diff --git a/ring/index.php b/ring/index.php
index a116e8d..9317bab 100644
--- a/ring/index.php
+++ b/ring/index.php
@@ -54,12 +54,18 @@ else {
     <p>then create a .ring file in your ~ to be added in the webring:</p>
     <pre>$ touch ~/.ring</pre>
 
-    <h3>explore webring</h3>
+    <p>the first line of ~/.ring will be displayed here as a tagline</p>
+
+    <h3 id="explore">explore webring</h3>
     <p><a href="?action=random">jump to random page</a></p>
     <p>all members:</p>
     <ul>
-    <?php foreach ($users as $user): ?>
-        <li><a href="https://tilde.team/~<?=$user?>/">~<?=$user?></a></li>
+    <?php foreach ($users as $user):
+        if (filesize("/home/$user/.ring") > 0)
+            $tagline = htmlspecialchars(trim(fgets(fopen("/home/$user/.ring", "r"))));
+        else unset($tagline); ?>
+
+        <li><a href="https://tilde.team/~<?=$user?>/">~<?=$user?></a><?=(isset($tagline) ? " &mdash; " : "")?><?=$tagline ?? ""?></li>
     <?php endforeach; ?>
     </ul>