diff --git a/content/features/upcoming features.md b/content/features/upcoming features.md
index 351eae4..65fb56d 100644
--- a/content/features/upcoming features.md	
+++ b/content/features/upcoming features.md	
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ draft: true
 ---
 
 ## high priority
+
 - attachments path
 - https://help.obsidian.md/Editing+and+formatting/Tags#Nested+tags nested tags??
 - watch mode for config/source code
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ draft: true
 - note/header/block transcludes: https://help.obsidian.md/Linking+notes+and+files/Embedding+files
 
 ## misc
+
 - breadcrumbs component
 - filetree component
 - recent notes component
@@ -25,6 +27,6 @@ draft: true
 - audio/video embed styling
 - Canvas
 - mermaid styling: https://mermaid.js.org/config/theming.html#theme-variables-reference-table
-	- https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz/issues/331
+  - https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz/issues/331
 - parse all images in page: use this for page lists if applicable?
 - CV mode? with print stylesheet
diff --git a/quartz.config.ts b/quartz.config.ts
index d6aed2f..6ead8a0 100644
--- a/quartz.config.ts
+++ b/quartz.config.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ const config: QuartzConfig = {
         enableSiteMap: true,
         enableRSS: true,
       }),
+      Plugin.Assets(),
+      Plugin.Static(),
     ],
   },
 }
diff --git a/quartz/build.ts b/quartz/build.ts
index e5bfcaa..553bd8c 100644
--- a/quartz/build.ts
+++ b/quartz/build.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,14 @@ import { FilePath } from "./path"
 import chokidar from "chokidar"
 import { ProcessedContent } from "./plugins/vfile"
 import WebSocket, { WebSocketServer } from "ws"
-
-interface Argv {
-  directory: string
-  verbose: boolean
-  output: string
-  serve: boolean
-  port: number
-}
+import { Argv, BuildCtx } from "./ctx"
 
 async function buildQuartz(argv: Argv, version: string) {
+  const ctx: BuildCtx = {
+    argv,
+    cfg,
+  }
+
   console.log(chalk.bgGreen.black(`\n Quartz v${version} \n`))
   const perf = new PerfTimer()
   const output = argv.output
@@ -38,12 +36,10 @@ async function buildQuartz(argv: Argv, version: string) {
     console.log(`  Emitters: ${pluginNames("emitters").join(", ")}`)
   }
 
-  // clean
   perf.addEvent("clean")
   await rimraf(output)
   console.log(`Cleaned output directory \`${output}\` in ${perf.timeSince("clean")}`)
 
-  // glob
   perf.addEvent("glob")
   const fps = await globby("**/*.md", {
     cwd: argv.directory,
@@ -55,89 +51,87 @@ async function buildQuartz(argv: Argv, version: string) {
   )
 
   const filePaths = fps.map((fp) => `${argv.directory}${path.sep}${fp}` as FilePath)
-  const parsedFiles = await parseMarkdown(
-    cfg.plugins.transformers,
-    argv.directory,
-    filePaths,
-    argv.verbose,
-  )
-  const filteredContent = filterContent(cfg.plugins.filters, parsedFiles, argv.verbose)
-  await emitContent(argv.directory, output, cfg, filteredContent, argv.serve, argv.verbose)
+  const parsedFiles = await parseMarkdown(ctx, filePaths)
+  const filteredContent = filterContent(ctx, parsedFiles)
+  await emitContent(ctx, filteredContent)
   console.log(chalk.green(`Done processing ${fps.length} files in ${perf.timeSince()}`))
 
   if (argv.serve) {
-    const wss = new WebSocketServer({ port: 3001 })
-    const connections: WebSocket[] = []
-    wss.on("connection", (ws) => connections.push(ws))
+    await startServing(ctx, parsedFiles)
+  }
+}
 
