diff --git a/bin/qsgen3 b/bin/qsgen3
index 837a790..73efa1c 100755
--- a/bin/qsgen3
+++ b/bin/qsgen3
@@ -519,12 +519,6 @@ _generate_index_page() {
     _log DEBUG "Successfully wrote comprehensive YAML to $temp_yaml_file"
 
 
-    # Theme CSS handling for index page
-    local source_theme_css_file="${QSG_CONFIG[paths_layouts_dir]}/css/${QSG_CONFIG[site_theme]}.css"
-    local target_theme_css_dir="${QSG_CONFIG[paths_output_dir]}/css"
-    local target_theme_css_file="$target_theme_css_dir/theme.css"
-    local pandoc_css_path_for_index="/css/theme.css"
-
     _log DEBUG "In _generate_index_page: PROJECT_ROOT='$PROJECT_ROOT'"
     local pandoc_cmd_index=(
         pandoc
@@ -550,7 +544,7 @@ _generate_index_page() {
 
     _log DEBUG "Pandoc command for index page will be constructed as follows:"
     _log DEBUG "Base command: pandoc"
-    _log DEBUG "CSS arg if theme applies: --css ${pandoc_css_path_for_index}"
+    _log DEBUG "CSS arg if theme applies: --css ${QSG_CONFIG[pandoc_css_path_arg]:-(not set or expected CSS file not found in output)}"
     _log DEBUG "Metadata file arg: --metadata-file ${temp_yaml_file}"
     _log DEBUG "Template arg: --template=${layout_index_file}"
     _log DEBUG "Output arg: --output=${output_index_file}"
diff --git a/site.conf.example b/site.conf.example
index 320afbc..b459529 100644
--- a/site.conf.example
+++ b/site.conf.example
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 site_name="My Example Site"
 site_tagline="An example site generated by qsgen3"
 site_url="http://localhost:8000" # Or your actual production URL
-site_theme="default" # Specifies the theme to use (e.g., default, dark)
+site_theme="minimal" # Specifies the theme to use (e.g., minimal, default)
+site_theme_css_file="css/minimaltemplate-v1.css" # Path to main CSS file, relative to THEME'S static/ directory
 
 # --- Paths (relative to project root) ---
 paths_content_dir="content"
diff --git a/themes/minimal/css/minimaltemplate-v1.css b/themes/minimal/static/css/minimaltemplate-v1.css
similarity index 100%
rename from themes/minimal/css/minimaltemplate-v1.css
rename to themes/minimal/static/css/minimaltemplate-v1.css
diff --git a/themes/minimal/css/jquery-3.5.1.js b/themes/minimal/static/js/jquery-3.5.1.js
similarity index 100%
rename from themes/minimal/css/jquery-3.5.1.js
rename to themes/minimal/static/js/jquery-3.5.1.js
diff --git a/themes/minimal/css/webflow.js b/themes/minimal/static/js/webflow.js
similarity index 100%
rename from themes/minimal/css/webflow.js
rename to themes/minimal/static/js/webflow.js
diff --git a/themes/minimal/css/webfont.js b/themes/minimal/static/js/webfont.js
similarity index 100%
rename from themes/minimal/css/webfont.js
rename to themes/minimal/static/js/webfont.js