diff --git a/cutup/cutup.go b/cutup/cutup.go
index 24aa8f2..21937e1 100644
--- a/cutup/cutup.go
+++ b/cutup/cutup.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func worker(opts CutupOpts, paths <-chan string, sources chan<- string) {
 				}
 			}
 			for i, r := range text {
-				if v := shouldBreak(phraseBuff, r); v > 0 {
+				if v := shouldBreak(phraseBuff, r); v >= 0 {
 					if len(phraseBuff) > 0 {
 						phraseBuff = phraseBuff[0 : len(phraseBuff)-v]
 					}
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ const maxSuffixLen = 8 // magic number based on longest suffix
 
 func shouldBreak(phraseBuff []byte, r rune) int {
 	if ok := phraseMarkers[r]; ok {
-		return 1
+		return 0
 	}
 
 	if r != ' ' {
diff --git a/cutup/cutup_test.go b/cutup/cutup_test.go
index ce2700c..231fc7a 100644
--- a/cutup/cutup_test.go
+++ b/cutup/cutup_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ func Test_shouldBreak(t *testing.T) {
 			args:     args{[]byte("whether good or"), ' '},
 			expected: 2,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "phrase marker",
+			args:     args{[]byte("whither good"), ';'},
+			expected: 1,
+		},
 		// TODO test phrasemarkers
 	}
 
diff --git a/templates/index.tmpl b/templates/index.tmpl
index a7d5cd3..3ee7569 100644
--- a/templates/index.tmpl
+++ b/templates/index.tmpl
@@ -121,18 +121,18 @@ a {
         <a is="about-toggler"></a>
         <a is="theme-toggler"></a>
     </p>
-    <p id="about">
-    <div>
+    <div id="about">
+    <p>
       HELLO. THIS IS A <a href="https://github.com/vilmibm/trunkless">SOFT WARE</a> FOR MAKING <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-up_technique">CUT-UP POETRY</a>. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CORPORA TO CHOOSE FROM:
-    </div>
+    </p>
     <ul>
       <li><code>gutenberg</code>, THE ENTIRE ENGLISH CONTENT OF <a href="https://gutenberg.org">PROJECT GUTENBERG</a>. IT IS UNABRIDGED: BE WARNED.</li>
     </ul>
 
-    <div>
+    <p>
       THE AUTHOR OF THIS SOFT WARE IS <a href="https://tilde.town/~vilmibm">~VILMIBM</a>.
-    </div>
     </p>
+    </div>
     <div class="controls">
       <button is="poem-resetter"></button>
       <form is="corpus-picker" style="display:inline">