diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index 293dd71e2..3a78e79be 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 
                   {{ "<!--wrapper for slides start-->" | safeHTML }}
                   <div class="carousel-inner owl-carousel">
-{{ partial "quotes.html" ((where $.Site.Data.references.quotes "date" "ge" ($.Now.AddDate -2 0 0) | shuffle )) }}
+{{ partial "quotes.html" ((where $.Site.Data.references.quotes "date" "ge" (now.AddDate -2 0 0) | shuffle )) }}
                   </div>
                   {{ "<!--wrapper for slides end-->" | safeHTML }}
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
                     <li><a class="icon-octocat icon-2x" href="https://github.com/spf13/hugo"></a></li>
                 </ul>
                 <hr>
-                <p>Copyright &copy; Steve Francia 2013&ndash;{{ .Now.Format "2006" }}</p>
+                <p>Copyright &copy; Steve Francia 2013&ndash;{{ now.Format "2006" }}</p>
               </div>
             </div>
             {{ "<!--row end-->" | safeHTML }}