# Liquid not working \[newbie\]

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-not-working-newbie/3116>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 24, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-not-working-newbie/3116 "2019-07-24T14:26:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![disc\_writes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@disc\_writes](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/disc_writes)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-not-working-newbie/3116/1 "2019-07-24T14:26:16Z")

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Hello all,  
I am going through the [tutorial](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/step-by-step/01-setup/). I get stuck at step 2. Li quid.  
Liquid notation without frontmatter is, predictably, displayed as-is. If I add frontmatter, my index.html file is ignored and the default “Welcome to Jekyll!” screen is displayed.  
This is my index.html file:

> ```
> ---
> # front matter tells Jekyll to process Liquid
> ---
> <!doctype html>
> <html>
> <head>
> <meta charset="utf-8">
> <title>Home</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <h1>{{ "Hello World!" | downcase }}</h1>
> </body>
> </html>
> 
> ```

My mistake must be something terribly simple, but I have no idea what it is.

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-not-working-newbie/3116/2 "2019-07-24T15:49:26Z")

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do you have both an index.md and an index.html? you can only have one or the other.

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**Author:** ![disc\_writes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@disc\_writes](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/disc_writes)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-not-working-newbie/3116/3 "2019-07-24T17:34:08Z")

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I have both, yes. I renamed index.md to \_index.md, now Jekyll picks up my index.html file, and Liquid is processed correctly.  
Thank you!