diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b56d29..749bc60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 tmp
 indir
 indir-*
+.zed
+index.html
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 267f123..80002ec 100755
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	_ "embed"
-	
+
 	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown"
 	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/html"
 	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/parser"
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ func main() {
 			return
 		}
 
+		// serve index.html if present (case-sensitive)
+		indexPath := filepath.Join(fpath, "index.html")
+		if _, err := os.Stat(indexPath); err == nil {
+		    http.ServeFile(w, r, indexPath)
+			return
+		}
+
 		// embeded readme
 		var readmeHTML template.HTML
 		entries, err := os.ReadDir(fpath)
@@ -190,7 +197,7 @@ func main() {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		data := Directory{
 			Root: isRoot,
 			Name: r.URL.Path,
diff --git a/templates/dir.html b/templates/dir.html
index b0b9ebf..a885117 100644
--- a/templates/dir.html
+++ b/templates/dir.html
@@ -56,27 +56,27 @@
             .readme {
                 margin-top: 2rem;
             }
-            
-            .readme h1, .readme h2, .readme h3, 
+
+            .readme h1, .readme h2, .readme h3,
             .readme h4, .readme h5, .readme h6 {
                 color: #f0f0f0;
                 margin-top: 1.2rem;
             }
-            
+
             .readme p, .readme li {
                 line-height: 1.7;
                 color: #d0d0d0;
             }
-            
+
             .readme a {
                 color: #b7fd49;
             }
-            
+
             .readme a:hover {
                 color: white;
                 text-decoration: underline;
             }
-            
+
             .readme code {
                 background: #1e1e1e;
                 border: 1px solid #333;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
                 font-size: .9em;
                 color: #b7fd79;
             }
-            
+
             .readme pre {
                 background: #1e1e1e;
                 border: 3px solid #333;
@@ -94,35 +94,35 @@
                 padding: 1em;
                 overflow-x: auto;
             }
-            
+
             .readme pre code {
                 border: none;
                 padding: 0;
                 background: transparent;
             }
-            
+
             .readme blockquote {
                 border-left: 3px solid #b7fd49;
                 margin: 0;
                 padding-left: 1em;
                 color: #a0a0a0;
             }
-            
+
             .readme hr {
                 border-color: #333;
             }
-            
+
             .readme table {
                 width: auto;
             }
-            
+
             .readme table td,
             .readme table th {
                 border: 1px solid #333;
                 padding: .3em .6em;
                 width: auto;
             }
-            
+
             footer {
                 padding: 1em 0;
             }