diff --git a/verdandi/constants.py b/verdandi/constants.py
index ff92f5d..d95d0ee 100644
--- a/verdandi/constants.py
+++ b/verdandi/constants.py
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = "rendered_root"
 TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY = "templates"
 CONTENT_DIRECTORY = "content"
+MARKDOWN_EXTENSIONS = ['markdown.extensions.sane_lists',
+						'markdown.extensions.tables']
+
 
 SERVE_PORT = 8000
diff --git a/verdandi/mixins/templatemixin.py b/verdandi/mixins/templatemixin.py
index 4c99456..3a14570 100644
--- a/verdandi/mixins/templatemixin.py
+++ b/verdandi/mixins/templatemixin.py
@@ -11,14 +11,22 @@ class TemplateMixin(object):
 		return self.context
 
 	def render(self, output_directory, jinja_env):
-		template = jinja_env.get_template(self.template)
-		html = template.render(self.get_context())
+		context = self.get_context()
+		self.render_files(context, output_directory, jinja_env)
 
-		out_path = os.path.join(output_directory, self.url)
+	def render_files(self, context, output_directory, jinja_env):
+		self.render_to_file(self.template, self.url, context, output_directory, jinja_env)
+
+
+	def render_to_file(self, template, url, context, output_directory, jinja_env):
+		template = jinja_env.get_template(template)
+		result = template.render(context)
+
+		out_path = os.path.join(output_directory, url)
 		out_dir = os.path.dirname(out_path)
 		if not os.path.isdir(out_dir):
 			os.mkdir(out_dir)
 
 		out_file = open(out_path, "wb")
-		out_file.write(html)
+		out_file.write(result)
 		out_file.close()
diff --git a/verdandi/modules/page.py b/verdandi/modules/page.py
index a99e0a3..7e1a357 100644
--- a/verdandi/modules/page.py
+++ b/verdandi/modules/page.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import markdown
 from verdandi.mixins.templatemixin import TemplateMixin
 from verdandi.mixins.menuitemmixin import MenuItemMixin
 from verdandi.mixins.assetsmixin import AssetsMixin
-from verdandi.constants import CONTENT_DIRECTORY
+from verdandi.constants import CONTENT_DIRECTORY, MARKDOWN_EXTENSIONS
 
 class Page(MenuItemMixin, TemplateMixin, AssetsMixin):
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class Page(MenuItemMixin, TemplateMixin, AssetsMixin):
 	content_file = "content.md"
 	content_directory = CONTENT_DIRECTORY
 
-	markdown_extensions = ['markdown.extensions.sane_lists',
-							'markdown.extensions.tables']
+	markdown_extensions = MARKDOWN_EXTENSIONS
+
 
 	def get_context(self):
 		context = super(Page,self).get_context()