diff --git a/_includes/navigation.html b/_includes/navigation.html
index ea7f0a7..5351313 100644
--- a/_includes/navigation.html
+++ b/_includes/navigation.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- site.pages links -->
     {% assign default_paths = site.pages | map: "path" %}
-    {% assign page_paths = site.navigation_pages | default: default_paths %}
+    {% assign page_paths = site.data.theme.navigation_pages | default: default_paths %}
 
     {% for path in page_paths %}
       {% assign my_page = site.pages | where: "path", path | first %}
diff --git a/example/_config.yml b/example/_config.yml
index 980d2f7..29a5c58 100644
--- a/example/_config.yml
+++ b/example/_config.yml
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ feed:
 paginate: 10
 paginate_path: /page:num/
 
-# Link to specific internal pages in the navigation.
-# Create a custom list to override the default setting of including links to all
-# pages that have a `title`. Add raw page paths in the order you'd like.
-
-# navigation_pages:
-#   - about.md
-#   - cv.md
-
 # Exclude from processing.
 # The following items will not be processed, by default. Create a custom list
 # to override the default setting.