diff --git a/granary/templates/index.html b/granary/templates/index.html
index be7512f1..ba47369c 100644
--- a/granary/templates/index.html
+++ b/granary/templates/index.html
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ <h1>
 <input id="url" name="url" type="url" required class="form-control"
        placeholder="http://example.com/post.html" size="30" />
 
+<input type="hidden" name="plaintext" value="true" />
 <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default"
         onclick="render_url_request()">GET</button>
 </code></p>