diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6adab6..6e3e530 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-site/vendor
-site/_site
-site/.jekyll-cache
+vendor
+_site
+.sass-cache
+.jekyll-metadata
diff --git a/site/README.html b/site/README.html
index 293790f..1899990 100644
--- a/site/README.html
+++ b/site/README.html
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ layout: page
 permalink: /README
 ---
 {% capture readme_text %}{% include_relative .dots/README.md %}{% endcapture %}
-{% assign readme_text = readme_text | newline_to_br | split: '<br />' | shift | shift | join %}
+{% assign readme_text = (readme_text | newline_to_br | split: "<br />" | shift | shift | join: '' ) %}
 {{ readme_text | markdownify }}