diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 6f0ae6a..5afb005 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@ impl Default for CacheConfig {
 }
 
 pub async fn load() -> Result<Config> {
-    let config_file = env::var(format!("{}_CONFIG", env!("CARGO_BIN_NAME")))
-        .unwrap_or(String::from("config.toml"));
+    let config_file = env::var(format!(
+        "{}_CONFIG",
+        env!("CARGO_BIN_NAME").to_uppercase().replace("-", "_")
+    ))
+    .unwrap_or(String::from("config.toml"));
     match tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
         .read(true)
         .open(&config_file)
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 4292de8..591c008 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 			<h2>posts</h2>
 			<!-- prettier-ignore -->
 			<div>
+				{% if posts.is_empty() %}
+				there are no posts right now. check back later!
+				{% endif %}<!-- prettier-br -->
 				{% for post in posts %}
 				<div class="post">
 					<a href="/posts/{{ post.name }}"><b>{{ post.title }}</b></a>