diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index c571bf4..9601055 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -72,4 +72,3 @@ editPage = false
   highLight = true
   kaTex = false
   collapsibleSidebar = false
-  mermaid = true
diff --git a/content/docs/prologue/quick-start.md b/content/docs/prologue/quick-start.md
index 70de019..c95f282 100644
--- a/content/docs/prologue/quick-start.md
+++ b/content/docs/prologue/quick-start.md
@@ -11,14 +11,9 @@ menu:
     parent: "prologue"
 weight: 110
 toc: true
+mermaid: true
 ---
 
-```js
-function myFunction(p1, p2) {
-  return p1 * p2;   // The function returns the product of p1 and p2
-}
-```
-
 ## Flowchart
 
 ### Shortcode
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer/script-footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer/script-footer.html
index c868c79..64ccf13 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer/script-footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer/script-footer.html
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <script src="{{ $katexAutoRender.RelPermalink }}" onload="renderMathInElement(document.body);" defer></script>
   {{ end -}}
   <script src="{{ $js.RelPermalink }}" defer></script>
-  {{ if .Site.Params.options.mermaid -}}
+  {{ with .Params.mermaid -}}
     <script src="{{ $mermaid.RelPermalink }}" defer></script>
   {{ end -}}
   {{ if .Site.Params.options.flexSearch -}}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <script src="{{ $katexAutoRender.RelPermalink }}" integrity="{{ $katexAutoRender.Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous" defer></script>
   {{ end -}}
   <script src="{{ $js.RelPermalink }}" integrity="{{ $js.Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous" defer></script>
-  {{ if .Site.Params.options.mermaid -}}
+  {{ with .Params.mermaid -}}
     <script src="{{ $mermaid.RelPermalink }}" integrity="{{ $mermaid.Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous" defer></script>
   {{ end -}}
   {{ if .Site.Params.options.flexSearch -}}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/mermaid.html b/layouts/shortcodes/mermaid.html
index ae18745..aeecad5 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/mermaid.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/mermaid.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{{ if .Site.Params.options.mermaid -}}
+{{ if .Page.Params.mermaid -}}
   <div class="mermaid{{ with .Get "class" }} {{ . }}{{ end }}">
     {{ $data := replaceRE "(^\\s+```)" "" .Inner -}}
     {{ replaceRE "(```\\s+$)" "" $data -}}
   </div>
 {{ else -}}
-  {{ errorf "Failed to process mermaid shortcode(s). Set `mermaid = true` in `./config/_default/params.toml`." }}
+  {{ errorf "Failed to process mermaid shortcode: %s. Set mermaid to true in page front matter." .Position }}
 {{ end -}}