diff --git a/qsgen2 b/qsgen2
index fe6b6d7..9b86a8f 100755
--- a/qsgen2
+++ b/qsgen2
@@ -320,15 +320,15 @@ function _pages() {
         
         # Insert page_content into pages_tpl by replacing the BODY tag present there
         if (${debug}) echo "_pages: Replacing BODY with page_content in pages_tpl"
-        pages_tpl=$( sed -e "s|BODY|${page_content}|" ${pages_tpl} )
+        pages_tpl=$( echo ${pages_tpl} | sed -e "s|BODY|${page_content}|" )
         
         # Replace every #pagetitle in pages_tpl
         if (${debug}) echo "_pages: Replacing #pagetitle in pages_tpl"
-        pages_tpl=$( sed -e "s|#pagetitle|${page_title}|g" ${pages_tpl} )
+        pages_tpl=$( echo ${pages_tpl} | sed -e "s|#pagetitle|${page_title}|g" )
         
         # Replace every #tagline in pages_tpl
         if (${debug}) echo "_pages: Replacing tagline"
-        pages_tpl=$( sed -e "s|#tagline|${site_tagline}|g" ${pages_tpl} )
+        pages_tpl=$( echo ${pages_tpl} | sed -e "s|#tagline|${site_tagline}|g" )
         
         # Replace #updated with today's date and #version with Name and Version to footer
         if (${debug}) echo "_pages: _last_updated in pages_tpl"