diff --git a/lisp/org-publish.el b/lisp/org-publish.el
index c46aedb..58df822 100644
--- a/lisp/org-publish.el
+++ b/lisp/org-publish.el
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ Default for INDEX-FILENAME is 'index.org'."
     (if index-buffer
 	(kill-buffer index-buffer))
     (with-temp-buffer
-      (insert (concat index-title "\n\n"))
+      (insert (concat "* " index-title "\n\n"))
       (while (setq file (pop files))
 	(let ((fn (file-name-nondirectory file))
 	      (link (file-relative-name file dir))