diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a9fd873..2f06f24 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ export default function gemtext(config: GemtextConfig = {}): AstroIntegration {
                       const lines = contents.split('\n');
                       let data: Record<string, unknown> = {};
                       let frontmatter = '';
+                      let bodyStartLineIndex = 0;
 
-                      if (lines.at(0) === '---' && lines.lastIndexOf('---')) {
-                        frontmatter = lines.slice(1, lines.indexOf('---', 1)).join('\n');
+                      if (lines.at(0) === '---' && lines.lastIndexOf('---') > 0) {
+                        bodyStartLineIndex = lines.indexOf('---', 1) + 1;
+                        frontmatter = lines.slice(1, bodyStartLineIndex).join('\n');
                         try {
                           data = { ...data, ...parseYaml(frontmatter, { schema: 'yaml-1.1' }) };
                         } catch { }
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ export default function gemtext(config: GemtextConfig = {}): AstroIntegration {
                       return {
                         data,
                         rawData: frontmatter,
-                        body: contents,
+                        body: lines.slice(bodyStartLineIndex).join('\n'),
                         slug: typeof data['slug'] === 'string' ? data['slug'] : fileUrl.pathname,
                       };
                     },