diff --git a/web/components/feed-create.tsx b/web/components/feed-create.tsx
index 1035b91c..7ce1deb5 100644
--- a/web/components/feed-create.tsx
+++ b/web/components/feed-create.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function FeedPromo(props: { hotContracts: Contract[] }) {
 
       <Row className="m-4 mb-6 items-center gap-1 text-xl font-semibold text-gray-800">
         <SparklesIcon className="inline h-5 w-5" aria-hidden="true" />
-        Trending today
+        Trending markets
       </Row>
       <ContractsGrid
         contracts={hotContracts?.slice(0, 10) || []}
diff --git a/web/lib/firebase/contracts.ts b/web/lib/firebase/contracts.ts
index 7061d4c4..ab408215 100644
--- a/web/lib/firebase/contracts.ts
+++ b/web/lib/firebase/contracts.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ export async function getHotContracts() {
   )
 }
 
+export async function getContractsBySlugs(slugs: string[]) {
+  const q = query(contractCollection, where('slug', 'in', slugs))
+  const snapshot = await getDocs(q)
+  const contracts = snapshot.docs.map((doc) => doc.data() as Contract)
+  return _.sortBy(contracts, (contract) => -1 * contract.volume24Hours)
+}
+
 const topWeeklyQuery = query(
   contractCollection,
   where('isResolved', '==', false),
diff --git a/web/pages/index.tsx b/web/pages/index.tsx
index 57c72a8d..eb954f3c 100644
--- a/web/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/web/pages/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import Router from 'next/router'
 
-import { Contract, getHotContracts } from '../lib/firebase/contracts'
+import { Contract, getContractsBySlugs } from '../lib/firebase/contracts'
 import { Page } from '../components/page'
 import { FeedPromo } from '../components/feed-create'
 import { Col } from '../components/layout/col'
@@ -9,7 +9,16 @@ import { useUser } from '../hooks/use-user'
 import { ManifoldLogo } from '../components/nav/manifold-logo'
 
 export async function getStaticProps() {
-  const hotContracts = (await getHotContracts().catch(() => [])) ?? []
+  const hotContracts = await getContractsBySlugs([
+    'if-boris-johnson-is-leader-of-the-c',
+    'will-ethereum-merge-to-proofofstake',
+    'will-russia-control-the-majority-of',
+    'will-elon-musk-buy-twitter-this-yea',
+    'will-an-ai-get-gold-on-any-internat',
+    'how-many-us-supreme-court-justices',
+    'who-will-win-the-nba-finals-champio',
+    'what-database-will-manifold-be-prim',
+  ])
 
   return {
     props: { hotContracts },