-    const ignored = await isGitIgnored()
-    const contentMap = new Map<FilePath, ProcessedContent>()
-    for (const content of parsedFiles) {
-      const [_tree, vfile] = content
-      contentMap.set(vfile.data.filePath!, content)
-    }
+async function startServing(ctx: BuildCtx, initialContent: ProcessedContent[]) {
+  const { argv } = ctx
+  const wss = new WebSocketServer({ port: 3001 })
+  const connections: WebSocket[] = []
+  wss.on("connection", (ws) => connections.push(ws))
 
-    async function rebuild(fp: string, action: "add" | "change" | "unlink") {
-      perf.addEvent("rebuild")
-      if (!ignored(fp)) {
-        console.log(chalk.yellow(`Detected change in ${fp}, rebuilding...`))
-        const fullPath = `${argv.directory}${path.sep}${fp}` as FilePath
+  const ignored = await isGitIgnored()
+  const contentMap = new Map<FilePath, ProcessedContent>()
+  for (const content of initialContent) {
+    const [_tree, vfile] = content
+    contentMap.set(vfile.data.filePath!, content)
+  }
 
-        try {
-          if (action === "add" || action === "change") {
-            const [parsedContent] = await parseMarkdown(
-              cfg.plugins.transformers,
-              argv.directory,
-              [fullPath],
-              argv.verbose,
-            )
-            contentMap.set(fullPath, parsedContent)
-          } else if (action === "unlink") {
-            contentMap.delete(fullPath)
-          }
+  async function rebuild(fp: string, action: "add" | "change" | "unlink") {
+    const perf = new PerfTimer()
+    if (!ignored(fp)) {
+      console.log(chalk.yellow(`Detected change in ${fp}, rebuilding...`))
+      const fullPath = `${argv.directory}${path.sep}${fp}` as FilePath
 
-          await rimraf(output)
-          const parsedFiles = [...contentMap.values()]
-          const filteredContent = filterContent(cfg.plugins.filters, parsedFiles, argv.verbose)
-          await emitContent(argv.directory, output, cfg, filteredContent, argv.serve, argv.verbose)
-          console.log(chalk.green(`Done rebuilding in ${perf.timeSince("rebuild")}`))
-        } catch {
-          console.log(chalk.yellow(`Rebuild failed. Waiting on a change to fix the error...`))
+      try {
+        if (action === "add" || action === "change") {
+          const [parsedContent] = await parseMarkdown(ctx, [fullPath])
+          contentMap.set(fullPath, parsedContent)
+        } else if (action === "unlink") {
+          contentMap.delete(fullPath)
         }
 
-        connections.forEach((conn) => conn.send("rebuild"))
+        await rimraf(argv.output)
+        const parsedFiles = [...contentMap.values()]
+        const filteredContent = filterContent(ctx, parsedFiles)
+        await emitContent(
+          ctx,
+          filteredContent,
+        )
+        console.log(chalk.green(`Done rebuilding in ${perf.timeSince()}`))
+      } catch {
+        console.log(chalk.yellow(`Rebuild failed. Waiting on a change to fix the error...`))
       }
+
+      connections.forEach((conn) => conn.send("rebuild"))
     }
-
-    const watcher = chokidar.watch(".", {
-      persistent: true,
-      cwd: argv.directory,
-      ignoreInitial: true,
-    })
-
-    watcher
-      .on("add", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "add"))
-      .on("change", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "change"))
-      .on("unlink", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "unlink"))
-
-    const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
-      await serveHandler(req, res, {
-        public: output,
-        directoryListing: false,
-      })
-      const status = res.statusCode
-      const statusString =
-        status >= 200 && status < 300
-          ? chalk.green(`[${status}]`)
-          : status >= 300 && status < 400
-          ? chalk.yellow(`[${status}]`)
-          : chalk.red(`[${status}]`)
-      console.log(statusString + chalk.grey(` ${req.url}`))
-    })
-    server.listen(argv.port)
-    console.log(chalk.cyan(`Started a Quartz server listening at http://localhost:${argv.port}`))
-    console.log("hint: exit with ctrl+c")
   }
+
+  const watcher = chokidar.watch(".", {
+    persistent: true,
+    cwd: argv.directory,
+    ignoreInitial: true,
+  })
+
+  watcher
+    .on("add", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "add"))
+    .on("change", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "change"))
+    .on("unlink", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "unlink"))
+
+  const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    await serveHandler(req, res, {
+      public: argv.output,
+      directoryListing: false,
+    })
+    const status = res.statusCode
+    const statusString =
+      status >= 200 && status < 300
+        ? chalk.green(`[${status}]`)
+        : status >= 300 && status < 400
+        ? chalk.yellow(`[${status}]`)
+        : chalk.red(`[${status}]`)
+    console.log(statusString + chalk.grey(` ${req.url}`))
+  })
+  server.listen(argv.port)
+  console.log(chalk.cyan(`Started a Quartz server listening at http://localhost:${argv.port}`))
+  console.log("hint: exit with ctrl+c")
 }
 
