diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd43be2d1..7f9c77613 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Index navigation improvements:
+ - You can now refresh the index page you are on with the same keybind for refreshing threads.
 Added a keybind to open the catalog search field on index pages.
 
 ### 3.11.5 - *2013-10-03*
diff --git a/src/General/Build.coffee b/src/General/Build.coffee
index 783a774f5..b229c71a7 100644
--- a/src/General/Build.coffee
+++ b/src/General/Build.coffee
@@ -248,3 +248,27 @@ Build =
       quote.href = "/#{boardID}/res/#{href}" # Fix pathnames
 
     container
+
+  thread: (board, data) ->
+    root = $.el 'div',
+      className: 'thread'
+      id: "t#{data.no}"
+
+    for obj in [data].concat data.last_replies or []
+      $.add root, if post = g.posts["#{board}.#{obj.no}"]
+        post.nodes.root
+      else
+        Build.postFromObject obj, board.ID
+
+    # build if necessary
+    if data.omitted_posts
+      {omitted_posts, omitted_images} = data
+      html = []
+      html.push "#{omitted_posts} post#{if omitted_posts > 1 then 's' else ''}"
+      html.push "and #{omitted_images} image repl#{if omitted_images > 1 then 'ies' else 'y'}" if omitted_images
+      html.push "omitted. Click <a href=/#{board}/res/#{data.no} class=replylink>here</a> to view."
+      $.after root.firstChild, $.el 'span',
+        className: 'summary'
+        innerHTML: html.join ' '
+
+    root
diff --git a/src/General/Main.coffee b/src/General/Main.coffee
index 2829eb208..604393db8 100644
--- a/src/General/Main.coffee
+++ b/src/General/Main.coffee
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Main =
             unless errors
               errors = []
             errors.push
-              message: "Parsing of Post No.#{postRoot.id.match(/\d+/)} failed. Post will be skipped."
+              message: "Parsing of Post No.#{postRoot.id.match /\d+/} failed. Post will be skipped."
               error: err
       Main.handleErrors errors if errors
 
diff --git a/src/Miscellaneous/Index.coffee b/src/Miscellaneous/Index.coffee
index 06aa5b329..a277d76fd 100644
--- a/src/Miscellaneous/Index.coffee
+++ b/src/Miscellaneous/Index.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Index =
     return if g.VIEW isnt 'index'
 
   update: ->
-    # return unless navigator.onLine
+    return unless navigator.onLine
     Index.req?.abort()
     Index.notice?.close()
     Index.notice = new Notice 'info', 'Refreshing index...'
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ Index =
       return
 
     try
-      Index.parse JSON.parse req.response
-    catch e
+      Index.parse JSON.parse req.response if req.status is 200
+    catch err
+      c.error err.stack
       # network error or non-JSON content for example.
       notice.setType 'error'
       notice.el.lastElementChild.textContent = 'Index refresh failed.'
@@ -38,4 +39,33 @@ Index =
     Header.scrollTo $.id 'delform'
   parse: (pages) ->
     pageNum = +window.location.pathname.split('/')[2]
-    threads = pages[pageNum].threads
+    dataThr = pages[pageNum].threads
+
+    nodes   = []
+    threads = []
+    posts   = []
+    for data in dataThr
+      threadRoot = Build.thread g.BOARD, data
+      nodes.push threadRoot, $.el 'hr'
+      unless thread = g.threads["#{g.BOARD}.#{data.no}"]
+        thread = new Thread data.no, g.BOARD
+      threads.push thread
+      for postRoot in $$ '.thread > .postContainer', threadRoot
+        continue if thread.posts[postRoot.id.match /\d+/]
+        try
+          posts.push new Post postRoot, thread, g.BOARD
+        catch err
+          # Skip posts that we failed to parse.
+          unless errors
+            errors = []
+          errors.push
+            message: "Parsing of Post No.#{postRoot.id.match /\d+/} failed. Post will be skipped."
+            error: err
+    Main.handleErrors errors if errors
+
+    Main.callbackNodes Thread, threads
+    Main.callbackNodes Post, posts
+
+    board = $ '.board'
+    $.rmAll board
+    $.add board, nodes