diff --git a/src/pipeline.rs b/src/pipeline.rs
index 9bae18b..a1ec517 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ pub struct Parallel<S: ProcessingStep>(S);
 /// An adapter to map the result of the pipeline
 pub struct Map<S: ProcessingStep, T: Send + Sync>(S, Box<dyn Fn(S::Output) -> T + Send + Sync>);
 
+/// An adapter to dynamically construct the next step mapper depending on the previous one
+pub struct Construct<S1: ProcessingStep, S2: ProcessingStep<Input = T>, T>(
+    S1,
+    Box<dyn Fn(S1::Output) -> (T, S2) + Send + Sync>,
+);
+
 /// A generic wrapper for processing pipelines
 pub struct ProcessingPipeline<I: Send + Sync, O: Send + Sync>(
     Box<dyn ProcessingStep<Input = I, Output = O>>,
@@ -87,10 +93,41 @@ impl<S: ProcessingStep, T: Send + Sync> ProcessingStep for Map<S, T> {
 
     async fn process(&self, input: Self::Input) -> Result<Self::Output> {
         let inner_result = self.0.process(input).await?;
+
         Ok(self.1(inner_result))
     }
 }
 
+pub trait ProcessingConstruct: ProcessingStep + Sized {
+    fn construct<
+        F: Fn(Self::Output) -> (T, S) + Send + Sync + 'static,
+        S: ProcessingStep<Input = T>,
+        T: Send + Sync,
+    >(
+        self,
+        construct_fn: F,
+    ) -> Construct<Self, S, T> {
+        Construct(self, Box::new(construct_fn))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: ProcessingStep> ProcessingConstruct for S {}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<S1: ProcessingStep, S2: ProcessingStep<Input = T>, T: Send + Sync> ProcessingStep
+    for Construct<S1, S2, T>
+{
+    type Input = S1::Input;
+    type Output = S2::Output;
+
+    async fn process(&self, input: Self::Input) -> Result<Self::Output> {
+        let inner_output = self.0.process(input).await?;
+        let (new_input, step) = self.1(inner_output);
+
+        step.process(new_input).await
+    }
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl<I: Send + Sync, O: Send + Sync> ProcessingStep for ProcessingPipeline<I, O> {
     type Input = I;
diff --git a/src/rendering/load_dir_content.rs b/src/rendering/load_dir_content.rs
index f29b346..dddc086 100644
--- a/src/rendering/load_dir_content.rs
+++ b/src/rendering/load_dir_content.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub struct LoadDirContent;
 #[async_trait]
 impl ProcessingStep for LoadDirContent {
     type Input = FolderData;
-    type Output = Vec<(PathBuf, String)>;
+    type Output = (Vec<PathBuf>, String);
 
     #[tracing::instrument(name = "load dir", level = "trace", skip_all)]
     async fn process(&self, input: Self::Input) -> Result<Self::Output> {
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ impl ProcessingStep for LoadDirContent {
             .to_owned()
             .unwrap_or(dir_name.into());
 
-        Ok(input
-            .pages
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|p| (p, default_template.clone()))
-            .collect())
+        Ok((input.pages, default_template))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/rendering/mod.rs b/src/rendering/mod.rs
index 0073e79..950c1ff 100644
--- a/src/rendering/mod.rs
+++ b/src/rendering/mod.rs
@@ -49,19 +49,25 @@ impl ContentRenderer {
         }
         let mut tera = Tera::new(&self.template_glob).into_diagnostic()?;
         super::processors::register_all(&mut tera);
+
         let out_dir = self.ctx.dirs.output_dir.to_owned();
+        let styles = Arc::clone(&self.styles);
+        let ctx = Arc::clone(&self.ctx);
 
         LoadDirContent
-            .chain(
-                RenderPage {
-                    tera,
-                    styles: self.styles.clone(),
-                    ctx: self.ctx.clone(),
+            .construct(move |(files, default_template)| {
+                let step = RenderPage {
+                    tera: tera.clone(),
+                    styles: styles.clone(),
+                    ctx: ctx.clone(),
+                    default_template,
                 }
-                .map(map_path_to_output(out_dir))
+                .map(map_path_to_output(out_dir.clone()))
                 .chain(SaveFile)
-                .parallel(),
-            )
+                .parallel();
+
+                (files, step)
+            })
             .parallel()
             .process(dirs)
             .await?;
diff --git a/src/rendering/render_page.rs b/src/rendering/render_page.rs
index 77cb9d9..78b1020 100644
--- a/src/rendering/render_page.rs
+++ b/src/rendering/render_page.rs
@@ -13,34 +13,32 @@ pub struct RenderPage {
     pub tera: Tera,
     pub styles: Arc<Mutex<Stylesheets>>,
     pub ctx: Arc<Context>,
+    pub default_template: String,
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl ProcessingStep for RenderPage {
-    type Input = (PathBuf, String);
+    type Input = PathBuf;
     type Output = (PathBuf, String);
 
     #[tracing::instrument(name = "render page", level = "trace", skip_all)]
-    async fn process(&self, (page_path, default_template): Self::Input) -> Result<Self::Output> {
+    async fn process(&self, page_path: Self::Input) -> Result<Self::Output> {
         let page = load_page(&page_path).await?;
         let mut context = TeraContext::new();
-        let mut template_name = default_template;
-        let mut style_name = template_name.to_owned();
+        let mut template_name = None;
 
         match page {
             crate::data::Page::Data(data) => {
-                if let Some(tmpl) = data.metadata.template {
-                    template_name = tmpl.to_owned();
-                    style_name = tmpl;
-                }
+                template_name = data.metadata.template;
                 context.insert("data", &data.data);
             }
             crate::data::Page::Content(content) => context.insert("content", &content),
         }
+        let template_name = template_name.as_ref().unwrap_or(&self.default_template);
         {
             let mut styles = self.styles.lock().await;
             let style_embed = styles
-                .get_style_embed(&style_name, &self.ctx.dirs.output_dir)
+                .get_style_embed(template_name, &self.ctx.dirs.output_dir)
                 .await?;
             context.insert("style", &style_embed);
         };