 export default async (argv: Argv, version: string) => {
diff --git a/quartz/ctx.ts b/quartz/ctx.ts
index 011a262..355b4cb 100644
--- a/quartz/ctx.ts
+++ b/quartz/ctx.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ export interface Argv {
 
 export interface BuildCtx {
   argv: Argv
-  version: string
   cfg: QuartzConfig
 }
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/aliases.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/aliases.ts
index 2350cb7..0a992ba 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/aliases.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/aliases.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ export const AliasRedirects: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => ({
   getQuartzComponents() {
     return []
   },
-  async emit(contentFolder, _cfg, content, _resources, emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+  async emit({argv}, content, _resources, emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
     const fps: FilePath[] = []
 
     for (const [_tree, file] of content) {
       const ogSlug = canonicalizeServer(file.data.slug!)
-      const dir = path.relative(contentFolder, file.dirname ?? contentFolder)
+      const dir = path.relative(argv.directory, file.dirname ?? argv.directory)
 
       let aliases: CanonicalSlug[] = []
       if (file.data.frontmatter?.aliases) {
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
index e69de29..d0913c4 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/assets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { globbyStream } from "globby"
+import {
+  FilePath, slugifyFilePath,
+} from "../../path"
+import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
+import path from "path"
+import fs from "fs"
+
+export const Assets: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => ({
+  name: "Assets",
+  getQuartzComponents() {
+    return []
+  },
+  async emit({ argv }, _content, _resources, _emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+    // glob all non MD/MDX/HTML files in content folder and copy it over
+    const assetsPath = path.join(argv.output, "assets")
+
+    const fps: FilePath[] = []
+    for await (const rawFp of globbyStream("**", {
+      ignore: ["**/*.md"],
+      cwd: argv.directory,
+    })) {
+      const fp = rawFp as FilePath
+      const ext = path.extname(fp)
+      const src = path.join(argv.directory, fp) as FilePath
+      const name = (slugifyFilePath(fp as FilePath) + ext) as FilePath
+      const dest = path.join(assetsPath, name) as FilePath
+      const dir = path.dirname(dest) as FilePath
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true }) // ensure dir exists
+      await fs.promises.copyFile(src, dest)
+      fps.push(path.join("assets", fp) as FilePath)
+    }
+
+    return fps
+  },
+})
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.ts
index 0b1fec7..66cf137 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ export const ContentIndex: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (opts) => {
   opts = { ...defaultOptions, ...opts }
   return {
     name: "ContentIndex",
-    async emit(_contentDir, cfg, content, _resources, emit) {
+    async emit(ctx, content, _resources, emit) {
+      const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
       const emitted: FilePath[] = []
       const linkIndex: ContentIndex = new Map()
       for (const [_tree, file] of content) {
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
index 59a24f2..97198da 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentPage.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export const ContentPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<FullPageLayout> = (opts) => {
     getQuartzComponents() {
       return [Head, Header, Body, ...header, ...beforeBody, Content, ...left, ...right, Footer]
     },
-    async emit(_contentDir, cfg, content, resources, emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+    async emit(ctx, content, resources, emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+      const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
       const fps: FilePath[] = []
       const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
       for (const [tree, file] of content) {
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
index f58ac39..8c6ae02 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/folderPage.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ export const FolderPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<FullPageLayout> = (opts) => {
     getQuartzComponents() {
       return [Head, Header, Body, ...header, ...beforeBody, Content, ...left, ...right, Footer]
     },
-    async emit(_contentDir, cfg, content, resources, emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+    async emit(ctx, content, resources, emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
       const fps: FilePath[] = []
       const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+      const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
 
