diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/README.md
similarity index 69%
rename from docs/index.md
rename to docs/README.md
index 6e6c79f..a2e6a21 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 This is the generated documentation page for the template Python package for the
 [SECORO AG](https://www.uni-bremen.de/secoro) at Univerity of Bremen.
 
-Also check out the generated [API documentation](references/).
+Also check out the generated [API documentation](reference/python_pkg_tmpl/).
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index ab00744..5e8c1db 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ site_author: 'SECORO AG'
 repo_url: https://github.com/secorolab/python-pkg-template
 
 nav:
-  - Home: index.md
+  - Home: README.md
   # defer to gen-files + literate-nav
   - API reference: reference/
 theme: