diff --git a/src/views/components/TemplateBuilder.svelte b/src/views/components/TemplateBuilder.svelte
index 6d976bb2..189efa4b 100644
--- a/src/views/components/TemplateBuilder.svelte
+++ b/src/views/components/TemplateBuilder.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
     $: fields = model.fields;
     $: code = model.code;
+    $: options = model.options;
 </script>
 
 <div class="modal-form flex flex-col gap-2">
@@ -56,6 +57,18 @@
             </label>
         </div>
     </div>
+
+    <div class="flex flex-col flex-1">
+        <h3>Options</h3>
+        <label>
+            <input
+                type="checkbox"
+                checked={$options.includeFences}
+                on:change={(e) => ($options.includeFences = e.currentTarget.checked)}
+            />
+            <span>Include frontmatter fences</span>
+        </label>
+    </div>
     <div class="flex flex-col flex-1">
         <h3>Template</h3>
         <div class="flex gap-1">
diff --git a/src/views/components/TemplateBuilder.ts b/src/views/components/TemplateBuilder.ts
index bc178376..77f993d9 100644
--- a/src/views/components/TemplateBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/views/components/TemplateBuilder.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function compileOpenForm(formName: string, fieldsToOmit: string[], usesGlobal: b
 }
 
 function compileTemplaterTemplate(formName: string) {
-    return (fields: Field[]) => {
+    return ([fields, options]: [Field[], { includeFences: boolean }]) => {
         const fieldsToInclude = fields.filter((field): field is FieldOption => !field.omit);
         const fieldsToOmit = fields.filter((field): field is OmitedFieldOption => field.omit);
         const openTheform = compileOpenForm(
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ function compileTemplaterTemplate(formName: string) {
         console.log(openTheform);
 
         return [
-            `<% "---" %>`,
+            options.includeFences ? `<% "---" %>` : "",
             `<%*`,
             `  ${openTheform}`,
             `  ${compileFrontmatter(fieldsToInclude)}`,
             `-%>`,
-            `<% "---" -%>`,
+            options.includeFences ? `<% "---" -%>` : "",
         ].join("\n");
     };
 }
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ export const makeModel = (formDefinition: FormDefinition) => {
     const fields = writable(
         formDefinition.fields.reduce((acc, { name }) => [...acc, Field(name)], [] as Field[]),
     );
+    const options = writable({ includeFences: true });
 
-    const code = derived(fields, compileTemplaterTemplate(formDefinition.name));
+    const code = derived([fields, options], compileTemplaterTemplate(formDefinition.name));
 
     function setField(name: string, newValues: Partial<Field>) {
         console.log({ name, newValues });
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ export const makeModel = (formDefinition: FormDefinition) => {
     function omitField(name: string, value: boolean) {
         setField(name, { omit: value } as Field);
     }
-    return { fields, setField, code, omitField, toggleAllFrontmatter };
+    return { fields, setField, code, omitField, toggleAllFrontmatter, options };
 };
 
 export type TemplateBuilderModel = ReturnType<typeof makeModel>;