diff --git a/src/compile_static_routes.zig b/src/compile_static_routes.zig
index ca15648..cbbbca4 100644
--- a/src/compile_static_routes.zig
+++ b/src/compile_static_routes.zig
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ fn renderMarkdown(
 ) !?[]const u8 {
     const path = try std.mem.join(allocator, "/", &[_][]const u8{ route.uri_path, @tagName(route.action) });
     defer allocator.free(path);
-    const content = try jetzig.markdown.render(allocator, path, markdown_fragments) orelse return null;
+    const content = try jetzig.markdown.renderFile(
+        allocator,
+        path,
+        .{ .fragments = markdown_fragments },
+    ) orelse return null;
 
     if (route.layout) |layout_name| {
         try view.data.addConst("jetzig_view", view.data.string(route.name));
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
index bcc3417..dfb738d 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ fn renderMarkdown(self: *Server, request: *jetzig.http.Request) !?RenderedView {
     _ = self;
     // No route recognized, but we can still render a static markdown file if it matches the URI:
     if (request.method != .GET) return null;
-    if (try jetzig.markdown.render(request.allocator, request.path.base_path, null)) |content| {
+    if (try jetzig.markdown.renderFile(request.allocator, request.path.base_path, .{})) |content| {
         return .{
             .view = jetzig.views.View{ .data = request.response_data, .status_code = .ok },
             .content = content,
diff --git a/src/jetzig/markdown.zig b/src/jetzig/markdown.zig
index 397d943..37bc49f 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/markdown.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/markdown.zig
@@ -4,13 +4,29 @@ const Zmd = @import("zmd").Zmd;
 
 const jetzig = @import("../jetzig.zig");
 
+pub const MarkdownRenderOptions = struct {
+    fragments: ?type = null,
+};
+
 pub fn render(
     allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-    path: []const u8,
-    custom_fragments: ?type,
-) !?[]const u8 {
-    const fragments = custom_fragments orelse jetzig.config.get(type, "markdown_fragments");
+    content: []const u8,
+    comptime options: MarkdownRenderOptions,
+) ![]const u8 {
+    const fragments = options.fragments orelse jetzig.config.get(type, "markdown_fragments");
 
+    var zmd = Zmd.init(allocator);
+    defer zmd.deinit();
+
+    try zmd.parse(content);
+    return try zmd.toHtml(fragments);
+}
+
+pub fn renderFile(
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    path: []const u8,
+    comptime options: MarkdownRenderOptions,
+) !?[]const u8 {
     var path_buf = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(allocator);
     defer path_buf.deinit();
 
@@ -33,16 +49,12 @@ pub fn render(
             else => err,
         };
     };
-    const markdown_content = std.fs.cwd().readFileAlloc(allocator, full_path, @intCast(stat.size)) catch |err| {
+    const content = std.fs.cwd().readFileAlloc(allocator, full_path, @intCast(stat.size)) catch |err| {
         switch (err) {
             error.FileNotFound => return null,
             else => return err,
         }
     };
 
-    var zmd = Zmd.init(allocator);
-    defer zmd.deinit();
-
-    try zmd.parse(markdown_content);
-    return try zmd.toHtml(fragments);
+    return try render(allocator, content, options);
 }