diff --git a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/RELEASE.md b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be6fe305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Release type: minor
+
+Adding missing <ul> element to the index.html template in the notmyidea theme
diff --git a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/index.html b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/index.html
index 20ca7eee..14e9c14d 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/index.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/index.html
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@
     {% endfor %}
 {% else %}
 <section id="content" class="body">
-<h2>Pages</h2>
+    {% if pages %}
+    <h2>Pages</h2>
+    <ul>
     {% for page in pages %}
         <li><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ page.url }}">{{ page.title }}</a></li>
     {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+    {% else %}
+    <p>This site currently has no content.</p>
+    {% endif %}
 </section>
 {% endif %}
 {% endblock content %}