diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe75472..7d583bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
       <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
       <version>8.0.0.Final</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.pebbletemplates</groupId>
+      <artifactId>pebble</artifactId>
+      <version>3.2.1</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/src/main/java/run/undead/javalin/example/Server.java b/src/main/java/run/undead/javalin/example/Server.java
index 935fdf7..7eb9020 100644
--- a/src/main/java/run/undead/javalin/example/Server.java
+++ b/src/main/java/run/undead/javalin/example/Server.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
     ), undeadConf)
         // use the UndeadJavalin instance to register Undead Views to routes
         .undead("/count", new UndeadCounter())
+        .undead("/count/pebble", new UndeadCounterPebble())
         .undead("/count/{start}", new UndeadCounter())
         .undead("/dashboard", new UndeadSalesDashboard())
         .undead("/user/new", new UndeadUserForm())
diff --git a/src/main/java/run/undead/javalin/example/view/UndeadCounterPebble.java b/src/main/java/run/undead/javalin/example/view/UndeadCounterPebble.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..666ff13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/run/undead/javalin/example/view/UndeadCounterPebble.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package run.undead.javalin.example.view;
+
+import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.PebbleEngine;
+import run.undead.context.Context;
+import run.undead.event.UndeadEvent;
+import run.undead.pebble.PebbleTemplateAdaptor;
+import run.undead.template.UndeadTemplate;
+import run.undead.view.Meta;
+import run.undead.view.View;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class UndeadCounterPebble implements View {
+  private Integer count;
+  private PebbleTemplateAdaptor adaptor = new PebbleTemplateAdaptor(new PebbleEngine.Builder()
+      .build());
+
+  public UndeadCounterPebble() {
+    this.count = 0;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void mount(Context context, Map sessionData, Map params) {
+    if (params.get("start") != null) {
+      this.count = Integer.parseInt((String) params.get("start"));
+    } else {
+      this.count = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void handleEvent(Context context, UndeadEvent event) {
+    if (event.type().equals("inc")) {
+      this.count++;
+    } else if (event.type().equals("dec") && this.count > 0) {
+      this.count--;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UndeadTemplate render(Meta meta) {
+    try {
+    return adaptor.render("count.html", Map.of("count", this.count));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/run/undead/pebble/PebbleTemplateAdaptor.java b/src/main/java/run/undead/pebble/PebbleTemplateAdaptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..880a00c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/run/undead/pebble/PebbleTemplateAdaptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package run.undead.pebble;
+
+import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.PebbleEngine;
+import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.template.PebbleTemplate;
+import run.undead.template.UndeadTemplate;
+
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class PebbleTemplateAdaptor {
+
+  private final PebbleEngine engine;
+
+  public PebbleTemplateAdaptor() {
+    this(new PebbleEngine.Builder().build());
+  }
+  public PebbleTemplateAdaptor(PebbleEngine engine) {
+    this.engine = engine;
+  }
+
+  public UndeadTemplate render(String template, Map<String, Object> data) throws Exception {
+    PebbleTemplate compiledTemplate = engine.getTemplate(template);
+
+    var writer = new StringTemplateWriter();
+    compiledTemplate.evaluate(writer, data);
+    return new UndeadTemplate(writer.toStringTemplate(), false);
+  }
+
+  class StringTemplateWriter extends Writer {
+    private final List<String> fragments = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final List<Object> values = new ArrayList<>();
+    private int writeCounts = 0;
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) {
+      var data = new String(cbuf, off, len);
+//      System.out.println("write:" + data);
+      // all we can do is alternate between fragments and values
+      if(writeCounts % 2 == 0) {
+        fragments.add(new String(cbuf, off, len));
+      } else {
+        values.add(new String(cbuf, off, len));
+      }
+      writeCounts++;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() {
+      // no-op
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+      // no-op
+    }
+
+    public StringTemplate toStringTemplate() {
+      if(fragments.size() == values.size()) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("template part needs default value; likely caused by a control statement like an if statement with zero output. try adding an else statement with a default or empty value");
+      }
+      return StringTemplate.of(fragments, values);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return toStringTemplate().interpolate();
+    }
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/count.html b/src/main/resources/count.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dfd589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/count.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<div class="flex flex-col space-y-4 mx-4">
+    <div class="text-2xl">Zombie Count</div>
+    <div class="flex items-center space-x-4">
+        <button class="btn btn-primary"
+                {% if count <= 0 %}
+                    disabled
+                {% else %}
+                {% endif %} type="button" ud-click="dec">-</button>
+        <span class="countdown font-mono text-6xl
+            {% if count == 0 %}
+                text-neutral
+            {% elseif count <= 9 %}
+                text-warning
+            {% elseif count > 9 %}
+              text-error
+            {% endif %}">
+        <span style="--value:{{ count }};"></span>
+        </span>
+        <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" ud-click="inc">+</button>
+    </div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/sub.html b/src/main/resources/sub.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e4a52b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/sub.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{% if sub == "foo" %}
+<p>foo</p>
+{% elseif sub == "bar" %}
+<p>bar</p>
+{% else %}
+<p>baz</p>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/test.html b/src/main/resources/test.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..866380d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/test.html
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>Title</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+Hello {{name}}!
+
+{% for article in articles %}
+<h3>{{ article.title }}</h3>
+<p>{{ article.content }}</p>
+{% else %}
+<p> There are no articles. </p>
+{% endfor %}
+
+
+{% if category == "news" %}
+{{ news }}
+{% elseif category == "sports" %}
+{{ sports }}
+{% else %}
+<p>Please select a category</p>
+{% endif %}
+
+{% include "sub.html" %}
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/src/test/java/run/undead/pebble/PebbleAdaptorTest.java b/src/test/java/run/undead/pebble/PebbleAdaptorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f070d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/run/undead/pebble/PebbleAdaptorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package run.undead.pebble;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+public class PebbleAdaptorTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAdaptor() throws Exception {
+    var adaptor = new PebbleTemplateAdaptor();
+    var template = adaptor.render("test.html",
+        Map.of(
+            "name", "<h1>Undead</h1>",
+            "articles", List.of(),
+            "sub", "foo"
+        )
+    );
+
+    assertEquals(StringTemplate.STR."""
+        <!DOCTYPE html>
+        <html lang="en">
+        <head>
+            <meta charset="UTF-8">
+            <title>Title</title>
+        </head>
+        <body>
+        Hello &lt;h1&gt;Undead&lt;/h1&gt;!
+                
+        <p> There are no articles. </p>
+                
+                
+        <p>Please select a category</p>
+                
+        <p>foo</p>
+        </body>
+        </html>""",template.toString());
+    System.out.println("parts:" + template.toParts());
+    var parts = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        parts.put("0", "&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt;Undead&amp;lt;&#x2F;h1&amp;gt;");
+        parts.put("1", "&lt;p&gt; There are no articles. &lt;&#x2F;p&gt;\n");
+        parts.put("2", "&lt;p&gt;Please select a category&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;\n");
+        parts.put("3", "&lt;p&gt;foo&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;\n");
+        parts.put("s", List.of(
+            "<!DOCTYPE html>\n" +
+                "<html lang=\"en\">\n" +
+                "<head>\n" +
+                "    <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n" +
+                "    <title>Title</title>\n" +
+                "</head>\n" +
+                "<body>\n" +
+                "Hello ",
+            "!\n" +
+                "\n",
+            "\n" +
+                "\n",
+            "\n",
+            "</body>\n" +
+                "</html>"
+        ));
+    assertEquals(parts, template.toParts());
+
+  }
+}