diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85d84073..8a848ca4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ for breaking changes with libsass: look for "beginning in Dart Sass"
 This will error if 2 values are set
 - Code blocks content are no longer included in the search index
 - Remove built-ins shortcodes
-
+  - Having a file called `index.md` in a folder with a `_index.md` is now an error
 
 ### Other
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 889010b6..6855c643 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ checksum = "2c676a478f63e9fa2dd5368a42f28bba0d6c560b775f38583c8bbaa7fcd67c9c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
-version = "1.12.3"
+version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aaa3a8d9a1ca92e282c96a32d6511b695d7d994d1d102ba85d279f9b2756947f"
+checksum = "c041d3eab048880cb0b86b256447da3f18859a163c3b8d8893f4e6368abe6393"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
@@ -637,9 +637,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cxx"
-version = "1.0.86"
+version = "1.0.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "51d1075c37807dcf850c379432f0df05ba52cc30f279c5cfc43cc221ce7f8579"
+checksum = "b61a7545f753a88bcbe0a70de1fcc0221e10bfc752f576754fa91e663db1622e"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cxxbridge-flags",
@@ -649,9 +649,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cxx-build"
-version = "1.0.86"
+version = "1.0.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5044281f61b27bc598f2f6647d480aed48d2bf52d6eb0b627d84c0361b17aa70"
+checksum = "f464457d494b5ed6905c63b0c4704842aba319084a0a3561cdc1359536b53200"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "codespan-reporting",
@@ -664,15 +664,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cxxbridge-flags"
-version = "1.0.86"
+version = "1.0.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61b50bc93ba22c27b0d31128d2d130a0a6b3d267ae27ef7e4fae2167dfe8781c"
+checksum = "43c7119ce3a3701ed81aca8410b9acf6fc399d2629d057b87e2efa4e63a3aaea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cxxbridge-macro"
-version = "1.0.86"
+version = "1.0.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39e61fda7e62115119469c7b3591fd913ecca96fb766cfd3f2e2502ab7bc87a5"
+checksum = "65e07508b90551e610910fa648a1878991d367064997a596135b86df30daf07e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2968,11 +2968,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.11.13"
+version = "0.11.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68cc60575865c7831548863cc02356512e3f1dc2f3f82cb837d7fc4cc8f3c97c"
+checksum = "21eed90ec8570952d53b772ecf8f206aa1ec9a3d76b2521c56c42973f2d91ee9"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.13.1",
+ "base64 0.21.0",
  "bytes 1.3.0",
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
@@ -3162,9 +3162,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2bc1bb97804af6631813c55739f771071e0f2ed33ee20b68c86ec505d906356c"
+checksum = "645926f31b250a2dca3c232496c2d898d91036e45ca0e97e0e2390c54e11be36"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "core-foundation",
@@ -3175,9 +3175,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework-sys"
-version = "2.6.1"
+version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0160a13a177a45bfb43ce71c01580998474f556ad854dcbca936dd2841a5c556"
+checksum = "31c9bb296072e961fcbd8853511dd39c2d8be2deb1e17c6860b1d30732b323b4"
 dependencies = [
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -3235,9 +3235,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_yaml"
-version = "0.9.16"
+version = "0.9.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "92b5b431e8907b50339b51223b97d102db8d987ced36f6e4d03621db9316c834"
+checksum = "8fb06d4b6cdaef0e0c51fa881acb721bed3c924cfaa71d9c94a3b771dfdf6567"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "itoa 1.0.5",
@@ -3699,9 +3699,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.5.10"
+version = "0.5.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1333c76748e868a4d9d1017b5ab53171dfd095f70c712fdb4653a406547f598f"
+checksum = "f4f7f0dd8d50a853a531c426359045b1998f04219d88799810762cd4ad314234"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -3838,9 +3838,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.3.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "099b7128301d285f79ddd55b9a83d5e6b9e97c92e0ea0daebee7263e932de992"
+checksum = "d54675592c1dbefd78cbd98db9bacd89886e1ca50692a0692baefffdeb92dd58"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
diff --git a/components/content/src/page.rs b/components/content/src/page.rs
index b23983dc..f54d42c5 100644
--- a/components/content/src/page.rs
+++ b/components/content/src/page.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,11 @@ impl Page {
             }
         } else {
             let mut path = if page.file.components.is_empty() {
-                page.slug.clone()
+                if page.file.name == "index" {
+                    String::new()
+                } else {
+                    page.slug.clone()
+                }
             } else {
                 format!("{}/{}", page.file.components.join("/"), page.slug)
             };
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index 03d301a2..e0005b61 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub mod sass;
 pub mod sitemap;
 pub mod tpls;
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::fs::{remove_dir_all, remove_file};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ impl Site {
             .collect();
         allowed_index_filenames.push("_index.md".to_string());
 
