diff --git a/exampleSite/content/_index.md b/exampleSite/content/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..617ff05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exampleSite/content/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
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+title = "reveal-hugo example presentation"
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+
+# reveal-hugo
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index a5d0355..6160bb4 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
     <!-- Any section element inside of this container is displayed as a slide -->
     <div class="slides">
       <!-- Find all pages inside of this section -->
-      {{ range .Pages }}
-        <!-- Split the processed content by <hr /> tag -->
-        {{ range (split .Content "<hr />") }}
-          <!-- Output the content as safe  -->
-          <section>{{ . | safeHTML }}</section>
+      {{ range union (slice .Page) }}
+      <!-- Don't process empty content files -->
+        {{ if ne (len .Content) 0 }}
+          <!-- Split the processed content by <hr /> tag -->
+          {{ range (split .Content "<hr />") }}
+            <!-- Output the content as safe  -->
+            <section>{{ . | safeHTML }}</section>
+          {{ end }}
         {{ end }}
       {{ end }}
     </div>
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index 6c37963..e2e2b76 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
     <!-- Any section element inside of this container is displayed as a slide -->
     <div class="slides">
       <!-- Find all pages with a type of reveal -->
-      {{ range (where .Data.Pages "Type" "reveal") }}
-        <!-- Split the processed content by <hr /> tag -->
-        {{ range (split .Content "<hr />") }}
-          <!-- Output the content as safe  -->
-          <section>{{ . | safeHTML }}</section>
+      {{ range union (slice .Page) (where .Data.Pages "Type" "reveal") }}
+        <!-- Don't process empty content files -->
+        {{ if ne (len .Content) 0 }}
+          <!-- Split the processed content by <hr /> tag -->
+          {{ range (split .Content "<hr />") }}
+            <!-- Output the content as safe  -->
+            <section>{{ . | safeHTML }}</section>
+          {{ end }}
         {{ end }}
       {{ end }}
     </div>