diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a33b4b..9f3ffc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 <!-- insertion marker -->
+## [1.1.1](https://github.com/nomike/scms/releases/tag/1.1.1) - 2025-05-11
+
+<small>[Compare with v1.1.0](https://github.com/nomike/scms/compare/v1.1.0...1.1.1)</small>
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix detection and rendering of plain 'index' files ([3a3edd6](https://github.com/nomike/scms/commit/3a3edd6122d3a0ba5e92a270fb3f887b1fd180ce) by nomike).
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://github.com/nomike/scms/releases/tag/1.1.0) - 2025-05-11
 
 <small>[Compare with 1.0.0](https://github.com/nomike/scms/compare/1.0.0...1.1.0)</small>
diff --git a/templatehelper.py b/templatehelper.py
index 49860b3..5a94e51 100644
--- a/templatehelper.py
+++ b/templatehelper.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def listdir(path):
     If a file named "index" is present, it is supposed to be rendered as the main content of the
     page and thus it will be ommited from the list as well.
     """
-    ignorelist = ['index', 'index.md', 'index.org', '*.scmsfasicon', '*.scmstarget']
+    ignorelist = ['index', 'index.html', 'index.md', 'index.org', '*.scmsfasicon', '*.scmstarget']
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(pathprefix, path, '.scmsignore')):
         with open(
                 os.path.join(pathprefix, path, '.scmsignore'),
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def listchildren(path):
     If a file named "index" is present, it is supposed to be rendered as the main content of the
     page and thus it will be ommited from the list as well.
     """
-    ignorelist = ['index', 'index.md', 'index.org', '*.scmsfasicon', '*.scmstarget']
+    ignorelist = ['index', 'index.html', 'index.md', 'index.org', '*.scmsfasicon', '*.scmstarget']
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(pathprefix, path, '.scmsignore')):
         with open(
                 os.path.join(pathprefix, path, '.scmsignore'),
diff --git a/templates/nomike.com/directory.html b/templates/nomike.com/directory.html
index fc513e5..c9c26a4 100644
--- a/templates/nomike.com/directory.html
+++ b/templates/nomike.com/directory.html
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     </div>
     {% endif -%} {% endblock -%} {% block content -%} {% if templatehelper.os.path.isfile(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix, path,'index.org')) -%} {{ templatehelper.orgpython.to_html(templatehelper.readfile(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix,path,'index.org')))
     | safe }} {% elif templatehelper.os.path.isfile(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix, path,'index.md')) -%} {{ templatehelper.markdown.markdown(templatehelper.readfile(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix,path,'index.md')),extensions=['fenced_code','toc','tables'])
-    | safe }} {% else -%}
+    | safe }} {% elif templatehelper.os.path.isfile(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix, path, 'index.html')) -%} {{ templatehelper.readfile(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix, path, 'index.html'))
+    | safe -}} {% elif templatehelper.os.path.isfile(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix, path, 'index')) -%} {{ templatehelper.readfile(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix, path, 'index'))
+    | safe -}} {% else -%}
     <h1>/{{ path }}</h1>
     {% endif -%} {% if templatehelper.os.path.isdir(templatehelper.os.path.join(pathprefix, path, 'image')) %} {% include templatehelper.os.path.join(templatehelper.config['template'], 'gallery.html') %} {% endif %} {% endblock %}