diff --git a/buildtools/buildreadme.php b/buildtools/buildreadme.php
index e293ef9..4329993 100644
--- a/buildtools/buildreadme.php
+++ b/buildtools/buildreadme.php
@@ -19,17 +19,19 @@ $poems=$matches[1];
 $endB="";
 $f=file("README.md");
 $writeStuff=true;
+$i=1;
 foreach($f as $line){
         if(trim($line)=="<!-- BEGIN POEMLIST -->"){
                 $writeStuff=false;
                 $endB.=$line;
-                foreach($poems as $p) $endB.="* ".$p."\n";
+                foreach($poems as $p) $endB.="* $i ".$p."\n";
         }
         if($writeStuff) $endB.=$line;
         if(trim($line)=="<!-- END POEMLIST -->"){
                 $endB.=$line;
                 $writeStuff=true;
         }
+    $i++;
 }
 
 file_put_contents("README.md",$endB);