diff --git a/lib/generators/rails/content/content_generator.rb b/lib/generators/rails/content/content_generator.rb
index 9af1bdb..9f367af 100644
--- a/lib/generators/rails/content/content_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/rails/content/content_generator.rb
@@ -90,15 +90,9 @@ def add_root_action
         controller_file = "app/controllers/content/#{plural_file_name}_controller.rb"
         return unless File.exist?(File.join(destination_root, controller_file))
 
-        inject_into_file controller_file, after: "class Content::#{plural_class_name}Controller < ApplicationController\n" do
-          <<-RUBY.strip.indent(2)
-            def root
-              @resource = Content::#{class_name}.root
-
-              render :show
-            end
-          RUBY
-        end
+        root_action = "  def root\n    @resource = Content::#{class_name}.root\n\n    render :show\n  end\n\n"
+
+        inject_into_file controller_file, root_action, after: "class Content::#{plural_class_name}Controller < ApplicationController\n"
       end
 
       def create_root_content_file
diff --git a/test/generators/perron/content_generator_test.rb b/test/generators/perron/content_generator_test.rb
index 877de74..1c6d8c0 100644
--- a/test/generators/perron/content_generator_test.rb
+++ b/test/generators/perron/content_generator_test.rb
@@ -120,16 +120,53 @@ class ContentGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
   test "pages generates root action and route by default" do
     run_generator %w[page]
 
+    assert_file "config/routes.rb", /root to: "content\/pages#root"/
     assert_file "app/models/content/page.rb", /class Content::Page/
     assert_file "app/controllers/content/pages_controller.rb" do |content|
-      assert_match (/class Content::PagesController/), content
-      assert_match(/  def root/, content)
-      assert_match(/    @resource = Content::Page\.root/, content)
-      assert_match(/    render :show/, content)
+      expected = <<~CONTROLLER
+        class Content::PagesController < ApplicationController
+          def root
+            @resource = Content::Page.root
+
+            render :show
+          end
+
+          def index
+            @resources = Content::Page.all
+          end
+
+          def show
+            @resource = Content::Page.find!(params[:id])
+          end
+        end
+      CONTROLLER
+
+      assert_equal expected, content, "Controller should have properly formatted root action"
     end
 
     assert_file "app/content/pages/root.erb", /Find me in `app\/content\/pages\/root\.erb`/
-    assert_file "config/routes.rb", /root to: "content\/pages#root"/
+  end
+
+  test "pages with show action only generates root and show" do
+    run_generator %w[page show]
+
+    assert_file "app/controllers/content/pages_controller.rb" do |content|
+      expected = <<~CONTROLLER
+        class Content::PagesController < ApplicationController
+          def root
+            @resource = Content::Page.root
+
+            render :show
+          end
+
+          def show
+            @resource = Content::Page.find!(params[:id])
+          end
+        end
+      CONTROLLER
+
+      assert_equal expected, content, "Controller should have properly formatted root and show actions"
+    end
   end
 
   test "destroy removes files without crashing" do
@@ -159,7 +196,25 @@ class ContentGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
     run_generator %w[post --include-root]
 
     assert_file "app/controllers/content/posts_controller.rb" do |content|
-      assert_match (/def root/), content
+      expected = <<~CONTROLLER
+        class Content::PostsController < ApplicationController
+          def root
+            @resource = Content::Post.root
+
+            render :show
+          end
+
+          def index
+            @resources = Content::Post.all
+          end
+
+          def show
+            @resource = Content::Post.find!(params[:id])
+          end
+        end
+      CONTROLLER
+
+      assert_equal expected, content, "Controller should have properly formatted root action"
     end
 
     assert_file "app/content/posts/root.erb"