diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 042f84d..942be93 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
-	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 )
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ func (c *Config) LoadTemplates(path string) error {
 
 	// Load templates
 	c.Templates = NewTemplates()
-	c.Templates.Funcs(template.FuncMap{
+	c.Templates.Funcs(map[string]interface{}{
 		"site": func() Site {
 			return Site{
 				Title: c.Title,
diff --git a/templates.go b/templates.go
index 35480cf..9b46c3b 100644
--- a/templates.go
+++ b/templates.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	htemplate "html/template"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	pathpkg "path"
@@ -9,22 +11,27 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 )
 
+// Template represents a template.
+type Template interface {
+	Execute(io.Writer, interface{}) error
+}
+
 // Templates contains site templates.
 type Templates struct {
-	tmpls map[string]*template.Template
-	funcs template.FuncMap
+	tmpls map[string]Template
+	funcs map[string]interface{}
 }
 
 // NewTemplates returns a new Templates with the default templates.
 func NewTemplates() *Templates {
 	t := &Templates{
-		tmpls: map[string]*template.Template{},
+		tmpls: map[string]Template{},
 	}
 	return t
 }
 
 // Funcs sets the functions available to newly created templates.
-func (t *Templates) Funcs(funcs template.FuncMap) {
+func (t *Templates) Funcs(funcs map[string]interface{}) {
 	t.funcs = funcs
 }
 
@@ -36,6 +43,13 @@ func (t *Templates) LoadTemplate(path string, content []byte) {
 	t.tmpls[path] = tmpl
 }
 
+func (t *Templates) LoadHTMLTemplate(path string, content []byte) {
+	tmpl := htemplate.New(path)
+	tmpl.Funcs(htemplate.FuncMap(t.funcs))
+	htemplate.Must(tmpl.Parse(string(content)))
+	t.tmpls[path] = tmpl
+}
+
 // Load loads templates from the provided directory
 func (t *Templates) Load(dir string) error {
 	return filepath.Walk(dir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
@@ -49,14 +63,18 @@ func (t *Templates) Load(dir string) error {
 			}
 			// Remove directory from beginning of path
 			path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, dir)
-			t.LoadTemplate(path, b)
+			if pathpkg.Ext(path) == ".html" {
+				t.LoadHTMLTemplate(path, b)
+			} else {
+				t.LoadTemplate(path, b)
+			}
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
 }
 
 // FindTemplate returns the template for the given path.
-func (t *Templates) FindTemplate(path string, tmpl string) (*template.Template, bool) {
+func (t *Templates) FindTemplate(path string, tmpl string) (Template, bool) {
 	tmplPath := pathpkg.Join(path, tmpl)
 	if t, ok := t.tmpls[tmplPath]; ok {
 		return t, true
@@ -69,7 +87,7 @@ func (t *Templates) FindTemplate(path string, tmpl string) (*template.Template,
 }
 
 // FindPartial returns the partial template of the given name.
-func (t *Templates) FindPartial(name string) (*template.Template, bool) {
+func (t *Templates) FindPartial(name string) (Template, bool) {
 	if t, ok := t.tmpls[pathpkg.Join("/_partials", name)]; ok {
 		return t, true
 	}