diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cdddca6..833636d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 /Manifest.toml
 .DS_Store
+
+/src/_site
+/src/_cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 842eeb6..51b6a4a 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ InteractiveUtils = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
 JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
 LiveServer = "16fef848-5104-11e9-1b77-fb7a48bbb589"
 Logging = "56ddb016-857b-54e1-b83d-db4d58db5568"
+Malt = "36869731-bdee-424d-aa32-cab38c994e3b"
 Markdown = "d6f4376e-aef5-505a-96c1-9c027394607a"
 MarkdownLiteral = "736d6165-7244-6769-4267-6b50796e6954"
 Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
@@ -33,8 +34,10 @@ CommonMark = "0.8"
 Gumbo = "0.8"
 HypertextLiteral = "0.9"
 InteractiveUtils = "1"
+JSON = "0.21"
 LiveServer = "1.2"
 Logging = "1"
+Malt = "1"
 Markdown = "1"
 MarkdownLiteral = "0.1"
 Pkg = "1"
diff --git a/src/PlutoPages.jl b/src/PlutoPages.jl
index e0c7d55..206c3ca 100644
--- a/src/PlutoPages.jl
+++ b/src/PlutoPages.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,38 @@
 module PlutoPages
 
+# import all the things that the notebook needs
+import BetterFileWatching,
+    CommonMark,
+    Gumbo,
+    HypertextLiteral,
+    InteractiveUtils,
+    JSON,
+    LiveServer,
+    Logging,
+    Malt,
+    Markdown,
+    MarkdownLiteral,
+    Pkg,
+    Pluto,
+    PlutoHooks,
+    PlutoLinks,
+    PlutoSliderServer,
+    PlutoUI,
+    ProgressLogging,
+    RelocatableFolders,
+    SHA,
+    ThreadsX,
+    Unicode,
+    YAML
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
 import Pluto
 using RelocatableFolders
 import LiveServer
@@ -28,7 +61,7 @@ function run_plutopages_notebook(;
 )
     run_with_replacements(
         PlutoPages_notebook_path,
-        plutopages_replacements(; input_dir, output_dir, cache_dir);
+        plutopages_replacements(; input_dir, output_dir, cache_dir, ap=Base.active_project(), lp=LOAD_PATH);
         kwargs...
     )
 end
@@ -37,11 +70,14 @@ function plutopages_replacements(;
     input_dir::String, 
     output_dir::String, 
     cache_dir::String,
+    ap::String,
+    lp::Vector{String},
 )
     Dict(
         :input_dir => input_dir,
         :output_dir => output_dir,
         :cache_dir => cache_dir,
+        :override_ap_lp => (ap, lp),
     )
 end
 
diff --git a/src/notebook.jl b/src/notebook.jl
index 8708d55..2872d81 100644
--- a/src/notebook.jl
+++ b/src/notebook.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ### A Pluto.jl notebook ###
-# v0.19.40
+# v0.19.43
 
 using Markdown
 using InteractiveUtils
@@ -14,30 +14,61 @@ macro bind(def, element)
     end
 end
 
-# ╔═╡ b8024c95-6a63-4409-9c75-9bad6b301a92
+# ╔═╡ 658b1b24-a7b2-47ab-ba53-b570dfeb8bfa
 begin
+	# When the PlutoPages.jl package runs this notebook, it will override this variable.
+	# Instead of `nothing`, the value will be a Tuple{String,Vector{String}} containg `(Base.activate_project(), LOAD_PATH)`.
+	# 
+	# But if you're reading this, then no override happened, because you are developing this notebook yourself. In this case, the project environment of PlutoPages should have been activated.
+	const override_ap_lp = nothing
+
+	# import Pkg here to help the dependency sorting algorithm
 	import Pkg
-	Pkg.activate(dirname(@__DIR__))
+end
+
+# ╔═╡ b8024c95-6a63-4409-9c75-9bad6b301a92
+begin
+	# when the `override_ap_lp` cell gets overriden, the `import Pkg` disappears, here's the fix
+	eval(:(import Pkg))
+	
+	if override_ap_lp === nothing
+		Pkg.activate(dirname(@__DIR__))
+	else
+		ap, lp = override_ap_lp
+		Pkg.activate(ap)
+		copy!(LOAD_PATH, lp)
+	end
+
+	import PlutoPages
+end
+
+# ╔═╡ 87023138-83f8-4ba7-a05e-444714d0b0d1
+begin
+	# to make all the Pkg stuff work, all imports have to come from the PlutoPages package! like so:
+
+	# NOT:
+	# import PlutoSliderServer
 	
