diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 398b330..cc59d4f 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ app.set('view engine', 'spy');
 app.get('/', requireLoggedIn, (req, res) => {
     let data = {
         title: 'Home',
-        disabled: '', 
+        disabled: '',
         message: getSavedFile(req.session.user.username)
     }
     let today = getNow().toISOString().slice(0,10)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ app.get('/login', (req, res) => {
     if (req.session.user) {
         res.redirect('/')
     } else {
-        res.render('login.spy', {title: 'Log In'}) 
+        res.render('login.spy', {title: 'Log In'})
     }
 })
 
@@ -77,15 +77,19 @@ app.get('/edit', requireLoggedIn, (req, res) => {
 })
 
 app.get('/settings', requireLoggedIn, (req, res) => {
-    res.render('settings.spy', {title: 'Settings'}) 
+    res.render('settings.spy', {title: 'Settings'})
 })
 
 app.get('/try-again', requireLoggedIn, (req, res, next) => {
-    res.render('try-again.spy', {title: 'Log In'}) 
+    res.render('try-again.spy', {title: 'Log In'})
 })
 
 app.get('/help', requireLoggedIn, (req, res, next) => {
-    res.render('help.spy', {title: 'Help'}) 
+    res.render('help.spy', {title: 'Help'})
+})
+
+app.get('/published', requireLoggedIn, (req, res, next) => {
+    res.render('published.spy', {title: 'You published a note!'})
 })
 
 // POST
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ app.post('/logout', function(req, res, next){
 
 app.post('/publish', requireLoggedIn, (req, res) => {
     publishNewPost(req, () => {
-        res.redirect('/')
+        res.redirect('/published')
     })
 })
 
diff --git a/utilities.js b/utilities.js
index 4f2c836..e66bd57 100644
--- a/utilities.js
+++ b/utilities.js
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ const verifyUser = function (req, res, next) {
     if (!user) {
         return next()
     }
-    
+
     pbkdf2(password, user.salt, 310000, 32, 'sha512', function(err, hashedPassword) {
-        if (err) { 
+        if (err) {
             return next()
         }
         if (user.password !== hashedPassword.toString('hex')) {
@@ -168,16 +168,17 @@ const publishNewPost = function(req, cb) {
                     })
                 }
             } else {
+                let newlines = []
                 let links = data.split('## Latest notes')
                 let lines = links[1].split('\n')
-                for (let i = 6; i < 2; i--) {
-                    if (lines[i] && lines[i].startsWith('=>')) {
-                        lines[i] = lines[i-1]
+                for (let line of lines) {
+                    if (line.startsWith('=>') && newlines.length < 4) {
+                        newlines.push(line)
                     }
                 }
                 lines[0] = '## Latest notes'
-                lines[2] = `=> /${year}/${dateString}.gmi ${dateString} (${title})`
-                updated = links[0] + lines.join('\n')
+                newlines.unshift(`## Latest notes\n\n=> /${year}/${dateString}.gmi ${dateString} (${title})`)
+                updated = newlines.join('\n')
                 writeFile(indexFile, updated, (err) => {
                     if (err) {
                         // if the directory doesn't exist, create it and try again
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ const publishNewPost = function(req, cb) {
 }
 
 let getLatestPost = function(directory, callback) {
-    // we check the index file because 
+    // we check the index file because
     // a new post could have come from
     // somewhere other than the app
     // e.g. from a CLI on a laptop etc
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ let getSavedFile = function(user) {
 
 // TODO:
 let savePictures = async function(text) {
-    // we will need to save pictures to the server 
+    // we will need to save pictures to the server
     // separately when publishing
 }