diff --git a/templates/themes/basic/index.html b/templates/themes/basic/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0dc0304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/themes/basic/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{% filter remove_whitespace %}
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<head>
+	<title>{{ settings.title }}</title>
+	<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="{{ config.url_stylesheet }}"/>
+</head>
+<body>
+	{{ boardlist.top }}
+	<h1>{{ settings.title }}</h1>
+	<div class="title">{{ settings.subtitle }}</div>
+	
+	<div class="ban">
+		{% if news|count == 0 %}
+			<p style="text-align:center" class="unimportant">(No news to show.)</p>
+		{% else %}
+			{% for entry in news %}
+				<h2 id="{{ entry.id }}">
+					{% if entry.subject %}
+						{{ entry.subject }}
+					{% else %}
+						<em>no subject</em>
+					{% endif %}
+					<span class="unimportant"> &mdash; by {{ entry.name }} at {{ entry.time|date(config.post_date) }}</span>
+				</h2>
+				<p>{{ entry.body }}</p>
+			{% endfor %}
+		{% endif %}
+	</div>
+	
+	<hr/>
+	<p class="unimportant" style="margin-top:20px;text-align:center;">Powered by <a href="http://tinyboard.org/">Tinyboard</a> {{ config.version }} | <a href="http://tinyboard.org/">Tinyboard</a> Copyright &copy; 2010-2012 Tinyboard Development Group</p>
+</body>
+</html>
+{% endfilter %}
diff --git a/templates/themes/basic/info.php b/templates/themes/basic/info.php
index bd856655..0c5f0323 100644
--- a/templates/themes/basic/info.php
+++ b/templates/themes/basic/info.php
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 	// Theme name
 	$theme['name'] = 'Basic';
 	// Description (you can use Tinyboard markup here)
-	$theme['description'] = 'Extremely basic news listing for the homepage. It\'s suggested that you enable boardlinks for this theme.';
-	$theme['version'] = 'v0.9';
+	$theme['description'] = 'Extremely basic news listing for the homepage. Enabling boardlinks is recommended for this theme.';
+	$theme['version'] = 'v0.9.1';
 	
 	// Theme configuration	
 	$theme['config'] = Array();
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
 	
 	// Unique function name for building everything
 	$theme['build_function'] = 'basic_build';
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/templates/themes/basic/theme.php b/templates/themes/basic/theme.php
index 2513754a..8dba89cc 100644
--- a/templates/themes/basic/theme.php
+++ b/templates/themes/basic/theme.php
@@ -23,45 +23,15 @@
 		public static function homepage($settings) {
 			global $config;
 			
-			// HTML5
-			$body = '<!DOCTYPE html><html>'
-			. '<head>'
-				. '<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="' . $config['url_stylesheet'] . '"/>'
-				. '<title>' . $settings['title'] . '</title>'
-			. '</head><body>';
-			
-			$boardlist = createBoardlist();
-			$body .= '<div class="boardlist">' . $boardlist['top'] . '</div>';
-			
-			$body .= '<h1>' . $settings['title'] . '</h1>'
-				. '<div class="title">' . ($settings['subtitle'] ? utf8tohtml($settings['subtitle']) : '') . '</div>';
-			
-			$body .= '<div class="ban">';
-			
 			$query = query("SELECT * FROM `news` ORDER BY `time` DESC") or error(db_error());
-			if($query->rowCount() == 0) {
-				$body .= '<p style="text-align:center" class="unimportant">(No news to show.)</p>';
-			} else {
-				// List news
-				while($news = $query->fetch()) {
-					$body .= '<h2 id="' . $news['id'] . '">' .
-						($news['subject'] ?
-							$news['subject']
-						:
-							'<em>no subject</em>'
-						) .
-					'<span class="unimportant"> &mdash; by ' .
-						$news['name'] .
-					' at ' .
-						strftime($config['post_date'], $news['time']) .
-					'</span></h2><p>' . $news['body'] . '</p>';
-				}
-			}
-			
-			$body .= '</div>';
-			
-			// Finish page
-			$body .= '<hr/><p class="unimportant" style="margin-top:20px;text-align:center;">Powered by <a href="http://tinyboard.org/">Tinyboard</a></body></html>';
+			$news = $query->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+			
+			return Element('themes/basic/index.html', Array(
+					'settings' => $settings,
+					'config' => $config,
+					'boardlist' => createBoardlist(),
+					'news' => $news
+				));
 			
 			return $body;
 		}
