diff --git a/quartz.layout.ts b/quartz.layout.ts
index f45da0c92..7fea5cacd 100644
--- a/quartz.layout.ts
+++ b/quartz.layout.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ export const defaultContentPageLayout: PageLayout = {
   ],
 }
 
+// components for the index page
+export const indexContentPageLayout: PageLayout = {
+  ...defaultContentPageLayout
+}
+
 // components for pages that display lists of pages  (e.g. tags or folders)
 export const defaultListPageLayout: PageLayout = {
   beforeBody: [Component.Breadcrumbs(), Component.ArticleTitle(), Component.ContentMeta()],
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
index f59ff6bf5..99a8cbb30 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { pageResources, renderPage } from "../../components/renderPage"
 import { FullPageLayout } from "../../cfg"
 import { Argv } from "../../util/ctx"
 import { FilePath, isRelativeURL, joinSegments, pathToRoot } from "../../util/path"
-import { defaultContentPageLayout, sharedPageComponents } from "../../../quartz.layout"
+import { defaultContentPageLayout, indexContentPageLayout, sharedPageComponents } from "../../../quartz.layout"
 import { Content } from "../../components"
 import chalk from "chalk"
 import { write } from "./helpers"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const parseDependencies = (argv: Argv, hast: Root, file: VFile): string[] => {
 }
 
 export const ContentPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FullPageLayout>> = (userOpts) => {
-  const opts: FullPageLayout = {
+  let opts: FullPageLayout = {
     ...sharedPageComponents,
     ...defaultContentPageLayout,
     pageBody: Content(),
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ export const ContentPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<FullPageLayout>> = (userOp
         const slug = file.data.slug!
         if (slug === "index") {
           containsIndex = true
+          opts = {
+            ...sharedPageComponents,
+            ...indexContentPageLayout,
+            pageBody: Content(),
+            ...userOpts,
+          } 
         }
 
         const externalResources = pageResources(pathToRoot(slug), file.data, resources)