diff --git a/repo2html b/repo2html
index 3c3251f..c2895c9 100755
--- a/repo2html
+++ b/repo2html
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ msgfmt="${msgfmt:-./msgfmt}"
 
 # make configuration available to all scripts
 export title desc copyright license msgfmt url_root path_tpl \
-  html_external_css html_footer commit_html_footer
+  html_external_css html_footer html_index_footer html_commit_footer
 
 # clear the cachefile (TODO: we could maintain cache files from previous runs if
 # we offer a flag that opts out of reprocessing previously processed commits)
diff --git a/tpl/commit b/tpl/commit
index 6ec442d..d87d116 100755
--- a/tpl/commit
+++ b/tpl/commit
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ cat <<EOF
         $( [ -n "$html_footer" ] \
           && printf '<div class="pre-copyright">%s</div>' "$html_footer"
         )
-        $( [ -n "$commit_html_footer" ] \
-          && printf '<div class="pre-copyright">%s</div>' "$commit_html_footer"
+        $( [ -n "$html_commit_footer" ] \
+          && printf '<div class="pre-copyright">%s</div>' "$html_commit_footer"
         )
 
         <div id="copyright">
diff --git a/tpl/index b/tpl/index
index 54ff71d..310ff6e 100755
--- a/tpl/index
+++ b/tpl/index
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ cat <<EOF
       $( [ -n "$html_footer" ] \
         && printf '<div class="pre-copyright">%s</div>' "$html_footer"
       )
+      $( [ -n "$html_index_footer" ] \
+        && printf '<div class="pre-copyright">%s</div>' "$html_index_footer"
+      )
       <div>Copyright &copy; $yearrange $copyright</div>
       <div>Last Updated: $( ./tsdate "$lastts" '%F %H:%M:%S' )</div>
       <div class="commit-id">$lasthash</div>