diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db1bdde..9497be4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Fix shortcodes without arguments being ignored
 - Fix shortcodes with markdown chars (_, *, etc) in name and args being ignored
 - Fix subsections of index not being filled without a `_index.md`
+- Fix generated index section not found in `get_section` global function
 - Fix permalink generation for index page
 
 
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index 9f436e0..a088d7a 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ impl Site {
             let mut index_section = Section::default();
             index_section.permalink = self.config.make_permalink("");
             index_section.file.parent = self.base_path.join("content");
+            index_section.file.relative = "_index.md".to_string();
             self.sections.insert(index_path, index_section);
         }