diff --git a/templates.go b/templates.go
index ff00ee7..6070b78 100644
--- a/templates.go
+++ b/templates.go
@@ -148,11 +148,19 @@ func (t *Templates) Load(dir string, exts []string) error {
 		if _, ok := extsMap[ext]; !ok {
 			continue
 		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, "_partials/") {
+			continue
+		}
 		basePath := pathpkg.Join(pathpkg.Dir(path), "base"+ext)
 		if path == basePath {
 			continue
 		}
-		if base, ok := t.tmpls[basePath]; ok {
+		base, ok := t.tmpls[basePath]
+		if !ok {
+			basePath = pathpkg.Join("_default", "base"+ext)
+			base, ok = t.tmpls[basePath]
+		}
+		if ok {
 			tmpl, err := base.Clone()
 			if err != nil {
 				return err