diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3c7fb16..34f5334 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "snekdown"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "crossbeam-utils 0.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c7d506f..b6d8bf5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "snekdown"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = ["trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f72e3e5..75c8a49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Set the size of an image
 !(url)[width = 42% height=auto]
 
 Set the source of a quote
-[author=Me date=[[date]] display="author - date"]> It's me
+[author=Me date=[[date]] display="{{author}} - {{date}}"]> It's me
 
 Set options for placeholders
 [[toc]][ordered]
diff --git a/src/format/html.rs b/src/format/html.rs
index 37bfcaf..209dce2 100644
--- a/src/format/html.rs
+++ b/src/format/html.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::format::Template;
 use crate::parsing::elements::*;
 use htmlescape::{encode_attribute, encode_minimal};
 use minify::html::minify;
@@ -404,12 +405,12 @@ impl ToHtml for Anchor {
 impl ToHtml for InlineMetadata {
     fn to_html(&self) -> String {
         if let Some(MetadataValue::String(format)) = self.data.get("display") {
-            let mut format = format.clone();
+            let mut template = Template::new(format.clone());
             self.data
                 .iter()
-                .for_each(|(k, v)| format = format.replace(k, v.to_html().as_str()));
+                .for_each(|(k, v)| template.add_replacement(k, v.to_html().as_str()));
 
-            format
+            template.render()
         } else {
             self.data.iter().fold("".to_string(), |s, (k, v)| {
                 format!("{} {}={},", s, k, v.to_html())
diff --git a/src/format/mod.rs b/src/format/mod.rs
index 3d4613d..3541019 100644
--- a/src/format/mod.rs
+++ b/src/format/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,42 @@
+use regex::Regex;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
 pub mod html;
+
+pub struct Template {
+    value: String,
+    replacements: HashMap<String, String>,
+}
+
+impl Template {
+    pub fn new(value: String) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            value,
+            replacements: HashMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn add_replacement(&mut self, name: &str, val: &str) {
+        self.replacements.insert(name.to_string(), val.to_string());
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_replacements(&mut self, replacements: HashMap<String, String>) {
+        self.replacements = replacements;
+    }
+
+    pub fn render(&mut self) -> String {
+        lazy_static::lazy_static! { static ref RE_REP: Regex = Regex::new(r"\{\{([^}]*)}}").unwrap(); }
+        let mut ret_string = self.value.clone();
+        RE_REP.find_iter(&self.value).for_each(|m| {
+            let full_match = m.as_str();
+            let name = &full_match[2..full_match.len() - 2];
+            if let Some(val) = self.replacements.get(name) {
+                ret_string = ret_string.replace(full_match, val)
+            } else {
+                ret_string = ret_string.replace(full_match, "")
+            }
+        });
+
+        ret_string
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/parsing/placeholders.rs b/src/parsing/placeholders.rs
index 1fb900b..9e5003e 100644
--- a/src/parsing/placeholders.rs
+++ b/src/parsing/placeholders.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use super::elements::*;
+use crate::format::Template;
 use chrono::prelude::*;
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard};
@@ -53,27 +54,28 @@ impl BibEntry {
         if let Some(display) = &self.display {
             let value = display.lock().unwrap();
             if let MetadataValue::String(format) = &value.value {
-                let mut format = format.clone();
+                let mut template = Template::new(format.clone());
+
                 if let Some(author) = &self.author {
-                    format = format.replace("author", author);
+                    template.add_replacement(B_AUTHOR, author.as_str());
                 }
                 if let Some(date) = &self.date {
-                    format = format.replace("date", date);
+                    template.add_replacement(B_DATE, date.as_str());
                 }
                 if let Some(url) = &self.url {
-                    format = format.replace("url", url)
+                    template.add_replacement(B_URL, url.as_str());
                 }
                 if let Some(title) = &self.title {
-                    format = format.replace("title", title);
+                    template.add_replacement(B_TITLE, title.as_str());
                 }
                 if let Some(publisher) = &self.publisher {
-                    format = format.replace("publisher", publisher);
+                    template.add_replacement(B_PUBLISHER, publisher.as_str());
                 }
                 if let Some(notes) = &self.notes {
-                    format = format.replace("notes", notes);
+                    template.add_replacement(B_NOTES, notes.as_str());
                 }
 
-                format
+                template.render()
             } else {
                 format!("'Invalid formatter!' {:?}", self)
             }