diff --git a/site-generator b/site-generator
index f59052e..a984089 100755
--- a/site-generator
+++ b/site-generator
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ sub main {
 	read_config "site.cfg" => my %config;
 
 	my $tt = get_template_html($config{DBI});
-	generate_page($tt, $config{correspondents}{navigation}, $config{correspondents}{content});
+	generate_page($tt, $config{root_template}{content}, $config{correspondents}{navigation}, $config{correspondents}{content});
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ sub get_template_html (\%@)  {
 
 }
 
-sub generate_page ($tt, $navigation, $content) {
-	my ($tt, $navigation, $content) = @_;
+sub generate_page  {
+	my ($tt, $page, $navigation, $content) = @_;
 	my $tt_vars = {
 		navigation => $navigation, 
 		content => $content 
 	};
 
-	$tt->process('page.tpl.html', $tt_vars)
+	$tt->process($page, $tt_vars)
 		|| die $tt->error(), "\n";
 
 }
diff --git a/site.cfg b/site.cfg
index e023acc..f90fab6 100644
--- a/site.cfg
+++ b/site.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ driver: dbi:SQLite:hpr.db
 user: 
 password: 
 
+# Configure the root template page which pulls in the navigation and 
+# content templates used by each page.
+[root_template]
+content: page.tpl.html
+
 # Configure the navigation menu and the content templates for each page 
 # of the site:
 # [page_name]