diff --git a/server/course-setup.php b/server/course-setup.php
index 64faf1d..e098c11 100644
--- a/server/course-setup.php
+++ b/server/course-setup.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 const OMNIVORE = 'https://omnivore.example.com';
 const COURSE = '6.HANDX';
 const SEMESTER = 'ia00';
-$HANDOUT_TOC_KINDS = array('classes');
+$HANDOUT_TOC_ROOTS = array('home-index');
 // for remote delivery: path and secret
 // $WWW_FS = '/mit/6.HANDX/www/' . SEMESTER;
 // $WWW_SECRET = 'abcd1234';
diff --git a/server/structure.php b/server/structure.php
index 99be46f..f6368b3 100644
--- a/server/structure.php
+++ b/server/structure.php
@@ -8,15 +8,21 @@
   header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: $origin");
 }
 
-function parse($json) {
-  $configjson = file_get_contents($json.'.json');
-  $config = json_decode($configjson);
-  return $config;
+function load_handout($handout_id) {
+  return json_decode(file_get_contents('data/'.$handout_id.'.json'));
 }
 
-function incl($config) {
-  global $HANDOUT_TOC_KINDS;
-  return in_array($config->kind, $HANDOUT_TOC_KINDS) && ! property_exists($config, 'noindex');
+function collect_handouts($handout_ids) {
+  $handouts = array_map(load_handout, array_values($handout_ids));
+  $array_of_array_of_handouts = array_map(function($config) { 
+    return collect_handouts($config->handoutsToIndex); 
+  }, $handouts);
+  foreach ($array_of_array_of_handouts as $array_of_handouts) {
+    foreach ($array_of_handouts as $config) {
+      array_push($handouts, $config);
+    }
+  }
+  return $handouts;
 }
 
 function entry($config) {
@@ -27,7 +33,10 @@ function entry($config) {
 }
 
 header('Content-Type: application/json');
-$configs = array_map(function($name) { return substr($name, 0, -5); }, glob('data/*.json'));
-natsort($configs);
-print json_encode(array_map(entry, array_values(array_filter(array_map(parse, array_values($configs)), incl))));
+
+$configs = collect_handouts($HANDOUT_TOC_ROOTS);
+$configs = array_values(array_filter($configs, function($config) { return ! property_exists($config, 'noindex'); 
+}));
+//natsort($configs); // rely on the in-order traversal of handoutsToIndex
+print json_encode(array_map(entry, $configs));
 ?>
diff --git a/web/handout/handout-render.js b/web/handout/handout-render.js
index dec12f0..cfc4578 100644
--- a/web/handout/handout-render.js
+++ b/web/handout/handout-render.js
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ function renderPage() {
       id: this.id,
     };
   }).toArray();
+  window.handoutsToIndex = $('[data-handx-index] a').map(function() {
+    const href = $(this).attr('href');
+    const m = href.match(/([\w-]+\/[\w-]+)\/handout\//);
+    if (! m) return undefined;
+    return m[1].replace(/[^\w-]/g, '-');
+  }).toArray();
   
   if (window.HANDOUT_DID_RENDER) { window.HANDOUT_DID_RENDER(); }
   if (window.onHandoutDidRender) { window.onHandoutDidRender(); }
@@ -501,6 +507,7 @@ function handoutDeliveryCallback() {
     handout,
     part: part || null,
     structure: window.handoutStructure,
+    handoutsToIndex: window.handoutsToIndex,
     exercises: window.handoutExercises,
     noindex: document.querySelector('script[data-handx-noindex]') ? true : undefined,
   });