diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f085835..987eef8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const { getPinnedRepoJSONs, getStaticPageJSONs } = require('./src/discoverJSONData');
-const { generateIndexPage, generateInteriorPages } = require('./src/generateHTMLPages');
+const { initialize: initializePages, generateIndexPage, generateInteriorPages } = require('./src/generateHTMLPages');
 const copyStaticAssets = require('./src/copyStaticAssets');
 const generateSpritesheet = require('./src/generateSpritesheet');
 
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ const generateSpritesheet = require('./src/generateSpritesheet');
   console.log(chalk.blue('● Fetching Static Page Data...'));
   let staticJSONs = await getStaticPageJSONs();
 
+  console.log(chalk.blue('● Initializing page generator...'));
+  await initializePages();
+  console.log(chalk.green('✓ Initialized page partials'));
+
   console.log(chalk.blue('● Generating index html page...'));
   await generateIndexPage(repoJSONs.concat(staticJSONs));
   console.log(chalk.green('✓ Generated index html page'));
diff --git a/src/generateHTMLPages.js b/src/generateHTMLPages.js
index eb05cc7..c495d22 100644
--- a/src/generateHTMLPages.js
+++ b/src/generateHTMLPages.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 const { join } = require('path');
 const { outputFile } = require('fs-extra');
-const getTemplate = require('./template');
+const { getTemplate, registerPartials } = require('./template');
 
 const distPath = './dist';
 
+const initialize = async () => {
+  return registerPartials();
+}
+
 const generateIndexPage = async jsonData => {
   const indexTemplate = await getTemplate('index');
 
@@ -30,6 +34,8 @@ const generateInteriorPages = async jsonData => {
 };
 
 module.exports = {
+  initialize,
   generateInteriorPages,
   generateIndexPage,
 };
+
diff --git a/src/template.js b/src/template.js
index e4b1f26..64c5077 100644
--- a/src/template.js
+++ b/src/template.js
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
-const { compile } = require('handlebars');
-const { readFile } = require('fs-extra');
+const Handlebars = require('handlebars');
+const { readFile, readdir } = require('fs-extra');
+const { join, basename } = require('path');
 
-module.exports = async filename => {
+const registerPartials = async () => {
+  try {
+    let results = await readdir('./src/templates/partials')
+    results.forEach(async filename => {
+      let filePath = join('./src/templates/partials', filename);
+      let partialName = basename(filename, '.hbs');
+      let partialContents = await readFile(filePath);
+      partialContents = partialContents.toString();
+      Handlebars.registerPartial(partialName, partialContents);
+    });
+  } catch(error) {
+    console.error('Could not read partials in ./src/templates/partials/', error);
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
+const getTemplate = async filename => {
   let template;
   try {
     template = await readFile(`./src/templates/${filename}.hbs`);
@@ -10,6 +27,11 @@ module.exports = async filename => {
     console.error('Could not fetch template', filename, error);
     return;
   }
-  return compile(template);
+  return Handlebars.compile(template);
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  registerPartials,
+  getTemplate,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/templates/partials/example.hbs b/src/templates/partials/example.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..257cc56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/partials/example.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foo