diff --git a/site-generator b/site-generator
index 99ef842..f0fc16f 100755
--- a/site-generator
+++ b/site-generator
@@ -131,7 +131,13 @@ sub main {
 		if (exists($config{$parsed_arg{'page'}})) {
 			my $page_config = $config{$parsed_arg{'page'}}; 
 			$page_config->{'page'} = $parsed_arg{'page'};
-			$page_config->{'root_template'} = $config{root_template}{content};
+
+			# Set page's root_template to the default root_template if the 
+			# page root_template property is not set in the configuration file.
+			if (exists $page_config->{'root_template'} == 0) {
+				$page_config->{'root_template'} = $config{root_template}{content};
+			}
+
 			if (exists $config{root_template}{baseurl}) {
 				$page_config->{'baseurl'} = $config{root_template}{baseurl};
 			}