diff --git a/src/bbt/helpers.ts b/src/bbt/helpers.ts
index 774aa7e..ac8ee6a 100644
--- a/src/bbt/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/bbt/helpers.ts
@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@ export async function mkMDDir(mdPath: string) {
   await app.vault.createFolder(dir);
 }
 
-const toSpaceRegEx = /\s*[*?]+\s*/g;
-const toDashRegEx = /\s*[:"<>|]+\s*/g;
-
 export function replaceIllegalChars(str: string) {
   return str
-    .replace(toSpaceRegEx, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s*[*?]+\s*/g, ' ')
     .trim()
-    .replace(toDashRegEx, ' - ')
+    .replace(/\s*[:"<>|]+\s*/g, ' - ')
     .trim();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bbt/template.env.ts b/src/bbt/template.env.ts
index 4ff1039..38c2ae1 100644
--- a/src/bbt/template.env.ts
+++ b/src/bbt/template.env.ts
@@ -182,18 +182,16 @@ export class PersistExtension implements Extension {
     );
   }
 
-  static re = /%% begin (.+?) %%([\w\W]*?)%% end \1 %%/gi;
   static hasPersist(str: string) {
-    this.re.lastIndex = 0;
-    return this.re.test(str);
+    return /%% begin (.+?) %%([\w\W]*?)%% end \1 %%/gi.test(str);
   }
   static prepareTemplateData<T>(templateData: T, md: string): T & WithRetained {
     const out: Record<string, string> = {};
 
     if (!md) return templateData;
 
-    this.re.lastIndex = 0;
-    for (const match of md.matchAll(this.re)) {
+    const matches = md.matchAll(/%% begin (.+?) %%([\w\W]*?)%% end \1 %%/gi);
+    for (const match of matches) {
       out[match[1]] = match[2];
     }
 
@@ -208,21 +206,19 @@ export class ObsidianMarkdownLoader extends Loader {
   sourceFile: string;
 
   async = true;
-  wikiLinkRe = /^\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]$/;
-  markdownLinkRe = /^\[[^\]]*\]\(([^)]+)\)$/;
 
   setSourceFile(path: string) {
     this.sourceFile = path;
   }
 
   getLinkPath(link: string) {
-    let match = link.trim().match(this.wikiLinkRe);
+    let match = link.trim().match(/^\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]$/);
 
     if (match) {
       return match[1];
     }
 
-    match = link.trim().match(this.markdownLinkRe);
+    match = link.trim().match(/^\[[^\]]*\]\(([^)]+)\)$/);
 
     if (match) {
       return match[1];