-	import PlutoSliderServer
-	import Pluto
-	using MarkdownLiteral
+	# YES:
+	import PlutoPages.PlutoSliderServer
+	import PlutoPages.Pluto
+	using PlutoPages.MarkdownLiteral
 end
 
 # ╔═╡ d4cfce05-bae4-49ae-b26d-ce27171a3853
-using PlutoUI
+using PlutoPages.PlutoUI
 
 # ╔═╡ ce840b47-8406-48e6-abfb-1b00daab28dd
-using HypertextLiteral
+using PlutoPages.HypertextLiteral
 
 # ╔═╡ 7c53c1e3-6ccf-4804-8bc3-09126036608e
-using PlutoHooks
+using PlutoPages.PlutoHooks
 
 # ╔═╡ 725cb996-68ac-4736-95ee-0a9754867bf3
-using BetterFileWatching
+using PlutoPages.BetterFileWatching
 
 # ╔═╡ 9d996c55-0e37-4ae9-a6a2-8c8761e8c6db
-using PlutoLinks
+using PlutoPages.PlutoLinks
 
 # ╔═╡ c5a0b072-7f49-4c0c-855e-773cfc03d308
 TableOfContents(include_definitions=true)
@@ -46,13 +77,13 @@ TableOfContents(include_definitions=true)
 import Logging
 
 # ╔═╡ 66c97351-2294-4ac2-a93a-f334aaee8f92
-import Gumbo
+import PlutoPages.Gumbo
 
 # ╔═╡ bcbda2d2-90a5-43e6-8400-d5472578f86a
-import ProgressLogging
+import PlutoPages.ProgressLogging
 
 # ╔═╡ cd576da6-59ae-4d1b-b812-1a35023b6875
-import ThreadsX
+import PlutoPages.ThreadsX
 
 # ╔═╡ 86471faf-af03-4f35-8b95-c4011ceaf7c3
 function progressmap_generic(mapfn, f, itr; kwargs...)
@@ -133,10 +164,10 @@ md"""
 """
 
 # ╔═╡ f4a4b741-8028-4626-9187-0b6a52f062b6
-import CommonMark
+import PlutoPages.CommonMark
 
 # ╔═╡ 535efb29-73bd-4e65-8bbc-18b72ae8fe1f
-import YAML
+import PlutoPages.YAML
 
 # ╔═╡ 90f0c676-b33f-441c-8ea6-d59c44a11547
 s_example = raw"""
@@ -474,7 +505,7 @@ md"""
 """
 
 # ╔═╡ c3a495c1-3e1f-42a1-ac08-8dc0b9175fe9
-# import Deno_jll
+# import PlutoPages.Deno_jll
 
 # ╔═╡ 3b2d1919-41d9-4bba-9774-c8497bba5003
 # dev_server_port = 4507
@@ -600,7 +631,7 @@ md"""
 """
 
 # ╔═╡ 834294ff-9441-4e71-b5c0-edaf32d860ee
-import JSON
+import PlutoPages.JSON
 
 # ╔═╡ eef54261-767a-4ce4-b549-0b1828379f7e
 SafeString(x) = String(x)
@@ -977,7 +1008,9 @@ begin
 end
 
 # ╔═╡ Cell order:
+# ╠═658b1b24-a7b2-47ab-ba53-b570dfeb8bfa
 # ╠═b8024c95-6a63-4409-9c75-9bad6b301a92
+# ╠═87023138-83f8-4ba7-a05e-444714d0b0d1
 # ╠═c5a0b072-7f49-4c0c-855e-773cfc03d308
 # ╠═d4cfce05-bae4-49ae-b26d-ce27171a3853
 # ╠═644552c6-4e32-4caf-90ef-bee259977094