diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index b8c2ee8..b69e582 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ add_filter('acf/fields/google_map/api', 'my_acf_google_map_api');
 // Only show posts of category Urlaub (id=2)
 function my_home_category( $query ) {
 	if ( $query->is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
-		$query->set( 'cat', '2');
+                $query->set( 'cat', '2');
+                // set number of posts to 9
+                $query->set( 'posts_per_page', '9');
 		if ( !empty( $_GET['person'] ) ) {
 			$query->set( 'meta_query', array(
 				array(
@@ -82,4 +84,4 @@ function atravelblog_related_posts() {
 		add_post_image_thumbs($urlaub, 'Urlaub:');
 		wp_reset_query();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
deleted file mode 100644
index f51055c..0000000
--- a/index.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<?php get_header(); ?>
-
-<div class="content section-inner">
-        <?php query_posts('posts_per_page=12'); ?>
-	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
-	
-		<?php
-		$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
-                $total_post_count = wp_count_posts();
-		$published_post_count = $total_post_count->publish;
-		$total_pages = ceil( $published_post_count / $posts_per_page );
-		
-		if ( "1" < $paged ) : ?>
-		
-			<div class="page-title">
-			
-				<h4><?php printf( __('Page %s of %s', 'hitchcock'), $paged, $wp_query->max_num_pages ); ?></h4>
-				
-			</div> <!-- /page-title -->
-			
-			<div class="clear"></div>
-		
-		<?php endif; ?>
-	
-		<div class="posts" id="posts">
-				
-	    	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
-	    	
-	    		<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
-	    		
-	        <?php endwhile; ?>
-	        
-	        <div class="clear"></div>
-				
-		</div> <!-- /posts -->
-		
-	<?php endif; ?>
-        <?php wp_reset_query() ?>
-	<div class="clear"></div>
-	
-	<?php hitchcock_archive_navigation(); ?>
-		
-</div> <!-- /content -->
-	              	        
-<?php get_footer(); ?>