diff --git a/brain/controller/IndexControl.inc.php b/brain/controller/IndexControl.inc.php
index e8c7d5e..615c4e6 100644
--- a/brain/controller/IndexControl.inc.php
+++ b/brain/controller/IndexControl.inc.php
@@ -63,17 +63,24 @@ class IndexControl
 
               break;
             default:
-              //check layout to see what page should be rendered
-              $template = $settings["global"]["theme"] . "/page.twig";
+              //check if page is a menu item, if not render along path as usual
+              $page = [];
               $book = new Book();
-              $page = $book->findPageBySlug($args["third"]);
+              if (is_numeric($args["first"])) {
+                $page = $book->findPageBySlug($args["third"]);
+              } else {
+                $page = $book->findPageBySlug($args["first"]);
+              }
+              $template =
+                $settings["global"]["theme"] . "/" . $page["layout"] . ".twig";
               $pageOptions = Sorting::page($page);
 
               break;
           }
         } else {
           //index
-          $template = $settings["global"]["theme"] . "/index.twig";
+          $template =
+            $settings["global"]["theme"] . "/" . $page["layout"] . ".twig";
           $book = new Book("");
           $page = $book->findPageBySlug();
           $pageOptions = Sorting::page($page);
@@ -83,6 +90,7 @@ class IndexControl
         $response->getBody()->write($html);
         return $response;
       } else {
+        //if dynamic flag is false, load up html
         $view = Twig::fromRequest($request);
         $html = file_get_contents("../public/index.html");
         $response->getBody()->write($html);
diff --git a/brain/data/Render.inc.php b/brain/data/Render.inc.php
index 251cd30..e3b745d 100644
--- a/brain/data/Render.inc.php
+++ b/brain/data/Render.inc.php
@@ -80,9 +80,15 @@ class Render
         $location = "../public/index.html";
         $dir = null;
       } else {
-        $location =
-          "../public/" . $page["path"] . "/" . $page["slug"] . ".html";
-        $dir = "../public/" . $page["path"];
+        // if page is a menu item, render the page on public root
+        if ($page["menu"] == "true") {
+          $location = "../public/" . $page["slug"] . ".html";
+          $dir = "../public/";
+        } else {
+          $location =
+            "../public/" . $page["path"] . "/" . $page["slug"] . ".html";
+          $dir = "../public/" . $page["path"];
+        }
       }
 
       $html = $this->twig->render($template, $pageOptions);
diff --git a/brain/utility/Sorting.inc.php b/brain/utility/Sorting.inc.php
index 0c7b3d5..475a0ca 100644
--- a/brain/utility/Sorting.inc.php
+++ b/brain/utility/Sorting.inc.php
@@ -181,7 +181,11 @@ class Sorting
       $limit = 4;
       $pages = (new Book())->getContents();
       foreach ($pages as $item) {
-        if (!$item["deleted"] && $item["published"]) {
+        if (
+          !$item["deleted"] &&
+          $item["published"] &&
+          $item["menu"] != "true"
+        ) {
           if (count($recent) < $limit) {
             array_push($recent, [
               "path" => $item["path"],
diff --git a/content/themes/fipamo-default/frame.twig b/content/themes/fipamo-default/frame.twig
index caa32fc..d16faa3 100644
--- a/content/themes/fipamo-default/frame.twig
+++ b/content/themes/fipamo-default/frame.twig
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 							{% for link in menu %}
 								{% if dynamicRender is defined %}
 									{% if dynamicRender == 'true'  %}
-										<a href="{{"/"~link.path~"/"~link.slug}}" class="menu-link">{{link.title}}</a><br  />
+										<a href="{{"/"~link.slug}}" class="menu-link">{{link.title}}</a><br  />
 									{% else  %}
-										<a href="{{"/"~link.path~"/"~link.slug~".html"}}" class="menu-link">{{link.title}}</a><br  />
+										<a href="{{"/"~link.slug~".html"}}" class="menu-link">{{link.title}}</a><br  />
 									{% endif  %}
 								{% else  %}
-									<a href="{{"/"~link.path~"/"~link.slug~".html"}}" class="menu-link">{{link.title}}</a><br  />
+									<a href="{{"/"~link.slug~".html"}}" class="menu-link">{{link.title}}</a><br  />
 								{% endif  %}
 								
 							{% endfor %}