diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27b5ace..14cf45d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ layout: post
 title: Your awesome post
 date: 2019-08-26 01:00:00 +0100
 categories: [jekyll, markdown, documentation]
+custom_excerpt: This text will have precedence as an excerpt over the usual and default first paragraph of text.
 ---
 
 ```
diff --git a/_includes/_article-list.html b/_includes/_article-list.html
index 2c99457..f4302b0 100644
--- a/_includes/_article-list.html
+++ b/_includes/_article-list.html
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ <h3 class="article-list__heading">
                 >{{ post.title }}</a
             >
         </h3>
+        {% if post.custom_excerpt %}
+        <p class="article-list__excerpt">{{ post.custom_excerpt | strip_html }}</p>
+        {% else %}
         <p class="article-list__excerpt">{{ post.excerpt | strip_html }}</p>
+        {% endif %}
     </li>
     {% endfor %}
 </ol>
diff --git a/_posts/2019-08-26-markdown-parsing.md b/_posts/2019-08-26-markdown-parsing.md
index 06ec093..0c47f36 100755
--- a/_posts/2019-08-26-markdown-parsing.md
+++ b/_posts/2019-08-26-markdown-parsing.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: post
 title: Markdown parsing
 date: 2019-08-26 01:00:00 +0100
 categories: [jekyll, markdown, documentation]
-
+custom_excerpt: In this blog post, you'll learn how to use markdown in your favour. Get to know how markdown is being parsed and how you can style your posts the best way.
 ---
 
 Here's an overview of what you can expect to do with kramdown, the markdown parser used in Mero.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28a58f9..386ebdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "jekyll-mero",
-    "version": "1.2.1",
+    "version": "1.3.0",
     "description": "A light-weight and minimal theme for Jekyll.",
     "private": true,
     "scripts": {