diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index 97e849f..1cb1e01 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ params:
   author: TheOrangeOne
   author_name: Jake Howard
   summary_length: 100
+  nav_items: 5
+  index_items: 6
 
 staticDir: "static/build"
 
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index 29f7803..6df0be7 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <div class="box special">
       <h2>Projects</h2>
   		<div class="row">
-      {{ range first 6 (where .Data.Pages.ByDate "Section" "projects") }}
+      {{ range first .Site.Params.index_items (where .Data.Pages.ByDate "Section" "projects") }}
         {{ partial "box.html" . }}
       {{ end }}
   		</div>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <div class="box special">
       <h2>Recent Posts</h2>
   		<div class="row">
-      {{ range first 6 (where .Data.Pages.ByDate "Section" "!=" "") }}
+      {{ range first .Site.Params.index_items (where .Data.Pages.ByDate "Section" "!=" "") }}
         {{ partial "box.html" . }}
       {{ end }}
   		</div>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/navbar.html b/layouts/partials/navbar.html
index f040358..842cb51 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/navbar.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/navbar.html
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
             <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .LinkTitle }}</a>
             {{ if .Pages }}
               <ul>
-                {{ range first 4 .Pages.ByDate }}
+                {{ range first .Site.Params.nav_items .Pages.ByDate }}
                   <li><a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .LinkTitle }}</a></li>
                 {{ end }}
-                {{ if ge (len .Pages) 4 }}
+                {{ if ge (len .Pages) .Site.Params.nav_items }}
                   <li><a href="{{ .Permalink }}"><i>See more</i></a></li>
                 {{ end }}
               </ul>