diff --git a/appview/pages/pages.go b/appview/pages/pages.go
index 772f08d..9e11d25 100644
--- a/appview/pages/pages.go
+++ b/appview/pages/pages.go
@@ -215,11 +215,13 @@ func (p *Pages) RepoIndexPage(w io.Writer, params RepoIndexParams) error {
 		switch ext {
 		case ".md", ".markdown", ".mdown", ".mkdn", ".mkd":
 			htmlString = renderMarkdown(params.Readme)
+			params.Raw = false
+			params.HTMLReadme = template.HTML(bluemonday.UGCPolicy().Sanitize(htmlString))
 		default:
 			htmlString = string(params.Readme)
 			params.Raw = true
+			params.HTMLReadme = template.HTML(bluemonday.NewPolicy().Sanitize(htmlString))
 		}
-		params.HTMLReadme = template.HTML(bluemonday.NewPolicy().Sanitize(htmlString))
 	}
 
 	return p.executeRepo("repo/index", w, params)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index d32a190..8fb74da 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # tangled
-> git collaboration platform built on atproto
+
+Hello Tanglers! This is the codebase for [Tangled](https://tangled.sh)—a code collaboration platform built on the [AT Protocol](https://atproto.com).