diff --git a/markdownextradata/plugin.py b/markdownextradata/plugin.py
index 88077f3..f70cb65 100644
--- a/markdownextradata/plugin.py
+++ b/markdownextradata/plugin.py
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 import json
 import yaml
 import mkdocs
+import logging
 from mkdocs.plugins import BasePlugin
+from mkdocs.utils import warning_filter
 
 from jinja2 import Template
 from pathlib import Path
 from itertools import chain
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.addFilter(warning_filter)
+
 CONFIG_KEYS = ["site_name", "site_author", "site_url", "repo_url", "repo_name"]
 
 if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
@@ -83,8 +88,16 @@ def on_pre_build(self, config):
                         ),
                     )
 
-    def on_page_markdown(self, markdown, config, **kwargs):
+    def on_page_read_source(self, page, config, **kwargs):
         context = {key: config.get(key) for key in CONFIG_KEYS if key in config}
         context.update(config.get("extra", {}))
-        md_template = Template(markdown)
-        return md_template.render(**config.get("extra"))
+        try:
+            with open(page.file.abs_src_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8-sig', errors='strict') as f:
+                md_template = Template(f.read())
+            return md_template.render(**config.get("extra"))
+        except OSError:
+            log.error('File not found: {}'.format(self.file.src_path))
+            raise
+        except ValueError:
+            log.error('Encoding error reading file: {}'.format(self.file.src_path))
+            raise
diff --git a/test/docs/index.md b/test/docs/index.md
index 14546a2..10cb91a 100644
--- a/test/docs/index.md
+++ b/test/docs/index.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-Hi there, {{ customer.name }}
+# Hi there, {{ customer.name }}
 
-Welcome to {{ customer.web_url }}
\ No newline at end of file
+Welcome to {{ customer.web_url }}
+
+Inside the included md file there 3 {{ star }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/mkdocs.yml b/test/mkdocs.yml
index 6b0a6df..5a27c0d 100644
--- a/test/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/test/mkdocs.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ plugins:
     - markdownextradata
 
 extra:
+  star: "![star](ressources/star.png)"
   customer:
     name: Your name here
     web_url: www.example.com
diff --git a/test/test_basic.py b/test/test_basic.py
index 3d9454d..5af748d 100644
--- a/test/test_basic.py
+++ b/test/test_basic.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ def test_basic_working():
         assert index_file.exists(),  f"{index_file} does not exist, it should"
         contents = index_file.read_text()
 
-        assert f"Hi there, {customer.get('name')}" in contents, f"customer.name is not in index"
+        assert '<h1 id="hi-there-your-name-here">Hi there, Your name here</h1>' in contents, f"customer.name is not in index"
+        assert '<p>Inside the included md file there 3 <img alt="star" src="ressources/star.png" /></p></div>' in contents, f"customer.star is not in index or not rendering as expected"
         assert f"Welcome to {customer.get('web_url')}" in contents, f"customer.web_url is not in index"
         assert isinstance(test_json_string, str), "test_json_string is not a str it should be"
         assert '{"name": "Bob"}' == test_json_string, f"Json string is not correct"