diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index f40458e..a68847c 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -79,22 +79,17 @@ class Page {
     this.#index = index
     this.#entries = entries
     this.title = header.text
-    this.titleKey = this.title
-      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, ' ')
-      .trim()
-      .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
-      .toLowerCase()
   }
 
   async load () {
     // assigns unique key value for page
-    if (this.rawKey === 'page') {
-      this.pageKey = `page_${this.#index + 1}`
+    if (!this.rawPageKey) {
+      this.pageKey = `-${this.#index + 1}`
     } else {
-      const prior = this.documentation.pages.slice(0, this.#index)
-      const existing = prior.filter(({ rawKey }) => rawKey === this.rawKey)
+      const prior = this.#documentation.pages.slice(0, this.#index)
+      const existing = prior.filter(({ rawPageKey }) => rawPageKey === this.rawPageKey)
       const ending = existing.length ? `-${existing.length}` : ''
-      this.pageKey = `${this.rawKey}${ending}`
+      this.pageKey = `${this.rawPageKey}${ending}`
     }
 
     // process page content
@@ -126,21 +121,26 @@ class Page {
 
     // load all sections existing under this page
     await Promise.all(this.sections.map(section => section.load()))
+
+    this.titleKey = this.rawTitleKey || '-'
+
     return this
   }
 
   // generates the raw un-deduped key value for page
-  get rawKey () {
-    return (
-      this.#file
-        .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, '')
-        .trim() ||
-      'page'
-    )
+  get rawPageKey () {
+    return this.#file
+      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, '')
+      .trim()
   }
 
-  get documentation () {
-    return this.#documentation
+  // generates the raw un-deduped key value for title
+  get rawTitleKey () {
+    return this.title
+      .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, ' ')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
+      .toLowerCase()
   }
 }
 
@@ -158,17 +158,6 @@ class Section {
     this.title = header.text
 
     // assigns unique key value for section
-    const prior = [
-      this.page.titleKey,
-      ...this.page.sections
-        .map(section => [section, ...section.subsections])
-        .flat()
-        .map(({ rawKey }) => rawKey)
-    ]
-    const existing = prior.filter(rawKey => rawKey === this.rawKey)
-    const ending = existing.length ? `-${existing.length}` : ''
-
-    this.titleKey = `${this.rawKey}${ending}`
   }
 
   async load () {
@@ -201,35 +190,42 @@ class Section {
 
     // load all subsections existing under this section
     await Promise.all(this.subsections.map(section => section.load()))
+
+    const all = [
+      this.page,
+      ...this.page.sections
+        .map(section => [section, ...section.subsections])
+        .flat()
+    ]
+    const index = all.findIndex(section => section === this)
+    const prior = all.slice(0, index).map(({ rawTitleKey }) => rawTitleKey)
+    const existing = prior.filter(rawTitleKey => rawTitleKey === this.rawTitleKey)
+    const ending = existing.length ? `-${existing.length}` : ''
+
+    this.titleKey = `${this.rawTitleKey}${ending}` || '-'
+
     return this
   }
 
   // generates the raw un-deduped key value for section
-  get rawKey () {
-    const baseKey = this.title
+  get rawTitleKey () {
+    return this.title
       .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, ' ')
       .trim()
       .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
       .toLowerCase()
-    if (baseKey) return baseKey
-
-    return this.section ? 'subsection' : 'section'
   }
 
   get parent () {
     return this.#parent
   }
 
-  get documentation () {
-    return this.page.documentation
-  }
-
   get page () {
-    return this.parent.parent || this.parent
+    return this.#parent.page || this.#parent
   }
 
   get section () {
-    return this.parent.parent ? this.parent : null
+    return this.#parent.page ? this.#parent : null
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 41d70f6..5b251a0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@humanwhocodes/config-array": {
-      "version": "0.10.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@humanwhocodes/config-array/-/config-array-0.10.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XVVDtp+dVvRxMoxSiSfasYaG02VEe1qH5cKgMQJWhol6HwzbcqoCMJi8dAGoYAO57jhUyhI6cWuRiTcRaDaYug==",
+      "version": "0.10.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@humanwhocodes/config-array/-/config-array-0.10.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-U/piU+VwXZsIgwnl+N+nRK12jCpHdc3s0UAc6zc1+HUgiESJxClpvYao/x9JwaN7onNeVb7kTlxlAvuEoaJ3ig==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@humanwhocodes/object-schema": "^1.2.1",
@@ -2537,9 +2537,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@humanwhocodes/config-array": {
-      "version": "0.10.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@humanwhocodes/config-array/-/config-array-0.10.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XVVDtp+dVvRxMoxSiSfasYaG02VEe1qH5cKgMQJWhol6HwzbcqoCMJi8dAGoYAO57jhUyhI6cWuRiTcRaDaYug==",
+      "version": "0.10.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@humanwhocodes/config-array/-/config-array-0.10.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-U/piU+VwXZsIgwnl+N+nRK12jCpHdc3s0UAc6zc1+HUgiESJxClpvYao/x9JwaN7onNeVb7kTlxlAvuEoaJ3ig==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@humanwhocodes/object-schema": "^1.2.1",