diff --git a/packages/webawesome/docs/_utils/simulate-webawesome-app.js b/packages/webawesome/docs/_utils/simulate-webawesome-app.js
index 0c07a25c7..10fce521a 100644
--- a/packages/webawesome/docs/_utils/simulate-webawesome-app.js
+++ b/packages/webawesome/docs/_utils/simulate-webawesome-app.js
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
 import nunjucks from 'nunjucks';
+import * as path from "node:path"
+
+
+const baseDir = process.env.BASE_DIR || "docs"
+
+const views = [
+  path.join(baseDir),
+  path.join(baseDir, '_layouts'),
+  path.join(baseDir, '_includes')
+];
+
+const nunjucksEnv = new nunjucks.Environment(new nunjucks.FileSystemLoader(views), {
+  autoescape: true,
+  noCache: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
+});
 
 /**
  * This function simulates what a server would do running "on top" of eleventy.
  */
 export function SimulateWebAwesomeApp(str) {
-  return nunjucks.renderString(str, {
+  return nunjucksEnv.renderString(str, {
     // Stub the server EJS shortcodes.
     currentUser: {
       hasPro: false,