diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e462483..fe60969 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Code for the [burning.moe](https://burning.moe) homepage
   - [cleanenv](https://github.com/ilyakaznacheev/cleanenv)
   - [log](https://github.com/charmbracelet/log)
   - [mage](https://github.com/magefile/mage)
-  - [toml](https://github.com/BurntSushi/toml)
-  - [yaml](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml)
 
 ## why?
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cada77a..c50d693 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ module git.burning.moe/celediel/burning.moe
 go 1.21.5
 
 require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2
 	github.com/charmbracelet/log v0.3.1
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11
 	github.com/ilyakaznacheev/cleanenv v1.5.0
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 // indirect
@@ -24,5 +23,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	olympos.io/encoding/edn v0.0.0-20201019073823-d3554ca0b0a3 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/internal/models/templatedata.go b/internal/models/templatedata.go
index 3e40784..47d0523 100644
--- a/internal/models/templatedata.go
+++ b/internal/models/templatedata.go
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 package models
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"html/template"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"github.com/ilyakaznacheev/cleanenv"
 )
 
 const dataDir string = "./templates/data/"
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ func LoadTemplateData(page string) (TemplateData, error) {
 
 	for _, extension := range dataExtensions {
 		if info, err := os.Stat(output + extension); err == nil && !info.IsDir() {
-			data, err = loadFromFile(output, extension)
+			err = cleanenv.ReadConfig(output+extension, &data)
 			if err == nil {
 				// don't try anymore files
 				return data, nil
@@ -67,31 +65,3 @@ func LoadTemplateData(page string) (TemplateData, error) {
 	// couldn't load anything from file
 	return TemplateData{}, errors.New("Couldn't load data from file")
 }
-
-// loadFromFile loads TemplateData from the specified filetype (yaml, toml, or json)
-func loadFromFile(filename, filetype string) (TemplateData, error) {
-	var data TemplateData
-	file, err := os.ReadFile(filename + filetype)
-	if err != nil {
-		return TemplateData{}, err
-	}
-
-	switch filetype {
-	case "json":
-		err = json.Unmarshal(file, &data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return TemplateData{}, err
-		}
-	case "toml":
-		err = toml.Unmarshal(file, &data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return TemplateData{}, err
-		}
-	case "yaml":
-		err = yaml.Unmarshal(file, &data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return TemplateData{}, err
-		}
-	}
-	return data, nil
-}