diff --git a/embed.go b/embed.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b01283e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/embed.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package owl
+
+import "embed"
+
+//go:embed embed/*
+var embed_files embed.FS
diff --git a/embed/post-list.html b/embed/post-list.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/renderer.go b/renderer.go
index 707c32b..8a255d7 100644
--- a/renderer.go
+++ b/renderer.go
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"html/template"
 )
 
-//go:embed embed/user-list.html
-var userListTemplateStr string
-
-//go:embed embed/post.html
-var postTemplateStr string
-
 type PageContent struct {
 	Title   string
 	Content template.HTML
@@ -22,6 +16,27 @@ type PostRenderData struct {
 	Post  template.HTML
 }
 
+func renderEmbedTemplate(templateFile string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
+	templateStr, err := embed_files.ReadFile(templateFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return renderTemplateStr(templateStr, data)
+}
+
+func renderTemplateStr(templateStr []byte, data interface{}) (string, error) {
+	t, err := template.New("_").Parse(string(templateStr))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	var html bytes.Buffer
+	err = t.Execute(&html, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return html.String(), nil
+}
+
 func renderIntoBaseTemplate(user User, data PageContent) (string, error) {
 	baseTemplate, _ := user.Template()
 	t, err := template.New("index").Parse(baseTemplate)
@@ -52,10 +67,7 @@ func renderIntoBaseTemplate(user User, data PageContent) (string, error) {
 
 func RenderPost(post Post) (string, error) {
 	buf, _ := post.MarkdownData()
-
-	postTemplate, _ := template.New("post").Parse(postTemplateStr)
-	var postHtml bytes.Buffer
-	err := postTemplate.Execute(&postHtml, PostRenderData{
+	postHtml, err := renderEmbedTemplate("embed/post.html", PostRenderData{
 		Title: post.Title(),
 		Post:  template.HTML(buf.String()),
 	})
@@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ func RenderPost(post Post) (string, error) {
 
 	data := PageContent{
 		Title:   post.Title(),
-		Content: template.HTML(postHtml.String()),
+		Content: template.HTML(postHtml),
 	}
 
 	return renderIntoBaseTemplate(*post.user, data)
@@ -91,27 +103,15 @@ func RenderIndexPage(user User) (string, error) {
 func RenderUserList(repo Repository) (string, error) {
 	baseTemplate, _ := repo.Template()
 	users, _ := repo.Users()
-	t, err := template.New("user_list").Parse(userListTemplateStr)
+	userHtml, err := renderEmbedTemplate("embed/user-list.html", users)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	var userHtml bytes.Buffer
-	t.Execute(&userHtml, users)
-
 	data := PageContent{
 		Title:   "Index",
-		Content: template.HTML(userHtml.String()),
+		Content: template.HTML(userHtml),
 	}
 
-	var html bytes.Buffer
-	t, err = template.New("index").Parse(baseTemplate)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	t.Execute(&html, data)
-
-	return html.String(), nil
-
+	return renderTemplateStr([]byte(baseTemplate), data)
 }
diff --git a/repository.go b/repository.go
index 201ee74..4a8c96d 100644
--- a/repository.go
+++ b/repository.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package owl
 
 import (
-	"embed"
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -14,9 +13,6 @@ import (
 //go:embed embed/initial/base.html
 var base_template string
 
-//go:embed embed/*
-var static_files embed.FS
-
 var VERSION = "0.0.1"
 
 type Repository struct {
@@ -41,22 +37,22 @@ func CreateRepository(name string) (Repository, error) {
 	os.Mkdir(newRepo.StaticDir(), 0755)
 
 	// copy all files from static_files embed.FS to StaticDir
-	staticFiles, _ := static_files.ReadDir("embed/initial/static")
+	staticFiles, _ := embed_files.ReadDir("embed/initial/static")
 	for _, file := range staticFiles {
 		if file.IsDir() {
 			continue
 		}
-		src_data, _ := static_files.ReadFile("embed/initial/static/" + file.Name())
+		src_data, _ := embed_files.ReadFile("embed/initial/static/" + file.Name())
 		os.WriteFile(newRepo.StaticDir()+"/"+file.Name(), src_data, 0644)
 	}
 
 	// copy repo/ to newRepo.Dir()
-	init_files, _ := static_files.ReadDir("embed/initial/repo")
+	init_files, _ := embed_files.ReadDir("embed/initial/repo")
 	for _, file := range init_files {
 		if file.IsDir() {
 			continue
 		}
-		src_data, _ := static_files.ReadFile("embed/initial/repo/" + file.Name())
+		src_data, _ := embed_files.ReadFile("embed/initial/repo/" + file.Name())
 		os.WriteFile(newRepo.Dir()+"/"+file.Name(), src_data, 0644)
 	}
 	return newRepo, nil