CI is ignoring what I sent the index page to

[eluser]php_princess[/eluser]
In config.php I made it so my index page should be local_index.php

Code:

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Index File
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Typically this will be your index.php file, unless you've renamed it to
| something else. If you are using mod_rewrite to remove the page set this
| variable so that it is blank.
|
*/
$config['index_page'] = 'local_index.php';

It's still loading index.php Any ideas as to why?