       const folders: Set<CanonicalSlug> = new Set(
         allFiles.flatMap((data) => {
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/index.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/index.ts
index 0017e82..6f1e143 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/index.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ export { TagPage } from "./tagPage"
 export { FolderPage } from "./folderPage"
 export { ContentIndex } from "./contentIndex"
 export { AliasRedirects } from "./aliases"
+export { Assets } from "./assets"
+export { Static } from "./static"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/static.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/static.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e4af15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/static.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { globby } from "globby"
+import {
+  FilePath, QUARTZ
+} from "../../path"
+import { QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
+import path from "path"
+import fs from "fs"
+
+
+export const Static: QuartzEmitterPlugin = () => ({
+  name: "Static",
+  getQuartzComponents() {
+    return []
+  },
+  async emit({ argv }, _content, _resources, _emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+    const staticPath = path.join(QUARTZ, "static")
+    const fps = await globby("*", { cwd: staticPath })
+    await fs.promises.cp(staticPath, path.join(argv.output, "static"), { recursive: true })
+    return fps.map(fp => path.join("static", fp)) as FilePath[]
+  },
+})
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx b/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
index 2903bb4..69b0180 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/tagPage.tsx
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ export const TagPage: QuartzEmitterPlugin<FullPageLayout> = (opts) => {
     getQuartzComponents() {
       return [Head, Header, Body, ...header, ...beforeBody, Content, ...left, ...right, Footer]
     },
-    async emit(_contentDir, cfg, content, resources, emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
+    async emit(ctx, content, resources, emit): Promise<FilePath[]> {
       const fps: FilePath[] = []
       const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+      const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
 
       const tags: Set<string> = new Set(allFiles.flatMap((data) => data.frontmatter?.tags ?? []))
       const tagDescriptions: Record<string, ProcessedContent> = Object.fromEntries(
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index 6b68fcc..3f58d0f 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ const commentRegex = new RegExp(/%%(.+)%%/, "g")
 // from https://github.com/escwxyz/remark-obsidian-callout/blob/main/src/index.ts
 const calloutRegex = new RegExp(/^\[\!(\w+)\]([+-]?)/)
 // (?:^| )   -> non-capturing group, tag should start be separated by a space or be the start of the line
-// #(\w+)    -> tag itself is # followed by a string of alpha-numeric characters 
+// #(\w+)    -> tag itself is # followed by a string of alpha-numeric characters
 const tagRegex = new RegExp(/(?:^| )#(\w+)/, "g")
 
 export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options> | undefined> = (
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>
             findAndReplace(tree, commentRegex, (_value: string, ..._capture: string[]) => {
               return {
                 type: "text",
-                value: ""
+                value: "",
               }
             })
           }
@@ -296,8 +296,9 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>
                 node.data = {
                   hProperties: {
                     ...(node.data?.hProperties ?? {}),
-                    className: `callout ${collapse ? "is-collapsible" : ""} ${defaultState === "collapsed" ? "is-collapsed" : ""
-                      }`,
+                    className: `callout ${collapse ? "is-collapsible" : ""} ${
+                      defaultState === "collapsed" ? "is-collapsed" : ""
+                    }`,
                     "data-callout": calloutType,
                     "data-callout-fold": collapse,
                   },
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/types.ts b/quartz/plugins/types.ts
index 52dd833..4145e8f 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/types.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/types.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ProcessedContent } from "./vfile"
 import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../cfg"
 import { QuartzComponent } from "../components/types"
 import { FilePath, ServerSlug } from "../path"
+import { BuildCtx } from "../ctx"
 
