diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 2a7a8a7..1e2b386 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ paginate: 10          # Posts per page on the blog index
 paginate_path: "posts/:num"  # Directory base for pagination URLs eg. /blog/page/2/
 recent_posts: 5       # Posts in the sidebar Recent Posts section
 excerpt_link: "Read on →"  # "Continue reading" link text at the bottom of excerpted articles
+excerpt_separator: "<!--more-->"
 
 titlecase: true       # Converts page and post titles to titlecase
 
diff --git a/plugins/date.rb b/plugins/date.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000