diff --git a/publish.el b/publish.el
index 7823a46..fc520a0 100644
--- a/publish.el
+++ b/publish.el
@@ -65,12 +65,14 @@
 (setq org-html-doctype "html5")
 
 (setq org-publish-project-alist
-      '(("index"
+      `(("index"
          :base-directory "."
          :base-extension "org"
          :publishing-directory "public/"
          :recursive t
-         :exclude "^posts/"
+         :exclude ,(rx string-start
+                       (or "posts/"
+                           (and "README.org" string-end)))
          :publishing-function org-html-publish-to-html
          :html-head "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"/assets/css/main.css\" type=\"text/css\"/>")
         ("posts"