diff --git a/Sources/ProjectSpec/Project.swift b/Sources/ProjectSpec/Project.swift
index 808b964c..c5f78e52 100644
--- a/Sources/ProjectSpec/Project.swift
+++ b/Sources/ProjectSpec/Project.swift
@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@ extension Project: Equatable {
 
 extension Project {
 
-    public init(basePath: Path, jsonDictionary: JSONDictionary) throws {
+    public init(spec: Spec, basePath: Path) throws {
         self.basePath = basePath
-        let jsonDictionary = try Project.resolveProject(jsonDictionary: jsonDictionary)
+
+        let jsonDictionary = try Project.resolveProject(jsonDictionary: spec.resolvedDictionary())
+
         name = try jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "name")
         settings = jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "settings") ?? .empty
         settingGroups = jsonDictionary.json(atKeyPath: "settingGroups")
diff --git a/Sources/ProjectSpec/SpecLoader.swift b/Sources/ProjectSpec/SpecLoader.swift
index e5240c08..72108633 100644
--- a/Sources/ProjectSpec/SpecLoader.swift
+++ b/Sources/ProjectSpec/SpecLoader.swift
@@ -6,46 +6,8 @@ import Yams
 extension Project {
     
     public init(path: Path) throws {
-        let dictionary = try Project.loadDictionary(path: path)
-        try self.init(basePath: path.parent(), jsonDictionary: dictionary)
-    }
-
-    public static func loadDictionary(path: Path) throws -> JSONDictionary {
-
-        // Depending on the extension we will either load the file as YAML or JSON
-        var json: [String: Any]
-        if path.extension?.lowercased() == "json" {
-            let data: Data = try path.read()
-            let jsonData = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .allowFragments)
-            guard let jsonDictionary = jsonData as? [String: Any] else {
-                fatalError("Invalid JSON at path \(path)")
-            }
-            json = jsonDictionary
-        } else {
-            json = try loadYamlDictionary(path: path)
-        }
-
-        var includes: [String]
-        if let includeString = json["include"] as? String {
-            includes = [includeString]
-        } else if let includeArray = json["include"] as? [String] {
-            includes = includeArray
-        } else {
-            includes = []
-        }
-
-        if !includes.isEmpty {
-            var includeDictionary: JSONDictionary = [:]
-            for include in includes {
-                let includePath = path.parent() + include
-                let dictionary = try loadDictionary(path: includePath)
-                includeDictionary = merge(dictionary: dictionary, onto: includeDictionary)
-            }
-            json = merge(dictionary: json, onto: includeDictionary)
-        }
-
-        return json
-    }
-
+        let basePath = path.parent()
+        let template = try Spec(filename: path.lastComponent, basePath: basePath)
+        try self.init(spec: template, basePath: basePath)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/XcodeGenKit/SpecLoader.swift b/Sources/XcodeGenKit/SpecLoader.swift
index b9a35a2b..2bc8eb77 100644
--- a/Sources/XcodeGenKit/SpecLoader.swift
+++ b/Sources/XcodeGenKit/SpecLoader.swift
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ public class SpecLoader {
     }
 
     public func loadProject(path: Path) throws -> Project {
-        let dictionary = try Project.loadDictionary(path: path)
-        let project = try Project(basePath: path.parent(), jsonDictionary: dictionary)
+        let template = try Project.Spec(filename: path.lastComponent, basePath: path.parent())
+        let project = try Project(spec: template, basePath: path.parent())
 
         self.project = project
-        projectDictionary = dictionary
+        projectDictionary = template.jsonDictionary
 
         return project
     }