diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4620377..e00a3c1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1476,16 +1476,11 @@ enum TooComplicated<T>{
 async fn compile(config:CompileConfig)->AResult<()>{
 	//basically decompile in reverse order
 	//load template dom
-	let input={
-		let template_path=config.template.unwrap_or_else(||{
-			let mut template_path=config.input_folder.clone();
-			template_path.push("template.rbxlx");
-			template_path
-		});
+	let mut dom=match config.template{
 		//mr dom doesn't like tokio files
-		std::io::BufReader::new(std::fs::File::open(template_path)?)
+		Some(template_path)=>load_dom(std::io::BufReader::new(std::fs::File::open(template_path)?))?,
+		None=>rbx_dom_weak::WeakDom::default(),
 	};
-	let mut dom=load_dom(input)?;
 	//hack to traverse root folder as the root object
 	dom.root_mut().name="src".to_owned();