diff --git a/badge.js b/badge.js
index a03654b..7114cf9 100644
--- a/badge.js
+++ b/badge.js
@@ -15,12 +15,19 @@ try {
 } catch(e) {}
 canvasContext.font = '11px Verdana, "DejaVu Sans"';
 
+// cache templates
+var templates = {}
+var templateFiles = fs.readdirSync('templates')
+templateFiles.forEach(function(file) {
+  templates[file] = fs.readFileSync(path.join('templates', file)).toString()
+})
+
+var colorscheme = require('./colorscheme.json');
+
 function makeTemplate(colorscheme, template) {
   // Template crafting action below.
-  var colorscheme = require(path.join(__dirname, 'templates', (colorscheme || 'default') + '-colorscheme.json'));
-  var template = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'templates', (template || 'default') + '-template.svg'));
+  var template = templates[(template || 'default') + '-template.svg'];
   var imageTemplate = dot.template(''+template);
-  imageTemplate.colorscheme = colorscheme;
   return imageTemplate;
 }
 
@@ -41,8 +48,8 @@ function makeImage(data, options, cb) {
     template = makeTemplate(options.colorscheme, options.template);
   }
   if (data.colorscheme) {
-    data.colorA = template.colorscheme[data.colorscheme].colorA;
-    data.colorB = template.colorscheme[data.colorscheme].colorB;
+    data.colorA = colorscheme[data.colorscheme].colorA;
+    data.colorB = colorscheme[data.colorscheme].colorB;
   }
   data.widths = [
     (canvasContext.measureText(data.text[0]).width|0) + 10,
diff --git a/templates/default-colorscheme.json b/colorscheme.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/default-colorscheme.json
rename to colorscheme.json
diff --git a/coverage.svg b/coverage.svg
index 36e8404..c285722 100644
--- a/coverage.svg
+++ b/coverage.svg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="110" height="18"><linearGradient id="a" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity=".7"/><stop offset=".1" stop-color="#aaa" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset=".9" stop-opacity=".3"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".5"/></linearGradient><rect rx="4" width="110" height="18" fill="#555"/><rect rx="4" x="63" width="47" height="18" fill="#a4a61d"/><path fill="#a4a61d" d="M63 0h4v18h-4z"/><rect rx="4" width="110" height="18" fill="url(#a)"/><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11"><text x="32.5" y="13" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">coverage</text><text x="32.5" y="12">coverage</text><text x="85.5" y="13" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">83.9%</text><text x="85.5" y="12">83.9%</text></g></svg>
\ No newline at end of file
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="109" height="18"><linearGradient id="a" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#fff" stop-opacity=".7"/><stop offset=".1" stop-color="#aaa" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset=".9" stop-opacity=".3"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".5"/></linearGradient><rect rx="4" width="109" height="18" fill="#555"/><rect rx="4" x="63" width="46" height="18" fill="#a4a61d"/><path fill="#a4a61d" d="M63 0h4v18h-4z"/><rect rx="4" width="109" height="18" fill="url(#a)"/><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11"><text x="32.5" y="13" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">coverage</text><text x="32.5" y="12">coverage</text><text x="85" y="13" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">80.8%</text><text x="85" y="12">80.8%</text></g></svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gh-badge.js b/gh-badge.js
index aad96ee..0f0c91b 100755
--- a/gh-badge.js
+++ b/gh-badge.js
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 var path = require('path');
 var badge = require(path.join(__dirname, 'badge.js'));
 var svg2img = require(path.join(__dirname, 'svg-to-img.js'));
-var colorscheme = require(path.join(__dirname, 'templates', 'default-colorscheme.json'));
+var colorscheme = require(path.join(__dirname, 'colorscheme.json'));
 if (process.argv.length < 4) {
-  console.log('Usage: badge subject status [:colorscheme] [.output]');
-  console.log('Or:    badge subject status right-color [left-color] [.output]');
+  console.log('Usage: badge subject status [:colorscheme] [.output] [@style]');
+  console.log('Or:    badge subject status right-color [left-color] [.output] [@style]');
   console.log();
   console.log('  colorscheme: one of '
       + Object.keys(colorscheme).join(', ') + '.');
@@ -16,17 +16,24 @@ if (process.argv.length < 4) {
   console.log('  output:');
   console.log('    svg, png, jpg, or gif');
   console.log();
-  console.log('Eg: badge cactus grown :green');
+  console.log('Eg: badge cactus grown :green @flat');
   console.log();
   process.exit();
 }
 
 // Find a format specifier.
 var format = 'svg';
+var style = '';
 for (var i = 4; i < process.argv.length; i++) {
   if (process.argv[i][0] === '.') {
     format = process.argv[i].slice(1);
     process.argv.splice(i, 1);
+    continue;
+  }
+  if (process.argv[i][0] === '@') {
+    style = process.argv[i].slice(1);
+    process.argv.splice(i, 1);
+    continue;
   }
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +42,12 @@ var status = process.argv[3];
 var color = process.argv[4] || ':green';
 var colorA = process.argv[5];
 
+var badgeOpts = {}
+
+if (style) {
+  badgeOpts.template = style;
+}
+
 var badgeData = {text: [subject, status]};
 
 if (color[0] === ':') {
@@ -50,7 +63,7 @@ if (color[0] === ':') {
   if (colorA) { badgeData.colorA = colorA; }
 }
 
-badge(badgeData, function produceOutput(svg) {
+badge(badgeData, badgeOpts, function produceOutput(svg) {
   if (format === 'svg') {
     console.log(svg);
   } else if (/png|jpg|gif/.test(format)) {