diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 647e36f..e68937e 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-Options -Indexes
+Options +MultiViews -Indexes
 ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
 
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /
 
-# redirect from base urls to their .html files
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
-RewriteRule (.*) $1.html [L]
-
 # legacy redirects (for deleted stuff)
 RewriteRule ^blog-(.*)$ "https://ellpeck.de/blog/$1" [R=301,L]
 RewriteRule ^minecraft-stuff/?$ "https://ellpeck.de/projects" [R=301,L]