diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6880f6a..9401572 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject cryogen-core "0.1.15"
+(defproject cryogen-core "0.1.16"
   :description "Cryogen's compiler"
   :url "https://github.com/lacarmen/cryogen-core"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
@@ -12,6 +12,4 @@
                  [io.aviso/pretty "0.1.13"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.5"]
                  [selmer "0.7.8"]
-                 [markdown-clj "0.9.62"]
-                 [pandect "0.4.1"]
-                 [org.asciidoctor/asciidoctorj "1.5.2"]])
+                 [pandect "0.4.1"]])
diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/markup.clj b/src/cryogen_core/markup.clj
index 71b7b41..2162b15 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/markup.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/markup.clj
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 (ns cryogen-core.markup
-  (:require [markdown.core :refer [md-to-html-string]]
-            [markdown.transformers :refer [transformer-vector]]
-            [clojure.string :as s])
-  (:import org.asciidoctor.Asciidoctor$Factory
-           java.util.Collections))
+  (:import java.util.Collections))
+
+(defonce markup-registry (atom []))
 
 (defprotocol Markup
   "A markup engine comprising a dir(ectory) containing markup files,
@@ -13,56 +11,16 @@
   (ext [this])
   (render-fn [this]))
 
-(defn- rewrite-hrefs
+(defn rewrite-hrefs
   "Injects the blog prefix in front of any local links
 
   ex. <img src='/img/cryogen.png'/> becomes <img src='/blog/img/cryogen.png'/>"
   [blog-prefix text]
   (clojure.string/replace text #"href=.?/|src=.?/" #(str (subs % 0 (dec (count %))) blog-prefix "/")))
 
-(defn- rewrite-hrefs-transformer
-  "A :replacement-transformer for use in markdown.core that will inject the
-  given blog prefix in front of local links."
-  [{:keys [blog-prefix]} text state]
-  [(rewrite-hrefs blog-prefix text) state])
-
-(defn- markdown
-  "Returns a Markdown (https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/)
-  implementation of the Markup protocol."
-  []
-  (reify Markup
-    (dir [this] "md")
-    (ext [this] ".md")
-    (render-fn [this]
-      (fn [rdr config]
-        (md-to-html-string
-          (->> (java.io.BufferedReader. rdr)
-            (line-seq)
-            (s/join "\n"))
-          :reference-links? true
-          :heading-anchors true
-          :replacement-transformers (conj transformer-vector (partial rewrite-hrefs-transformer config)))))))
-
-(defn- asciidoc
-  "Returns an Asciidoc (http://asciidoc.org/) implementation of the
-  Markup protocol."
-  []
-  (reify Markup
-    (dir [this] "asc")
-    (ext [this] ".asc")
-    (render-fn [this]
-      (fn [rdr config]
-        (->>
-          (.convert (Asciidoctor$Factory/create)
-                   (->> (java.io.BufferedReader. rdr)
-                        (line-seq)
-                        (s/join "\n"))
-                   (Collections/emptyMap))
-          (rewrite-hrefs (:blog-prefix config)))))))
-
 (defn markups
   "Return a vector of Markup implementations. This is the primary entry point
   for a client of this ns. This vector should be used to iterate over supported
   Markups."
   []
-  [(markdown) (asciidoc)])
+  @markup-registry)
diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/plugins.clj b/src/cryogen_core/plugins.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35f6a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/plugins.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+(ns cryogen-core.plugins
+  (:require [cryogen-core.compiler :refer [compile-assets-timed]]
+            [clojure.edn :as edn]
+            [text-decoration.core :refer :all]))
+
+(defn load-plugin [url]
+  (let [config (edn/read-string (slurp url))]
+    (println (green (str "loading module: " (:description config))))
+    (require (:namespace config))))
+
+(defn load-plugins []
+  (let [plugins (.getResources (ClassLoader/getSystemClassLoader) "plugin.edn")]
+    (loop []
+      (load-plugin (.. plugins nextElement openStream))
+      (when (.hasMoreElements plugins)
+        (recur)))))