diff --git a/content/harvard-only_trial/index.txt b/content/harvard-only_trial/index.txt
index b61ce706071b6780d318f285a20df3f33de43b7c..931315adc16fb712679a3f9bfce4a56cae010f5c 100644
--- a/content/harvard-only_trial/index.txt
+++ b/content/harvard-only_trial/index.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
----
-__template__: home.mako
----
 Harvard-only trial pre-release of kwant
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/content/index.txt b/content/index.txt
index f57c9177e486349a87710f455fd6120cb2a51075..f088dbd5caae8d7fdc76eaec50103eb300f3e9a7 100644
--- a/content/index.txt
+++ b/content/index.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
----
-__template__: home.mako
----
 Numerics of tight binding models made easy
 ==========================================
 
diff --git a/templates/base.mako b/templates/base.mako
index 03bcb9166234c028335dd48c1f00bd716751c6ab..f64048d2ffe283b847d6a5ead697a00012315f21 100644
--- a/templates/base.mako
+++ b/templates/base.mako
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   <a href="/"><img alt="kwant_logo.png" src="/common/kwant_logo.png" /></a>
 <h3 class="hidden_structure">Navigation</h3>
 <ul class="navigation">
+  <li><a href="/">home</a></li>
   <li><a href="/docs/">documentation</a></li>
   <li><a href="/download.html">download</a></li>
   <li><a href="/contact.html">contact</a></li>
diff --git a/templates/home.mako b/templates/home.mako
deleted file mode 100644
index d429333da1e99943f948d95f8f1fc722a942c426..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/templates/home.mako
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<%inherit file="base.mako"/>\
-<%block name="title">${meta['title']}</%block>\
-${body}\