diff --git a/templates/starter/pages/root.go b/templates/starter/pages/root.go
index 323f4363..c2283498 100644
--- a/templates/starter/pages/root.go
+++ b/templates/starter/pages/root.go
@@ -5,23 +5,31 @@ import (
 )
 
 func RootPage(children ...h.Ren) *h.Page {
+	title := "htmgo template"
+	description := "an example of the htmgo template"
+	author := "htmgo"
+	url := "https://htmgo.dev"
+
 	return h.NewPage(
 		h.Html(
 			h.HxExtensions(
 				h.BaseExtensions(),
 			),
 			h.Head(
+				h.Title(
+					h.Text(title),
+				),
 				h.Meta("viewport", "width=device-width, initial-scale=1"),
 				h.Link("/public/favicon.ico", "icon"),
 				h.Link("/public/apple-touch-icon.png", "apple-touch-icon"),
-				h.Meta("title", "htmgo template"),
+				h.Meta("title", title),
 				h.Meta("charset", "utf-8"),
-				h.Meta("author", "htmgo"),
-				h.Meta("description", "this is a template"),
-				h.Meta("og:title", "htmgo template"),
-				h.Meta("og:url", "https://htmgo.dev"),
-				h.Link("canonical", "https://htmgo.dev"),
-				h.Meta("og:description", "this is a template"),
+				h.Meta("author", author),
+				h.Meta("description", description),
+				h.Meta("og:title", title),
+				h.Meta("og:url", url),
+				h.Link("canonical", url),
+				h.Meta("og:description", description),
 				h.Link("/public/main.css", "stylesheet"),
 				h.Script("/public/htmgo.js"),
 			),