diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultObjectFactoryConfigurator.java b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultObjectFactoryConfigurator.java
index 68aa1eb..01d7c1a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultObjectFactoryConfigurator.java
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultObjectFactoryConfigurator.java
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ public class DefaultObjectFactoryConfigurator implements ObjectFactoryConfigurat
                     new SsgException("the baseUrl Property in " + buildSpec.getName() + " must be set.")
             )));
 
+            registry.bind(WvcCompilerFactory.class, toSingleton(buildSpec.getWvcCompilerFactory().get(() ->
+                    new SsgException("the wvcCompilerFactory Property in " + buildSpec.getName() + " must be set.")
+            )));
+
             // self binding
             registry.bind(ObjectFactory.class, toSingleton(registryObjectFactory));
         });
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultPageContextFactory.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultPageContextFactory.groovy
index 852cc7f..e904972 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultPageContextFactory.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/DefaultPageContextFactory.groovy
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ class DefaultPageContextFactory implements PageContextFactory {
 
                         // set the template
                         if (component.componentTemplate == null && !wvcClass.isAnnotationPresent(SkipTemplate)) {
-                            def compileResult = buildObjectFactory.createInstance(WvcCompiler).compileTemplate(
+                            def wvcCompilerFactory = buildObjectFactory.createInstance(WvcCompilerFactory)
+                            def wvcCompiler = wvcCompilerFactory.getWvcCompiler()
+                            def compileResult = wvcCompiler.compileTemplate(
                                     wvcClass,
                                     wvcClass.simpleName + 'Template.wvc'
                             )
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/BuildScriptBase.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/BuildScriptBase.groovy
index 6da8d1c..ea8b274 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/BuildScriptBase.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/BuildScriptBase.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.jessebrault.ssg.buildscript
 
-import com.jessebrault.di.ObjectFactory
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.buildscript.delegates.BuildDelegate
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/BuildSpec.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/BuildSpec.groovy
index d39d8b6..3a30668 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/BuildSpec.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/BuildSpec.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.jessebrault.ssg.buildscript
 
 import com.jessebrault.di.RegistryObjectFactory
 import com.jessebrault.fp.provider.Provider
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.WvcCompilerFactory
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.model.Model
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.TextSupplier
 import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ final class BuildSpec {
     final Provider<Set<Model>> models
     final Provider<Set<TextSupplier>> textSuppliers
     final Provider<RegistryObjectFactory> objectFactory
+    final Provider<WvcCompilerFactory> wvcCompilerFactory
 
     @SuppressWarnings('GroovyAssignabilityCheck')
     BuildSpec(Map args) {
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ final class BuildSpec {
         this.models = requireProvider(args.models)
         this.textSuppliers = requireProvider(args.textSuppliers)
         this.objectFactory = requireProvider(args.objectFactory)
+        this.wvcCompilerFactory = requireProvider(args.wvcCompilerFactory)
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/BuildDelegate.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/BuildDelegate.groovy
index 2907600..027f0b0 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/BuildDelegate.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/BuildDelegate.groovy
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.jessebrault.fp.property.DefaultProperty
 import com.jessebrault.fp.property.Property
 import com.jessebrault.fp.provider.NamedProvider
 import com.jessebrault.fp.provider.Provider
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.WvcCompilerFactory
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.model.Model
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.model.Models
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.TextSupplier
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ final class BuildDelegate {
     final Property<Set<Model>> models = DefaultProperty.<Set<Model>>empty(Set)
     final Property<Set<TextSupplier>> textSuppliers = DefaultProperty.<Set<TextSupplier>>empty(Set)
     final Property<RegistryObjectFactory> objectFactory = DefaultProperty.empty(RegistryObjectFactory)
+    final Property<WvcCompilerFactory> wvcCompilerFactory = DefaultProperty.empty(WvcCompilerFactory)
 
     BuildDelegate(File projectDir) {
         this.projectDir = projectDir
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/DefaultBuildDelegateConfigurator.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/DefaultBuildDelegateConfigurator.groovy
index a25168d..1ea233c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/DefaultBuildDelegateConfigurator.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/DefaultBuildDelegateConfigurator.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.jessebrault.ssg.buildscript.delegates
 
 import com.jessebrault.di.DefaultRegistryObjectFactory
+import com.jessebrault.ssg.WvcCompilerFactory
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.model.Model
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.TextSupplier
 import com.jessebrault.ssg.text.TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier
@@ -14,14 +15,17 @@ class DefaultBuildDelegateConfigurator implements BuildDelegateConfigurator {
 
     private final File projectDir
     private final TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier textsDirMarkdownTextSupplier
+    private final WvcCompilerFactory wvcCompilerFactory
 
     @Inject
     DefaultBuildDelegateConfigurator(
             @Named('projectDir') File projectDir,
-            TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier textsDirMarkdownTextSupplier
+            TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier textsDirMarkdownTextSupplier,
+            WvcCompilerFactory wvcCompilerFactory
     ) {
         this.projectDir = projectDir
         this.textsDirMarkdownTextSupplier = textsDirMarkdownTextSupplier
+        this.wvcCompilerFactory = wvcCompilerFactory
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ class DefaultBuildDelegateConfigurator implements BuildDelegateConfigurator {
             models.convention = [] as Set<Model>
             textSuppliers.convention = [this.textsDirMarkdownTextSupplier] as Set<TextSupplier>
             objectFactory.convention = DefaultRegistryObjectFactory.Builder.withDefaults().build()
+            wvcCompilerFactory.convention = this.wvcCompilerFactory
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/DefaultBuildDelegateConverter.groovy b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/DefaultBuildDelegateConverter.groovy
index dee641e..1a8e2a8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/DefaultBuildDelegateConverter.groovy
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/buildscript/delegates/DefaultBuildDelegateConverter.groovy
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ class DefaultBuildDelegateConverter implements BuildDelegateConverter {
                 globals: delegate.globals,
                 models: delegate.models,
                 textSuppliers: delegate.textSuppliers,
-                objectFactory: delegate.objectFactory
+                objectFactory: delegate.objectFactory,
+                wvcCompilerFactory: delegate.wvcCompilerFactory
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/text/TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier.java b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/text/TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier.java
index 6c16b41..138af4c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/text/TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier.java
+++ b/api/src/main/groovy/com/jessebrault/ssg/text/TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.jessebrault.ssg.text;
 
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
-import jakarta.inject.Named;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ public class TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier implements TextSupplier {
 
     @Inject
     public TextsDirMarkdownTextSupplier(
-            @Named("projectDir") File projectDir,
+            File projectDir,
             ExecutorService executorService,
             MarkdownTextConverter markdownTextConverter
     ) {