+        // We will insert colocated pages (those with a index.md filename)
+        // at the end to detect pages that are actually errors:
+        // when there is both a _index.md and index.md in the same folder
+        let mut pages = Vec::new();
+        let mut components = HashSet::new();
+
         loop {
             let entry: DirEntry = match dir_walker.next() {
                 None => break,
@@ -242,8 +248,9 @@ impl Site {
                 for index_file in index_files {
                     let section =
                         Section::from_file(index_file.path(), &self.config, &self.base_path)?;
+                    components.extend(section.file.components.clone());
 
-                    // if the section is drafted we can skip the enitre dir
+                    // if the section is drafted we can skip the entire dir
                     if section.meta.draft && !self.include_drafts {
                         dir_walker.skip_current_dir();
                         continue;
@@ -253,20 +260,38 @@ impl Site {
                 }
             } else {
                 let page = Page::from_file(path, &self.config, &self.base_path)?;
-
-                // should we skip drafts?
-                if page.meta.draft && !self.include_drafts {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                pages_insert_anchors.insert(
-                    page.file.path.clone(),
-                    self.find_parent_section_insert_anchor(&page.file.parent.clone(), &page.lang),
-                );
-                self.add_page(page, false)?;
+                pages.push(page);
             }
         }
         self.create_default_index_sections()?;
 
+        for page in pages {
+            // should we skip drafts?
+            if page.meta.draft && !self.include_drafts {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // We are only checking it on load and not in add_page since we have access to
+            // all the components there.
+            if page.file.filename == "index.md" {
+                let is_invalid = match page.components.last() {
+                    Some(last) => components.contains(last),
+                    // content/index.md is always invalid
+                    None => true,
+                };
+
+                if is_invalid {
+                    bail!("We can't have a page called `index.md` in the same folder as an index section in {:?}", page.file.parent);
+                }
+            }
+
+            pages_insert_anchors.insert(
+                page.file.path.clone(),
+                self.find_parent_section_insert_anchor(&page.file.parent.clone(), &page.lang),
+            );
+            self.add_page(page, false)?;
+        }
+
         {
             let library = self.library.read().unwrap();
             let collisions = library.find_path_collisions();
@@ -446,6 +471,9 @@ impl Site {
             }
         }
 
+        // We can't have a page called index.md when there is a _index.md in the same folder
+        if page.file.filename == "index.md" {}
+
         self.permalinks.insert(page.file.relative.clone(), page.permalink.clone());
         if render_md {
             let insert_anchor =
diff --git a/components/site/tests/invalid.rs b/components/site/tests/invalid.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5081b9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/site/tests/invalid.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+mod common;
+
+use site::Site;
+use std::env;
+
+#[test]
+fn errors_on_index_md_page_in_section() {
+    let mut path = env::current_dir().unwrap().parent().unwrap().parent().unwrap().to_path_buf();
+    path.push("test_sites_invalid");
+    path.push("indexmd");
+    let config_file = path.join("config.toml");
+    let mut site = Site::new(&path, &config_file).unwrap();
+    let res = site.load();
+    assert!(res.is_err());
+    let err = res.unwrap_err();
+    assert!(format!("{:?}", err)
+        .contains("We can't have a page called `index.md` in the same folder as an index section"));
+}
diff --git a/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/config.toml b/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33d4d7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+title = "My Integration Testing site"
+base_url = "https://replace-this-with-your-url.com"
+
diff --git a/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/content/_index.md b/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/content/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7ba421c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/content/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++++
++++
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/content/index.md b/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/content/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac36e062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_sites_invalid/indexmd/content/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++++
++++