diff --git a/franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html b/franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html
index 268679e..dba8f76 100644
--- a/franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html
+++ b/franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 
     <h2>Some randomly selected legislation</h2>
 
-    {% if legislative_texts %}
+    {% if legislation %}
+        {% autoescape off %}
         <ul>
-        {% for text in legislative_texts %}
-        <li><a href="{% url 'viewleg' text.id %}">{{ text.legislation_title }}</a></li>
+        {% for text in legislation %}
+        {{ text }}
         {% endfor %}
         </ul>
+        {% endautoescape %}
     {% else %}
         <p>No texts available. If you're the admin, you need to add some texts with the admin interface.</p>
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/franklincce/explorer/views.py b/franklincce/explorer/views.py
index 28c9077..150be9f 100644
--- a/franklincce/explorer/views.py
+++ b/franklincce/explorer/views.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ from .models import (
 
 from random import sample
 
+def legislation_to_html(legislation):
+    return render_to_string("explorer/comp_legislation.html", {
+        "legislation": legislation,
+    })
+
 def index(request):
     legislative_texts = list(LegislativeText.objects.all())
     try:
@@ -23,8 +28,13 @@ def index(request):
     except ValueError:
         # there's not enough texts, so just return nothing
         legislative_texts = []
+    
+    legislative_texts = [
+        legislation_to_html(text) for text in legislative_texts
+    ]
+
     context = {
-        "legislative_texts": legislative_texts,
+        "legislation": legislative_texts,
     }
     return render(request, "explorer/index.html", context)
 
@@ -35,11 +45,6 @@ def all(request):
     }
     return render(request, "explorer/all.html", context)
 
-def legislation_to_html(legislation):
-    return render_to_string("explorer/comp_legislation.html", {
-        "legislation": legislation,
-    })
-
 def view_legislation(request, legislation_id):
     legislation = get_object_or_404(LegislativeText, pk=legislation_id)
     context = {