diff --git a/templates/default.html b/templates/default.html
index b0afff2..3a417e9 100644
--- a/templates/default.html
+++ b/templates/default.html
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@
 <body>
     <!-- originally handled dark v light via js but decided it would be better to just do it all in css and have no toggle 8a7917a0cd34bd7637d9a9a8ad327e4b847cdeed is the last commit where I had the system setup -->
     <header id="header">
-        <a class="" rel="prefetch" href="/"><object tabindex="-1" class="icon svg" data="/static/images/house.svg">
-                <a href="/" class="nav-link" tabindex="-1">home</a>
+        <a class="" rel="prefetch" href="/"><object aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="icon svg"
+                data="/static/images/house.svg">
+                <a href="/" class="nav-link" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">home</a>
             </object></a>
         <div class="back-shover"></div>
-        <a class="" href="/index.xml"> <object tabindex="-1" class="icon svg" data="/static/images/rss.svg">
-                <a href="/index.xml" class="nav-link" tabindex="-1">web feed</a>
+        <a class="" href="/index.xml"> <object aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="icon svg"
+                data="/static/images/rss.svg">
+                <a href="/index.xml" class="nav-link" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">web feed</a>
             </object>
         </a>
     </header>
