diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26dd29e..5d8877d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Installing
  7. Navigate your browser to **imgboard.php** and the following will take place:
     - The database structure will be created.
     - Directories will be verified to be writable.
-    - The file **index.html** will be created containing the new image board.
+    - The board index will be written to ``TINYIB_INDEX``.
 
 Moderating
 ------------
diff --git a/imgboard.php b/imgboard.php
index 4ef021e..e197ebf 100644
--- a/imgboard.php
+++ b/imgboard.php
@@ -540,10 +540,10 @@ if (isset($_POST['message']) || isset($_POST['file'])) {
 	}
 
 	echo managePage($text, $onload);
-} elseif (!file_exists('index.html') || countThreads() == 0) {
+} elseif (!file_exists(TINYIB_INDEX) || countThreads() == 0) {
 	rebuildIndexes();
 }
 
 if ($redirect) {
-	echo '--&gt; --&gt; --&gt;<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="' . (isset($slow_redirect) ? '3' : '0') . ';url=' . (is_string($redirect) ? $redirect : 'index.html') . '">';
+	echo '--&gt; --&gt; --&gt;<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="' . (isset($slow_redirect) ? '3' : '0') . ';url=' . (is_string($redirect) ? $redirect : TINYIB_INDEX) . '">';
 }
diff --git a/inc/defines.php b/inc/defines.php
index 9774e90..4b7f24b 100644
--- a/inc/defines.php
+++ b/inc/defines.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ define('TINYIB_RESPAGE', true);
 
 // The following are provided for backward compatibility and should not be relied upon
 // Copy new settings from settings.default.php to settings.php
+if (!defined('TINYIB_INDEX')) {
+	define('TINYIB_INDEX', 'index.html');
+}
 if (!defined('TINYIB_MAXREPLIES')) {
 	define('TINYIB_MAXREPLIES', 0);
 }
diff --git a/inc/html.php b/inc/html.php
index 11adb6b..452b8e9 100644
--- a/inc/html.php
+++ b/inc/html.php
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ function rebuildIndexes() {
 		$htmlposts .= buildPost($thread, TINYIB_INDEXPAGE) . implode('', array_reverse($htmlreplies)) . "\n<hr>";
 
 		if (++$i >= TINYIB_THREADSPERPAGE) {
-			$file = ($page == 0) ? 'index.html' : $page . '.html';
+			$file = ($page == 0) ? TINYIB_INDEX : ($page . '.html');
 			writePage($file, buildPage($htmlposts, 0, $pages, $page));
 
 			$page++;
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ function rebuildIndexes() {
 	}
 
 	if ($page == 0 || $htmlposts != '') {
-		$file = ($page == 0) ? 'index.html' : $page . '.html';
+		$file = ($page == 0) ? TINYIB_INDEX : ($page . '.html');
 		writePage($file, buildPage($htmlposts, 0, $pages, $page));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/settings.default.php b/settings.default.php
index ddb9211..3a7836e 100644
--- a/settings.default.php
+++ b/settings.default.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ define('TINYIB_CAPTCHA', '');         // Reduce spam by requiring users to pass
 define('TINYIB_REQMOD', '');          // Require moderation before displaying posts: files / all  (see README for instructions, only MySQL is supported)  ['' to disable]
 
 // Board appearance
+define('TINYIB_INDEX', 'index.html'); // Index file
 define('TINYIB_LOGO', '');            // Logo HTML
 define('TINYIB_THREADSPERPAGE', 10);  // Amount of threads shown per index page
 define('TINYIB_PREVIEWREPLIES', 3);   // Amount of replies previewed on index pages