diff --git a/gempost b/gempost
index 05f956e..c471775 100755
--- a/gempost
+++ b/gempost
@@ -332,6 +332,12 @@ elif (arg == "purge"): # permanently delete trashed posts
 elif (arg == "init"): # initialize public_gemini/ for use with gempost
     if (len(listdir(f"{wdir}")) <= 2): 
         exec(f"touch {wdir}postIndex && mkdir {wdir}postdir/ {wdir}trash/ && chmod 745 {wdir}* && chmod 700 {wdir}trash/")
+        ch = input("Also create index.gmi ? (y/[n]) ")
+        if (ch == 'y' or ch == 'Y'):
+            index_init = [f"# {getlogin()}'s page\n", "\nThis is your homepage. You can customize it however you want by editing this file.\n", "\nJust remember keeping around the link below to point your visitors to your posts!\n", "\n=> ./posts.gmi Posts"]
+            exec(f"touch {wdir}index.gmi")
+            with open(f"{wdir}index.gmi", 'w') as i:
+                i.writelines(index_init)
         prGreen('Done. Use "gempost help" to view available arguments.')
     else:
         prRed('Only your "index.gmi" (and optionally "postPageHeader.gmi") should be there in public_gemini/')
@@ -341,6 +347,12 @@ elif (arg == "reset"): # delete all posts and re-initialize public_gemini/ for u
     if (input('Type "yes, I understand" to continue: ') == "yes, I understand"):
         exec(f"rm -rf {wdir}postdir/ {wdir}trash/ && rm -f {wdir}posts.gmi {indexFile}")
         exec(f"touch {wdir}postIndex && mkdir {wdir}postdir/ {wdir}trash/ && chmod 745 {wdir}* && chmod 700 {wdir}trash/")
+        ch = input("Also create index.gmi ? (y/[n]) ")
+        if (ch == 'y' or ch == 'Y'):
+            index_init = [f"# {getlogin()}'s page\n", "\nThis is your homepage. You can customize it however you want by editing this file.\n", "\nJust remember keeping around the link below to point your visitors to your posts!\n", "\n=> ./posts.gmi Posts"]
+            exec(f"touch {wdir}index.gmi")
+            with open(f"{wdir}index.gmi", 'w') as i:
+                i.writelines(index_init)
         prYellow("public_gemini/ has been re-initialized successfully.")
     else:
         print("Cancelled.")