diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index c5754d9..30452ca 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+DirectoryIndex index.xhtml
+AddType application/xhtml+xml;charset=UTF-8 .xhtml
 AddType application/font-sfnt;outlines=CFF;layout=OTF .otf
 AddType application/vnd.font-fontforge-sfd .sfd
diff --git a/index.html b/index.xhtml
similarity index 97%
rename from index.html
rename to index.xhtml
index 5610290..2047555 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.xhtml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
           "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   <head>
-    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
+    <meta http-equiv="content-type"
+	  content="application/xhtml+xml;charset=UTF-8" />
     <title>Bedstead &ndash; MODE 7 for the 21st century</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="bedstead.css" type="text/css" />
   </head>
