content []byte) (string, error) {
+func RenderMarkdown(content []byte) (string, error) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	if err := markdown.Convert(content, &buf); err != nil {
 		return "", errors.WithMessage(err, "could not convert markdown content")
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ tags.Add(strings.ToLower(tag))
 			}
 
 			log.Debug("rendering markdown in post", "post", pathFromRoot)
-			html, err := renderMarkdown(content)
+			html, err := RenderMarkdown(content)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}