diff --git a/History.markdown b/History.markdown
index 7f5cc4e..7639cb2 100644
--- a/History.markdown
+++ b/History.markdown
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 ## HEAD
 
+## 2.3.0
+
+### Minor Enhancements
+
 * Use canonical_url specified in page if present #211
 * Fix for image.path causing an invalid url error #228
 * Ensure `site.data.authors` is properly formatted before attempting to retrieve author meta #227
+* Convert author, image, and JSON-LD to dedicated drops #229
+* Cache parsed template #231
+
+### Documentation
+
+* gems: is deprecated in current Jekyll version of github-pages #230
 
 ## 2.2.3 
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-seo-tag.rb b/lib/jekyll-seo-tag.rb
index 5ba8aad..55397c4 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-seo-tag.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-seo-tag.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Jekyll
 
     def render(context)
       @context = context
-      template.render!(payload, info)
+      SeoTag.template.render!(payload, info)
     end
 
     private
@@ -63,19 +63,23 @@ module Jekyll
       }
     end
 
-    def template
-      @template ||= Liquid::Template.parse template_contents
-    end
-
-    def template_contents
-      @template_contents ||= begin
-        File.read(template_path).gsub(MINIFY_REGEX, "")
+    class << self
+      def template
+        @template ||= Liquid::Template.parse template_contents
       end
-    end
 
-    def template_path
-      @template_path ||= begin
-        File.expand_path "./template.html", File.dirname(__FILE__)
+      private
+
+      def template_contents
+        @template_contents ||= begin
+          File.read(template_path).gsub(MINIFY_REGEX, "")
+        end
+      end
+
+      def template_path
+        @template_path ||= begin
+          File.expand_path "./template.html", File.dirname(__FILE__)
+        end
       end
     end
   end