diff --git a/docs/advanced/index.md b/docs/advanced/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..482258900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/advanced/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+title: "Advanced"
+---
diff --git a/docs/features/explorer.md b/docs/features/explorer.md
index 6f941b871..b0eb12d87 100644
--- a/docs/features/explorer.md
+++ b/docs/features/explorer.md
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ All functions you can pass work with the `FileNode` class, which has the followi
 ```ts title="quartz/components/ExplorerNode.tsx" {2-5}
 export class FileNode {
   children: FileNode[]  // children of current node
-  name: string  // name of node (only useful for folders)
+  name: string  // last part of slug
+  displayName: string // what actually should be displayed in the explorer
   file: QuartzPluginData | null // set if node is a file, see `QuartzPluginData` for more detail
   depth: number // depth of current node
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ Every function you can pass is optional. By default, only a `sort` function will
 Component.Explorer({
   sortFn: (a, b) => {
     if ((!a.file && !b.file) || (a.file && b.file)) {
-      return a.name.localeCompare(b.name)
+      return a.displayName.localeCompare(b.displayName)
     }
     if (a.file && !b.file) {
       return 1
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ Using this example, the explorer will alphabetically sort everything, but put al
 Component.Explorer({
   sortFn: (a, b) => {
     if ((!a.file && !b.file) || (a.file && b.file)) {
-      return a.name.localeCompare(b.name)
+      return a.displayName.localeCompare(b.displayName)
     }
     if (a.file && !b.file) {
       return -1
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ Using this example, the display names of all `FileNodes` (folders + files) will
 ```ts title="quartz.layout.ts"
 Component.Explorer({
   mapFn: (node) => {
-    node.name = node.name.toUpperCase()
+    node.displayName = node.displayName.toUpperCase()
   },
 })
 ```
@@ -172,9 +173,9 @@ Component.Explorer({
     if (node.depth > 0) {
       // set emoji for file/folder
       if (node.file) {
-        node.name = "📄 " + node.name
+        node.displayName = "📄 " + node.displayName
       } else {
-        node.name = "📁 " + node.name
+        node.displayName = "📁 " + node.displayName
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/quartz/components/Explorer.tsx b/quartz/components/Explorer.tsx
index bc4855eda..73c620f3b 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Explorer.tsx
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   folderClickBehavior: "collapse",
   folderDefaultState: "collapsed",
   useSavedState: true,
-  // Sort order: folders first, then files. Sort folders and files alphabetically
   sortFn: (a, b) => {
+    // Sort order: folders first, then files. Sort folders and files alphabetically
     if ((!a.file && !b.file) || (a.file && b.file)) {
-      return a.name.localeCompare(b.name)
+      return a.displayName.localeCompare(b.displayName)
     }
     if (a.file && !b.file) {
       return 1
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
       return -1
     }
   },
+  filterFn: (node) => node.name !== "tags",
   order: ["filter", "map", "sort"],
 } satisfies Options
 
diff --git a/quartz/components/ExplorerNode.tsx b/quartz/components/ExplorerNode.tsx
index c55a7a0a2..9bdd0dfcc 100644
--- a/quartz/components/ExplorerNode.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/ExplorerNode.tsx
@@ -29,19 +29,25 @@ export type FolderState = {
 export class FileNode {
   children: FileNode[]
   name: string
+  displayName: string
   file: QuartzPluginData | null
   depth: number
 
   constructor(name: string, file?: QuartzPluginData, depth?: number) {
     this.children = []
     this.name = name
+    this.displayName = name
     this.file = file ? structuredClone(file) : null
     this.depth = depth ?? 0
   }
 
   private insert(file: DataWrapper) {
     if (file.path.length === 1) {
-      this.children.push(new FileNode(file.file.frontmatter!.title, file.file, this.depth + 1))
+      if (file.path[0] !== "index.md") {
+        this.children.push(new FileNode(file.file.frontmatter!.title, file.file, this.depth + 1))
+      } else {
+        this.displayName = file.file.frontmatter!.title
+      }
     } else {
       const next = file.path[0]
       file.path = file.path.splice(1)
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ export function ExplorerNode({ node, opts, fullPath, fileData }: ExplorerNodePro
         // Single file node
         <li key={node.file.slug}>
           <a href={resolveRelative(fileData.slug!, node.file.slug!)} data-for={node.file.slug}>
-            {node.name}
+            {node.displayName}
           </a>
         </li>
       ) : (
@@ -177,11 +183,11 @@ export function ExplorerNode({ node, opts, fullPath, fileData }: ExplorerNodePro
               <div key={node.name} data-folderpath={folderPath}>
                 {folderBehavior === "link" ? (
                   <a href={`${folderPath}`} data-for={node.name} class="folder-title">
-                    {node.name}
+                    {node.displayName}
                   </a>
                 ) : (
                   <button class="folder-button">
-                    <p class="folder-title">{node.name}</p>
+                    <p class="folder-title">{node.displayName}</p>
                   </button>
                 )}
               </div>
diff --git a/quartz/styles/base.scss b/quartz/styles/base.scss
index c6925fbe5..9d553622d 100644
--- a/quartz/styles/base.scss
+++ b/quartz/styles/base.scss
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ video {
 
 ul.overflow,
 ol.overflow {
-  max-height: 300;
+  max-height: 400;
   overflow-y: auto;
 
   // clearfix