diff --git a/spine.el b/spine.el
index 2a84e4d..cc194d5 100644
--- a/spine.el
+++ b/spine.el
@@ -227,10 +227,12 @@ Set by test harnesses that only need the model functions.")
 
 ;; --- handlers ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-(defservlet hello text/html ()
-  (insert (spine-render "hello.mustache"
-            (ht ("title"   "Spine")
-                ("message" "Hello from Emacs.")))))
+(defservlet index text/html ()
+  (let ((books (spine-books)))
+    (if books
+        (insert (spine-render-index books
+                  (ht-get (ht-from-query-string (httpd-query-string)) "id")))
+      (insert (spine-render-empty-state)))))
 
 ;; --- start ------------------------------------------------------------
 (unless spine-skip-server-start