diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36c3cf0..8dd770b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ node_modules
 .sass-cache
 build
 docs
+tmp
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index ba8d976..43177a5 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {
     helpers: './lib/helpers/**/*.js',
     partials: './lib/partials/**/*.hbs',
     sass: './src/**/*.scss',
+    svg_sass: './src/sass/svg.scss',
     js: ['./src/**/*.js', './src/**/*.peg'],
     spec: './spec/**/*_spec.js'
   },
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index fbd99af..2ecbb50 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ gulp.task('default', ['server', 'docs'], function() {
     config.globs.data,
     config.globs.helpers,
     config.globs.partials,
-    config.globs.sass
+    config.globs.svg_sass
   ]), ['markup']);
+  gulp.watch(config.globs.sass, ['styles']);
   gulp.watch(config.globs.js, ['scripts', 'docs']);
 });
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ gulp.task('static', function() {
     .pipe(gulp.dest(config.buildRoot));
 });
 
-gulp.task('markup', ['styles'], function() {
+gulp.task('markup', ['markup:svg_styles'], function() {
   var hb = require('gulp-hb'),
       frontMatter = require('gulp-front-matter'),
       rename = require('gulp-rename');
@@ -61,8 +62,14 @@ gulp.task('markup', ['styles'], function() {
     .pipe(hb({
       data: config.globs.data,
       helpers: config.globs.helpers,
-      partials: config.globs.partials,
-      bustCache: true,
+      partials: _.flatten([
+        config.globs.partials,
+        './tmp/build/svg_styles.hbs'
+      ]),
+      parsePartialName: function(file) {
+        return _.last(file.shortPath.split('/'));
+      },
+      bustCache: true
     }))
     .on('error', notify.onError())
     .pipe(rename(function(path) {
@@ -71,12 +78,29 @@ gulp.task('markup', ['styles'], function() {
     .pipe(gulp.dest(config.buildRoot));
 });
 
+gulp.task('markup:svg_styles', function() {
+  var sass = require('gulp-sass'),
+      rename = require('gulp-rename');
+
+  return gulp.src('./src/sass/svg.scss')
+    .pipe(sass({
+      includePaths: require('node-bourbon').includePaths
+    }))
+    .on('error', notify.onError())
+    .pipe(rename(function(path) {
+      path.dirname = '';
+      path.basename = 'svg_styles';
+      path.extname = '.hbs';
+    }))
+    .pipe(gulp.dest('./tmp/build'))
+});
+
 gulp.task('styles', function() {
   var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps'),
       sass = require('gulp-sass'),
       rename = require('gulp-rename');
 
-  return gulp.src(config.globs.sass)
+  return gulp.src('./src/sass/main.scss')
     .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
     .pipe(sass({
       includePaths: require('node-bourbon').includePaths
diff --git a/lib/data/svg_styles.js b/lib/data/svg_styles.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ccaebc..0000000
--- a/lib/data/svg_styles.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-var fs = require('fs'),
-    path = require('path'),
-    config = require('../../config');
-
-module.exports = fs.readFileSync(config.buildPath('css/svg.css'), {
-  encoding: 'utf-8'
-});
diff --git a/lib/partials/svg_template.hbs b/lib/partials/svg_template.hbs
index a6e3f31..4a24b5e 100644
--- a/lib/partials/svg_template.hbs
+++ b/lib/partials/svg_template.hbs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
     version="1.1">
     <defs>
-      <style type="text/css">{{svg_styles}}</style>
+      <style type="text/css">{{> svg_styles}}</style>
     </defs>
     <metadata>
       <rdf:RDF>