diff --git a/lib/ejs.js b/lib/ejs.js
index c8cf6149..ce2b6694 100644
--- a/lib/ejs.js
+++ b/lib/ejs.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /*!
  * EJS
  * Copyright(c) 2012 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ if (require.extensions) {
   require.extensions['.ejs'] = function (module, filename) {
     filename = filename || module.filename;
     var options = { filename: filename, client: true }
-      , template = fs.readFileSync(filename).toString()
+      , template = read(filename).toString()
       , fn = compile(template, options);
     module._compile('module.exports = ' + fn.toString() + ';', filename);
   };