diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5f93984..53c8aaa 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -22,19 +22,14 @@ subtitle: This is where I will tell my friends way too much about me
     </p>
 
     <div class="post-entry">
-      {% if post.content contains site.excerpt_separator %}
-        {{ post.excerpt | strip_html | xml_escape }}
-        <a href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}" class="post-read-more">[Read&nbsp;More]</a>
+      {% assign cleaned_content = post.content | strip_html | xml_escape %}
+      {% assign truncated_content = cleaned_content | truncatewords: 50 %}
+      {% if truncated_content == cleaned_content %}
+        {{ cleaned_content }}
       {% else %}
-        {% assign cleaned_content = post.content | strip_html | xml_escape %}
-        {% assign truncated_content = cleaned_content | truncatewords: 50 %}
-        {% if truncated_content == cleaned_content %}
-          {{ cleaned_content }}
-        {% else %}
-          {{ truncated_content }}
-          <a href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}" class="post-read-more">[Read&nbsp;More]</a>
-        {% endif%}
-      {% endif %}
+        {{ truncated_content }}
+        <a href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}" class="post-read-more">[Read&nbsp;More]</a>
+      {% endif%}
     </div>
 
     {% if post.tags.size > 0 %}