diff --git a/page.go b/page.go
index 34ba4bf..d574996 100644
--- a/page.go
+++ b/page.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"log"
 	pathpkg "path"
 	"strings"
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ func NewPage(path string, content []byte) *Page {
 		if err := yaml.Unmarshal(frontmatter, &page); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("failed to parse frontmatter for %q: %v", path, err)
 		}
+
+		// Trim leading newlines from content
+		content = bytes.TrimLeft(content, "\r\n")
 	}
 
 	// Remove extension from path