diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39dc5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+root = true
+[*]
+tab_width = 4
+indent_size = 2
+indent_style = space
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 024d896..cb524c1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ web_modules/
 .env.test.local
 .env.production.local
 .env.local
+.envrc
 
 # parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
 .cache
@@ -129,5 +130,8 @@ dist
 .yarn/install-state.gz
 .pnp.*
 
+# ignore local variables
+/vars.*.pug
+
 # ignore local research stash
 _stash/
diff --git a/.pugrc b/.pugrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43a9d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pugrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "pretty": true,
+  "basedir": "./"
+}
diff --git a/includes/body.pug b/includes/body.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/includes/head.pug b/includes/head.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/includes/tail.pug b/includes/tail.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/index.pug b/index.pug
index 6217f89..8a054fd 100644
--- a/index.pug
+++ b/index.pug
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+include vars
 doctype html
-
 head
-
+  include includes/head
 body
+  include includes/body
+include includes/tail
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3b0d55..2abf3f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "parcel build index.pug",
-    "serve": "parcel watch index.pug"
+    "serve": "parcel serve index.pug",
+    "watch": "parcel watch index.pug"
   }
 }
diff --git a/vars.pug b/vars.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec3710e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-
+  var variable = 'value'
+include vars.local