diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dbd84c1..584407d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ generated_files += $(foreach post,$(markdown_posts),$(patsubst $(posts_dir)/%.md
 
 compile: $(generated_files)
 
-$(generated_files): $(markdown_pages) $(markdown_posts)
+$(generated_files): header.html footer.html $(markdown_pages) $(markdown_posts)
 	ssb -p $(posts_dir) -o $(output_dir) $(markdown_pages)
 
 .PHONY: clean
diff --git a/ssb b/ssb
index 9c50cd1..e5186b9 100755
--- a/ssb
+++ b/ssb
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ echo_header_template()
 	<a href="mailto:">email</a>
 </nav>
 </header>
+<main>
 '
 }
 
@@ -130,7 +131,9 @@ echo_header_template()
 echo_footer_template()
 {
 	echo \
-'<footer>
+'
+</main>
+<footer>
 	Created with <a href="https://github.com/maciejzj/ssb">ssb</a> – a simple
 	static blogger.
 </footer>
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ echo_css_template()
 'body { max-width: 40em; margin: auto; padding: 1.5em }
 header { font-size: 1.2em; }
 footer { text-align: right; }
+main { }
 nav { }
 h1 { }
 h2 { }