diff --git a/_scripts/search.liquid.js b/_scripts/search.liquid.js
index e43540c1c6eaa..946a5898b202c 100644
--- a/_scripts/search.liquid.js
+++ b/_scripts/search.liquid.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ const ninja = document.querySelector('ninja-keys');
 
 // add the home and posts menu items
 ninja.data = [
-  {%- for page in site.pages -%}
-    {%- if page.permalink == '/' -%}{%- assign about_title = page.title | strip -%}{%- endif -%}
-  {%- endfor -%}
+  {%- assign about_title = site.pages | where: "permalink", "/" | first.title | strip -%}
   {
     id: "nav-{{ about_title | slugify }}",
     title: "{{ about_title | truncatewords: 13 }}",