diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index f93a691..c9fca5d 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -140,19 +140,31 @@ function get_route_handler(fn) {
 						res.set('Link', `<${client.main_file}>;rel="preload";as="script", <${client.routes[route.id]}>;rel="preload";as="script"`);
 
 						let data = { params: req.params, query: req.query };
-						if (mod.preload) data = Object.assign(data, await mod.preload(data));
 
-						const { html, head, css } = mod.render(data);
+						if (mod.preload) {
+							const promise = Promise.resolve(mod.preload(data)).then(preloaded => {
+								Object.assign(data, preloaded);
+								return mod.render(data);
+							});
 
-						const page = templates.render(200, {
-							main: client.main_file,
-							html,
-							head: `<noscript id='sapper-head-start'></noscript>${head}<noscript id='sapper-head-end'></noscript>`,
-							styles: (css && css.code ? `<style>${css.code}</style>` : '')
-						});
+							templates.stream(res, 200, {
+								main: client.main_file,
+								html: promise.then(rendered => rendered.html),
+								head: promise.then(({ head }) => `<noscript id='sapper-head-start'></noscript>${head}<noscript id='sapper-head-end'></noscript>`),
+								styles: promise.then(({ css }) => (css && css.code ? `<style>${css.code}</style>` : ''))
+							});
+						} else {
+							const { html, head, css } = mod.render(data);
 
-						res.status(200);
-						res.end(page);
+							const page = templates.render(200, {
+								main: client.main_file,
+								html,
+								head: `<noscript id='sapper-head-start'></noscript>${head}<noscript id='sapper-head-end'></noscript>`,
+								styles: (css && css.code ? `<style>${css.code}</style>` : '')
+							});
+
+							res.end(page);
+						}
 					}
 
 					else {
diff --git a/lib/templates.js b/lib/templates.js
index 137e478..93274d1 100644
--- a/lib/templates.js
+++ b/lib/templates.js
@@ -26,10 +26,36 @@ function create_templates() {
 			return {
 				test: status => pattern.test(status),
 				specificity,
-				render(data) {
+				render: data => {
 					return template.replace(/%sapper\.(\w+)%/g, (match, key) => {
 						return key in data ? data[key] : '';
 					});
+				},
+				stream: async (res, data) => {
+					let i = 0;
+
+					do {
+						const start = template.indexOf('%sapper', i);
+
+						if (start === -1) {
+							res.end(template.slice(start));
+							return;
+						}
+
+						res.write(template.slice(i, start));
+
+						const end = template.indexOf('%', start + 1);
+						if (end === -1) {
+							throw new Error(`Bad template`); // TODO validate ahead of time
+						}
+
+						const tag = template.slice(start + 1, end);
+						const match = /sapper\.(\w+)/.exec(tag);
+						if (!match || !(match[1] in data)) throw new Error(`Bad template`); // TODO ditto
+
+						res.write(await data[match[1]]);
+						i = end + 1;
+					} while (i < template.length);
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -52,5 +78,12 @@ exports.render = (status, data) => {
 	const template = templates.find(template => template.test(status));
 	if (template) return template.render(data);
 
+	return `Missing template for status code ${status}`;
+};
+
+exports.stream = (res, status, data) => {
+	const template = templates.find(template => template.test(status));
+	if (template) return template.stream(res, data);
+
 	return `Missing template for status code ${status}`;
 };
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