 export interface PluginTypes {
   transformers: QuartzTransformerPluginInstance[]
@@ -37,8 +38,7 @@ export type QuartzEmitterPlugin<Options extends OptionType = undefined> = (
 export type QuartzEmitterPluginInstance = {
   name: string
   emit(
-    contentDir: string,
-    cfg: GlobalConfiguration,
+    ctx: BuildCtx,
     content: ProcessedContent[],
     resources: StaticResources,
     emitCallback: EmitCallback,
diff --git a/quartz/processors/emit.ts b/quartz/processors/emit.ts
index 6ff9a21..004bb18 100644
--- a/quartz/processors/emit.ts
+++ b/quartz/processors/emit.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs"
-import { GlobalConfiguration, QuartzConfig } from "../cfg"
 import { PerfTimer } from "../perf"
 import {
   ComponentResources,
@@ -10,8 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "../plugins"
 import { EmitCallback } from "../plugins/types"
 import { ProcessedContent } from "../plugins/vfile"
-import { FilePath, QUARTZ, slugifyFilePath } from "../path"
-import { globbyStream } from "globby"
+import { FilePath } from "../path"
 
 // @ts-ignore
 import spaRouterScript from "../components/scripts/spa.inline"
@@ -24,13 +22,15 @@ import { StaticResources } from "../resources"
 import { QuartzLogger } from "../log"
 import { googleFontHref } from "../theme"
 import { trace } from "../trace"
+import { BuildCtx } from "../ctx"
 
 function addGlobalPageResources(
-  cfg: GlobalConfiguration,
-  reloadScript: boolean,
+  ctx: BuildCtx,
   staticResources: StaticResources,
   componentResources: ComponentResources,
 ) {
+  const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
+  const reloadScript = ctx.argv.serve
   staticResources.css.push(googleFontHref(cfg.theme))
 
   // popovers
@@ -85,19 +85,17 @@ function addGlobalPageResources(
 }
 
 export async function emitContent(
-  contentFolder: string,
-  output: string,
-  cfg: QuartzConfig,
+  ctx: BuildCtx,
   content: ProcessedContent[],
-  reloadScript: boolean,
-  verbose: boolean,
 ) {
+  const { argv, cfg }= ctx
+  const contentFolder = argv.directory
   const perf = new PerfTimer()
-  const log = new QuartzLogger(verbose)
+  const log = new QuartzLogger(ctx.argv.verbose)
 
   log.start(`Emitting output files`)
   const emit: EmitCallback = async ({ slug, ext, content }) => {
-    const pathToPage = path.join(output, slug + ext) as FilePath
+    const pathToPage = path.join(argv.output, slug + ext) as FilePath
     const dir = path.dirname(pathToPage)
     await fs.promises.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true })
     await fs.promises.writeFile(pathToPage, content)
@@ -113,11 +111,11 @@ export async function emitContent(
   // important that this goes *after* component scripts
   // as the "nav" event gets triggered here and we should make sure
   // that everyone else had the chance to register a listener for it
-  addGlobalPageResources(cfg.configuration, reloadScript, staticResources, componentResources)
+  addGlobalPageResources(ctx, staticResources, componentResources)
 
   let emittedFiles = 0
   const emittedResources = await emitComponentResources(cfg.configuration, componentResources, emit)
-  if (verbose) {
+  if (argv.verbose) {
     for (const file of emittedResources) {
       emittedFiles += 1
       console.log(`[emit:Resources] ${file}`)
@@ -128,15 +126,14 @@ export async function emitContent(
   for (const emitter of cfg.plugins.emitters) {
     try {
       const emitted = await emitter.emit(
-        contentFolder,
-        cfg.configuration,
+        ctx,
         content,
         staticResources,
         emit,
       )
       emittedFiles += emitted.length
 
