diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
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--- a/docs/index.md
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@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # scikit-gmsh documentation
 
-```{include} ../README.md
-
-```
+:::{include} ../README.md
+:parser: myst_parser.sphinx
 
 ## Contributors