diff --git a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/render.clj b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/render.clj
index 3b78d1c..e563bcb 100644
--- a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/render.clj
+++ b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/render.clj
@@ -174,10 +174,9 @@
                     (delay (->> @promises
                                 (map #(-> % :node :value))
                                 (apply tex/render-xelatex svg-dir)))]
-                (def the-rendered-snippets rendered-snippets)
                 (doseq [{:keys [promise node]} @promises]
-                  (try (let [{:keys [value contents]} node
-                             temml (tex/render-temml (or contents value))]
+                  (try (let [{:keys [value]} node
+                             temml (tex/render-temml value)]
                          (if (tex/erroneous-temml-output? temml)
                            (let [tex (get @rendered-snippets value)]
                              (if (:errors tex)
diff --git a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/tex.clj b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/tex.clj
index 764604c..39403f2 100644
--- a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/tex.clj
+++ b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/tex.clj
@@ -200,10 +200,20 @@
   (.flush (:in *temml-worker*))
   (cbor/decode cbor/default-codec (:out *temml-worker*)))
 
-(defn render-temml [s & {:keys [display?]}]
-  (if display?
-    (command-temml-worker [s])
-    (command-temml-worker s)))
+(defn render-temml-inline [s]
+  (command-temml-worker s))
+
+(defn render-temml-display [s]
+  (command-temml-worker [s]))
+
+(defn render-temml [s]
+  (if-let [[_ inner] (re-matches #"(?s)\\[(.*)\\]" s)]
+    (render-temml-display inner)
+    (if (re-matches #"(?s)\\begin\{.+?}(.*?)\\end\{.+?}" s)
+      (render-temml-display s)
+      (if-let [[_ inner] (re-matches #"(?s)\\\((.*)\\\)" s)]
+        (render-temml-inline s)
+        (throw (ex-info "weird" {:snippet s}))))))
 
 ;; hackky....
 (defn erroneous-temml-output? [s]