diff --git a/project/src/htmlGen.scala b/project/src/htmlGen.scala
index 3eeb8a6..9041149 100644
--- a/project/src/htmlGen.scala
+++ b/project/src/htmlGen.scala
@@ -5,10 +5,27 @@ import fs2.io.file.Path
 /*
  * create an html template with that has a head, which includes script tags, that have modulepreload enabled
  */
+
+// def generateHtml(modules: Seq[(Path, String)]) = (template: String => String) =>
+//   template(makeHeader(modules, true).render)
+
+def injectModulePreloads(modules: Seq[(Path, String)], template: String) =
+  val modulesStrings =
+    for
+      m <- modules
+      if m._1.toString.endsWith(".js")
+    yield link(rel := "modulepreload", href := s"${m._1}?hash=${m._2}").render
+
+  // template(makeHeader(modules, true).render)
+  modulesStrings
+end injectModulePreloads
+
 def makeHeader(modules: Seq[(Path, String)], withStyles: Boolean) =
   val scripts =
-    for (m <- modules)
-      yield if m._1.toString.endsWith(".js") then link(rel := "modulepreload", href := s"${m._1}?hash=${m._2}")
+    for
+      m <- modules
+      if m._1.toString.endsWith(".js")
+    yield link(rel := "modulepreload", href := s"${m._1}?hash=${m._2}")
 
   val lessStyle: Seq[Modifier] =
     if withStyles then
diff --git a/project/src/live.server.scala b/project/src/live.server.scala
index 80ea6a7..1ecd431 100644
--- a/project/src/live.server.scala
+++ b/project/src/live.server.scala
@@ -172,23 +172,23 @@ object LiveServer
               )
           )
 
+        val makeIndex = ref.get.flatMap(mp => logger.trace(mp.toString())) >>
+          Ok(
+            (ref
+              .get
+              .map(_.toSeq.map((path, hash) => (fs2.io.file.Path(path), hash)))
+              .map(mods => makeHeader(mods, stylesPath.isDefined)))
+          )
+
         val overrides = HttpRoutes.of[IO] {
           case GET -> Root =>
             logger.trace("GET /") >>
-              ref.get.flatMap(mp => logger.trace(mp.toString())) >>
-              Ok(
-                (ref
-                  .get
-                  .map(_.toSeq.map((path, hash) => (fs2.io.file.Path(path), hash)))
-                  .map(mods => makeHeader(mods, stylesPath.isDefined)))
-              )
+              makeIndex
+
           case GET -> Root / "index.html" =>
-            Ok(
-              (ref
-                .get
-                .map(_.toSeq.map((path, hash) => (fs2.io.file.Path(path), hash)))
-                .map(mods => makeHeader(mods, stylesPath.isDefined)))
-            )
+            logger.trace("GET /index.html") >>
+              makeIndex
+
           case GET -> Root / "all" =>
             ref
               .get
@@ -299,6 +299,33 @@ object LiveServer
     )
     .orEmpty
 
+  val indexHtmlTemplateOpt: Opts[Option[String]] = Opts
+    .option[String](
+      "path-to-index-html-template",
+      "a path to a file which contains the index.html template you want to use. \n" +
+        "The file _MUST_ have the EXACT string <script __REPLACE_WITH_MODULE_HEADERS__\\> in the header tag/>"
+    )
+    .validate(
+      "index.html must be a file, with a .html extension, and must contain the exact script tag <script __REPLACE_WITH_MODULE_HEADERS__/> template cannot be blank"
+    ) {
+      path =>
+        os.isFile(os.Path(path)) match
+          case false => false
+          case true =>
+            val f = os.Path(path)
+            f.ext match
+              case "html" =>
+                os.read.lines(f).exists(_.contains("<script __REPLACE_WITH_MODULE_HEADERS__/>"))
+              case _ => false
+            end match
+
+    }
+    .map {
+      path =>
+        os.read(os.Path(path))
+    }
+    .orNone
+
   val millModuleNameOpt: Opts[Option[String]] = Opts
     .option[String](
       "mill-module-name",
@@ -323,7 +350,8 @@ object LiveServer
       buildToolOpt,
       openBrowserAtOpt,
       extraBuildArgsOpt,
-      millModuleNameOpt
+      millModuleNameOpt,
+      indexHtmlTemplateOpt
     ).mapN {
       (
           baseDir,
@@ -336,7 +364,8 @@ object LiveServer
           buildTool,
           openBrowserAt,
           extraBuildArgs,
-          millModuleName
+          millModuleName,
+          indexHtmlTemplate
       ) =>
 
         scribe
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index b3385d0..08a116e 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ CI builds a container image which is ready to roll.
 To run this from a shell, try something like this:
 
 ```sh
-cs launch io.github.quafadas::live-server-scala-cli-js:0.0.8 -- --project-dir /Users/simon/Code/viteless --port 3000 --build-tool scala-cli --out-dir /Users/simon/Code/viteless/out --browse-on-open-at /
+cs launch io.github.quafadas:live-server-scala-cli-js_3:0.0.9 -- --project-dir /Users/simon/Code/viteless --port 3000 --build-tool scala-cli --out-dir /Users/simon/Code/viteless/out --browse-on-open-at /
 ```
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