diff --git a/golink.go b/golink.go
index c4b005c..44fe1d4 100644
--- a/golink.go
+++ b/golink.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"embed"
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ var stats struct {
 //go:embed link-snapshot.json
 var lastSnapshot []byte
 
+//go:embed *.html
+var embeddedFS embed.FS
+
 var localClient *tailscale.LocalClient
 
 // DiskLink is the JSON structure stored on disk in a file for each go short link.
@@ -126,24 +130,7 @@ type homeData struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	homeCreate = template.Must(template.New("home").Parse(`<html>
-<body>
-<h1>go/</h1>
-shortlink service.
-
-<h2>create</h2>
-<form method="POST" action="/">
-http://go/<input name=short size=20 value="{{.Short}}"> ==&gt; <input name=long size=40> <input type=submit value="create">
-</form>
-
-<h2>recent popular links</h2>
-<table>
-<tr><th>short link</th><th>num clicks</th></tr>
-{{range .Clicks}}
-<tr><td><a href="http://go/{{.Short}}">http://go/{{.Short}}</a></td><td>{{.NumClicks}}</td></tr>
-{{end}}
-</table>
-`))
+	homeCreate = template.Must(template.ParseFS(embeddedFS, "home.html"))
 }
 
 func linkPath(short string) string {
diff --git a/home.html b/home.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df1df0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+<h1>go/</h1>
+shortlink service.
+
+<h2>create</h2>
+<form method="POST" action="/">
+http://go/<input name=short size=20 value="{{.Short}}"> ==&gt; <input name=long size=40> <input type=submit value="create">
+</form>
+
+<h2>recent popular links</h2>
+<table>
+<tr><th>short link</th><th>num clicks</th></tr>
+{{range .Clicks}}
+<tr><td><a href="http://go/{{.Short}}">http://go/{{.Short}}</a></td><td>{{.NumClicks}}</td></tr>
+{{end}}
+</table>
