diff --git a/03-toc.html b/03-toc.html
index 6e6c03b8..f9d197c6 100644
--- a/03-toc.html
+++ b/03-toc.html
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-{{ toc }}
+<!-- This is a placeholder element for use with the automatic TOC generation option in Atlas --> 
+<nav data-type="toc"/>
diff --git a/07-ix.html b/07-ix.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..044675b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/07-ix.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<!-- This is a placeholder element for use with the automatic index generation option in Atlas -->
+<section data-type="index"/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atlas.json b/atlas.json
index 32028b4e..c91a4d7e 100644
--- a/atlas.json
+++ b/atlas.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "03-toc.html",
     "04-preface.html",
     "05-chapter.html",
-    "06-appendix.html"
+    "06-appendix.html",
+    "07-ix.html"
   ],
   "formats": {
     "pdf": {