diff --git a/src/template-config.js b/src/template-config.js
index 33cd26ca7..4495f442b 100644
--- a/src/template-config.js
+++ b/src/template-config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Default options for the html-webpack-plugin HTML renderer
+ *
+ * See https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin#configuration
+ * for possible options. Any other options will be available to the template
+ * under `htmlWebpackPlugin.options`
+ */
+
 module.exports = {
+    // html-webpack-plugin options
+    template: './src/template.ejs',
+    inject: false,
+
     // Search and metadata
     title: 'Imagine, Program, Share',
     description:
diff --git a/src/template.html b/src/template.ejs
similarity index 84%
rename from src/template.html
rename to src/template.ejs
index 440e3de6e..0a0fcdcd6 100644
--- a/src/template.html
+++ b/src/template.ejs
@@ -6,25 +6,25 @@
         <meta charset="UTF-8" />
 
         <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">
-        <meta name="viewport" content="width=<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.viewportWidth %>, initial-scale=1">
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.viewportWidth %>, initial-scale=1">
 
-        <title>Scratch - <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.title %></title>
+        <title>Scratch - <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %></title>
 
         <!-- Prevent mobile Safari from making phone numbers -->
         <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">
 
         <!-- Search & Open Graph-->
-        <meta name="description" content="<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.description %>" />
+        <meta name="description" content="<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.description %>" />
         <meta name="google-site-verification" content="m_3TAXDreGTFyoYnEmU9mcKB4Xtw5mw6yRkuJtXRKxM" />
 
         <meta property="og:url" content="https://scratch.mit.edu/" />
         <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
-        <meta property="og:title" content="Scratch - <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.title %>" />
-        <meta property="og:description" content="<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.description %>" />
-        <meta property="og:image" content="<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.og_image %>" />
-        <meta property="og:image:type" content="<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.og_image_type %>" />
-        <meta property="og:image:width" content="<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.og_image_width %>" />
-        <meta property="og:image:height" content="<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.og_image_height %>" />
+        <meta property="og:title" content="Scratch - <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %>" />
+        <meta property="og:description" content="<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.description %>" />
+        <meta property="og:image" content="<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.og_image %>" />
+        <meta property="og:image:type" content="<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.og_image_type %>" />
+        <meta property="og:image:width" content="<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.og_image_width %>" />
+        <meta property="og:image:height" content="<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.og_image_height %>" />
 
         <!-- Favicon & CSS normalize -->
         <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
@@ -35,15 +35,17 @@
 
         <!-- Analytics (GA) -->
         <script>
+            /* eslint-disable */
             (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
             (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
             m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
             })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
 
-            ga('create', '<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.ga_tracker %>', {
+            ga('create', '<%- htmlWebpackPlugin.options.ga_tracker %>', {
                 'sampleRate': 10
             });
             ga('send', 'pageview');
+            /* eslint-enable */
         </script>
     </head>
 
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@
                     loc = loc.split('-')[0];
                 }
                 if (typeof window._messages[loc] !== 'undefined') {
-                    var localizedTitle = window._messages[loc]['general.' + '<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.config.title %>'.toLowerCase()] || '';
+                    var localizedTitle = window._messages[loc]['general.' + '<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %>'.toLowerCase()] || '';
                     if (localizedTitle.length > 0) {
                         document.title = 'Scratch - ' + localizedTitle;
                     }
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 1b07dd079..b24e76287 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
 var CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
+var defaults = require('lodash.defaults');
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 var gitsha = require('git-bundle-sha');
 var path = require('path');
@@ -102,14 +103,11 @@ module.exports = {
     plugins: [
         new VersionPlugin({length: 5})
     ].concat(routes.map(function (route) {
-        return new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+        return new HtmlWebpackPlugin(defaults({}, require('./src/template-config.js'), {
             title: route.title,
             filename: route.name + '.html',
-            template: './src/template.html',
-            route: route,
-            config: require('./src/template-config.js'),
-            inject: false
-        });
+            route: route
+        }));
     })).concat([
         new CopyWebpackPlugin([
             {from: 'static'},