-      if (verbose) {
+      if (ctx.argv.verbose) {
         for (const file of emitted) {
           console.log(`[emit:${emitter.name}] ${file}`)
         }
@@ -147,31 +144,5 @@ export async function emitContent(
     }
   }
 
-  const staticPath = path.join(QUARTZ, "static")
-  await fs.promises.cp(staticPath, path.join(output, "static"), { recursive: true })
-  if (verbose) {
-    console.log(`[emit:Static] ${path.join("static", "**")}`)
-  }
-
-  // glob all non MD/MDX/HTML files in content folder and copy it over
-  const assetsPath = path.join(output, "assets")
-  for await (const rawFp of globbyStream("**", {
-    ignore: ["**/*.md"],
-    cwd: contentFolder,
-  })) {
-    const fp = rawFp as FilePath
-    const ext = path.extname(fp)
-    const src = path.join(contentFolder, fp) as FilePath
-    const name = (slugifyFilePath(fp as FilePath) + ext) as FilePath
-    const dest = path.join(assetsPath, name) as FilePath
-    const dir = path.dirname(dest) as FilePath
-    await fs.promises.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true }) // ensure dir exists
-    await fs.promises.copyFile(src, dest)
-    emittedFiles += 1
-    if (verbose) {
-      console.log(`[emit:Assets] ${path.join("assets", name)}`)
-    }
-  }
-
-  log.end(`Emitted ${emittedFiles} files to \`${output}\` in ${perf.timeSince()}`)
+  log.end(`Emitted ${emittedFiles} files to \`${argv.output}\` in ${perf.timeSince()}`)
 }
diff --git a/quartz/processors/filter.ts b/quartz/processors/filter.ts
index 1f4496d..12c5b48 100644
--- a/quartz/processors/filter.ts
+++ b/quartz/processors/filter.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
+import { BuildCtx } from "../ctx"
 import { PerfTimer } from "../perf"
 import { QuartzFilterPluginInstance } from "../plugins/types"
 import { ProcessedContent } from "../plugins/vfile"
 
 export function filterContent(
-  plugins: QuartzFilterPluginInstance[],
+  { cfg, argv }: BuildCtx,
   content: ProcessedContent[],
-  verbose: boolean,
 ): ProcessedContent[] {
   const perf = new PerfTimer()
   const initialLength = content.length
-  for (const plugin of plugins) {
+  for (const plugin of cfg.plugins.filters) {
     const updatedContent = content.filter(plugin.shouldPublish)
 
-    if (verbose) {
+    if (argv.verbose) {
       const diff = content.filter((x) => !updatedContent.includes(x))
       for (const file of diff) {
         console.log(`[filter:${plugin.name}] ${file[1].data.slug}`)
diff --git a/quartz/processors/parse.ts b/quartz/processors/parse.ts
index 55783dc..aec2276 100644
--- a/quartz/processors/parse.ts
+++ b/quartz/processors/parse.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import workerpool, { Promise as WorkerPromise } from "workerpool"
 import { QuartzTransformerPluginInstance } from "../plugins/types"
 import { QuartzLogger } from "../log"
 import { trace } from "../trace"
+import { BuildCtx } from "../ctx"
 
 export type QuartzProcessor = Processor<MDRoot, HTMLRoot, void>
 export function createProcessor(transformers: QuartzTransformerPluginInstance[]): QuartzProcessor {
@@ -72,13 +73,7 @@ async function transpileWorkerScript() {
   })
 }
 
-export function createFileParser(
-  transformers: QuartzTransformerPluginInstance[],
-  baseDir: string,
-  fps: FilePath[],
-  allSlugs: ServerSlug[],
-  verbose: boolean,
-) {
+export function createFileParser({ argv, cfg }: BuildCtx, fps: FilePath[], allSlugs: ServerSlug[]) {
   return async (processor: QuartzProcessor) => {
     const res: ProcessedContent[] = []
     for (const fp of fps) {
@@ -89,12 +84,12 @@ export function createFileParser(
         file.value = file.value.toString().trim()
 
