diff --git a/.zs/index b/.zs/index
index 1444c2b..f53a48d 100755
--- a/.zs/index
+++ b/.zs/index
@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-#set -e
+set -e
 
 if [ ! $# = 1 ]; then
     printf >&2 "Usage: %s <path> [ext]\n" "$(basename "$0")"
     exit 0
 fi
 
-printf >&2 "hello world from %s" "$p"
+_path="$1"
+ext="${2:-md}"
 
-p="$1"
-t="${2:-md}"
-
-if [ ! -d "$p" ]; then
-    printf >&2 "error: path %s not found\n" "$p"
+if [ ! -d "$_path" ]; then
+    printf >&2 "error: path %s not found\n" "$_path"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-find "$p" -type f -name "*.$t" | sort -r | while read -r file; do
-    name="${file#"$p"}"
+find "$_path" -type f -name "*.$ext" | sort -r | while read -r file; do
+    name="${file#"$_path"}"
     name="${name#"/"}"
     name="${name%.*}"
     # skip indices
@@ -32,8 +30,8 @@ find "$p" -type f -name "*.$t" | sort -r | while read -r file; do
     postdate="$(zs vars "$file" postdate)"
     if [ -z "$postdate" ]; then
       inputdate=$(basename $file | cut -d- -f1-3)
-      postdate=$(date -j -f "%Y-%m-%d" "$inputdate" "+%h %Y")
+      postdate=$(date -j -f "%Y-%m-%d" "$inputdate" "+%h %Y" || true)
     fi
 
-    echo "- <span>$postdate</span> [$title](${p}/${name}.html)"
+    echo "- <span>$postdate</span> [$title](${name}.html)"
 done
diff --git a/making/index.md b/making/index.md
index 4a64b97..9b36c2d 100644
--- a/making/index.md
+++ b/making/index.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 <video controls width=640><source src=banana.mp4 type="video/mp4" /></video>
 
 physically programmable space, at [recurse center](recurse.com)
+
+{{ index making }}