diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultStaticSiteGenerator.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultStaticSiteGenerator.groovy
index fd70525..8568889 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultStaticSiteGenerator.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultStaticSiteGenerator.groovy
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ import com.jessebrault.ssg.view.PageView
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.view.WvcPageView
 import groovy.transform.TupleConstructor
 import groowt.util.di.RegistryObjectFactory
+import groowt.view.component.compiler.DefaultComponentTemplateCompilerConfiguration
+import groowt.view.component.compiler.SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory
+import groowt.view.component.compiler.source.ComponentTemplateSource
 import groowt.view.component.web.DefaultWebViewComponentContext
+import groowt.view.component.web.DefaultWebViewComponentScope
+import groowt.view.component.web.compiler.DefaultWebViewComponentTemplateCompileUnit
 import io.github.classgraph.ClassGraph
 import org.slf4j.Logger
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
@@ -142,7 +147,10 @@ class DefaultStaticSiteGenerator implements StaticSiteGenerator {
                             pageSpec.name(),
                             pageSpec.path(),
                             pageSpec.fileExtension(),
-                            (Class<? extends PageView>) pageViewInfo.loadClass()
+                            (Class<? extends PageView>) pageViewInfo.loadClass(),
+                            !pageSpec.templateResource().empty
+                                    ? pageSpec.templateResource()
+                                    : pageViewInfo.simpleName + 'Template.wvc'
                     )
                 }
             }
@@ -172,6 +180,9 @@ class DefaultStaticSiteGenerator implements StaticSiteGenerator {
         }
 
         def diagnostics = [] as Collection<Diagnostic>
+        def wvcCompilerConfiguration = new DefaultComponentTemplateCompilerConfiguration()
+        wvcCompilerConfiguration.groovyClassLoader = this.groovyClassLoader
+        def componentTemplateClassFactory = new SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory(this.groovyClassLoader)
 
         pages.each {
             // instantiate PageView
@@ -191,7 +202,33 @@ class DefaultStaticSiteGenerator implements StaticSiteGenerator {
             pageView.pageTitle = it.name
             pageView.url = buildSpec.baseUrl.get() + it.path
             if (pageView instanceof WvcPageView) {
-                pageView.context = new DefaultWebViewComponentContext()
+                pageView.context = new DefaultWebViewComponentContext().tap {
+                    configureRootScope {
+                        // TODO: scan components in same package, add them to the scope with factories which
+                        // use the object factory to construct the component
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (pageView.componentTemplate == null) {
+                    def templateUrl = pageView.class.getResource(it.templateResource)
+                    if (templateUrl == null) {
+                        diagnostics.add(new Diagnostic(
+                                "Could not find templateResource: $it.templateResource"
+                        ))
+                        return
+                    }
+                    def source = ComponentTemplateSource.of(templateUrl)
+                    def compileUnit = new DefaultWebViewComponentTemplateCompileUnit(
+                            source.descriptiveName,
+                            pageView.class,
+                            source,
+                            pageView.class.packageName
+                    )
+                    def compileResult = compileUnit.compile(wvcCompilerConfiguration)
+                    def templateClass = componentTemplateClassFactory.getTemplateClass(compileResult)
+                    def componentTemplate = templateClass.getConstructor().newInstance()
+                    pageView.componentTemplate = componentTemplate
+                }
             }
 
             // Render the page
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/DefaultPage.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/DefaultPage.groovy
index 6f26827..a3e2e33 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/DefaultPage.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/DefaultPage.groovy
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ class DefaultPage implements Page {
     final String path
     final String fileExtension
     final Class<? extends PageView> viewType
+    final String templateResource
 
     @Override
     String toString() {
-        "SimplePage(name: $name, path: $path, fileExtension: $fileExtension)"
+        "SimplePage(name: $name, path: $path, fileExtension: $fileExtension, templateResource: $templateResource)"
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/Page.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/Page.groovy
index 9488e38..c37a886 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/Page.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/Page.groovy
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ interface Page {
     String getPath()
     String getFileExtension()
     Class<? extends PageView> getViewType()
+    String getTemplateResource()
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/PageSpec.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/PageSpec.groovy
index a54c605..9434c21 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/PageSpec.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/page/PageSpec.groovy
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target
 @interface PageSpec {
     String name()
     String path()
+    String templateResource() default ''
     String fileExtension() default '.html'
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/view/WvcPageView.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/view/WvcPageView.groovy
index 460e64c..34bbc49 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/view/WvcPageView.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/view/WvcPageView.groovy
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ abstract class WvcPageView extends BaseWebViewComponent implements PageView, Wit
     String pageTitle
     String url
 
+    WvcPageView() {}
+
     WvcPageView(ComponentTemplate template) {
         super(template)
     }
diff --git a/test-ssg-project/components/groovy/com/jessebrault/site/Head.groovy b/test-ssg-project/components/groovy/com/jessebrault/site/Head.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dacb619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-ssg-project/components/groovy/com/jessebrault/site/Head.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.jessebrault.site
+
+import groowt.view.component.web.BaseWebViewComponent
+
+class Head extends BaseWebViewComponent {
+
+    final String title
+
+    Head(Map attr) {
+        super(Head.getResource('HeadTemplate.wvc'))
+        this.title = attr.title()
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/test-ssg-project/components/resources/com/jessebrault/site/HeadTemplate.wvc b/test-ssg-project/components/resources/com/jessebrault/site/HeadTemplate.wvc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f97e2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-ssg-project/components/resources/com/jessebrault/site/HeadTemplate.wvc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+package com.jessebrault.site
+---
+<head>
+    <title>$title</title>
+</head>
diff --git a/test-ssg-project/pages/groovy/com/jessebrault/site/Biography.groovy b/test-ssg-project/pages/groovy/com/jessebrault/site/Biography.groovy
index dc606d6..1c5cb10 100644
--- a/test-ssg-project/pages/groovy/com/jessebrault/site/Biography.groovy
+++ b/test-ssg-project/pages/groovy/com/jessebrault/site/Biography.groovy
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.jessebrault.ssg.di.InjectText
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.page.PageSpec
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.Text
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.view.WvcPageView
+import groowt.view.component.web.WebViewComponentScope
 import jakarta.inject.Inject
 
 @PageSpec(name = 'Biography', path = '/biography')
@@ -15,8 +16,14 @@ class Biography extends WvcPageView {
 
     @Inject
     Biography(@InjectText('/Biography.md') Text biographyText) {
-        super(Biography.getResource('BiographyTemplate.wvc'))
         this.biographyText = biographyText
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void beforeRender() {
+        context.configureRootScope(WebViewComponentScope) {
+            addWithAttr(Head)
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/test-ssg-project/pages/resources/com/jessebrault/site/BiographyTemplate.wvc b/test-ssg-project/pages/resources/com/jessebrault/site/BiographyTemplate.wvc
index b904c90..8be6719 100644
--- a/test-ssg-project/pages/resources/com/jessebrault/site/BiographyTemplate.wvc
+++ b/test-ssg-project/pages/resources/com/jessebrault/site/BiographyTemplate.wvc
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 package com.jessebrault.site
 ---
 <html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <title>$pageTitle</title>
-  </head>
+  <Head title={pageTitle} />
   <body>
     <h1>$pageTitle</h1>
     <h2>$url</h2>