         // Text -> Text transforms
-        for (const plugin of transformers.filter((p) => p.textTransform)) {
+        for (const plugin of cfg.plugins.transformers.filter((p) => p.textTransform)) {
           file.value = plugin.textTransform!(file.value)
         }
 
         // base data properties that plugins may use
-        file.data.slug = slugifyFilePath(path.relative(baseDir, file.path) as FilePath)
+        file.data.slug = slugifyFilePath(path.relative(argv.directory, file.path) as FilePath)
         file.data.allSlugs = allSlugs
         file.data.filePath = fp
 
@@ -102,7 +97,7 @@ export function createFileParser(
         const newAst = await processor.run(ast, file)
         res.push([newAst, file])
 
-        if (verbose) {
+        if (argv.verbose) {
           console.log(`[process] ${fp} -> ${file.data.slug}`)
         }
       } catch (err) {
@@ -115,29 +110,25 @@ export function createFileParser(
   }
 }
 
-export async function parseMarkdown(
-  transformers: QuartzTransformerPluginInstance[],
-  baseDir: string,
-  fps: FilePath[],
-  verbose: boolean,
-): Promise<ProcessedContent[]> {
+export async function parseMarkdown(ctx: BuildCtx, fps: FilePath[]): Promise<ProcessedContent[]> {
+  const { argv, cfg } = ctx
   const perf = new PerfTimer()
-  const log = new QuartzLogger(verbose)
+  const log = new QuartzLogger(argv.verbose)
 
   const CHUNK_SIZE = 128
   let concurrency = fps.length < CHUNK_SIZE ? 1 : os.availableParallelism()
 
   // get all slugs ahead of time as each thread needs a copy
   const allSlugs = fps.map((fp) =>
-    slugifyFilePath(path.relative(baseDir, path.resolve(fp)) as FilePath),
+    slugifyFilePath(path.relative(argv.directory, path.resolve(fp)) as FilePath),
   )
 
   let res: ProcessedContent[] = []
   log.start(`Parsing input files using ${concurrency} threads`)
   if (concurrency === 1) {
     try {
-      const processor = createProcessor(transformers)
-      const parse = createFileParser(transformers, baseDir, fps, allSlugs, verbose)
+      const processor = createProcessor(cfg.plugins.transformers)
+      const parse = createFileParser(ctx, fps, allSlugs)
       res = await parse(processor)
     } catch (error) {
       log.end()
@@ -153,7 +144,7 @@ export async function parseMarkdown(
 
     const childPromises: WorkerPromise<ProcessedContent[]>[] = []
     for (const chunk of chunks(fps, CHUNK_SIZE)) {
-      childPromises.push(pool.exec("parseFiles", [baseDir, chunk, allSlugs, verbose]))
+      childPromises.push(pool.exec("parseFiles", [argv, chunk, allSlugs]))
     }
 
     const results: ProcessedContent[][] = await WorkerPromise.all(childPromises)
diff --git a/quartz/worker.ts b/quartz/worker.ts
index de5868a..eef4907 100644
--- a/quartz/worker.ts
+++ b/quartz/worker.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-import config from "../quartz.config"
+import cfg from "../quartz.config"
+import { Argv, BuildCtx } from "./ctx"
 import { FilePath, ServerSlug } from "./path"
 import { createFileParser, createProcessor } from "./processors/parse"
 
-const transformers = config.plugins.transformers
+const transformers = cfg.plugins.transformers
 const processor = createProcessor(transformers)
 
 // only called from worker thread
-export async function parseFiles(
-  baseDir: string,
-  fps: FilePath[],
-  allSlugs: ServerSlug[],
-  verbose: boolean,
-) {
-  const parse = createFileParser(transformers, baseDir, fps, allSlugs, verbose)
+export async function parseFiles(argv: Argv, fps: FilePath[], allSlugs: ServerSlug[]) {
+  const ctx: BuildCtx = {
+    cfg,
+    argv,
+  }
+
+  const parse = createFileParser(ctx, fps, allSlugs)
   return parse(processor)
 }