diff --git a/lib/gen/file.go b/lib/gen/file.go
index f19b31197..d64e7f765 100644
--- a/lib/gen/file.go
+++ b/lib/gen/file.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"cuelang.org/go/cue"
 	"github.com/epiclabs-io/diff3"
 	"github.com/sergi/go-diff/diffmatchpatch"
 
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ import (
 
 type File struct {
 	// Input Data, local to this file
-	In map[string]interface{}
+	// In    map[string]interface{}
+	In cue.Value
 
 	// The full path under the output location
 	// empty implies don't generate, even though it may endup in the list
@@ -220,7 +222,13 @@ func (F *File) UnifyContent() (write bool, err error) {
 func (F *File) RenderTemplate() error {
 	var err error
 
-	F.RenderContent, err = F.TemplateInstance.Render(F.In)
+	In := make(map[string]interface{})
+	err = F.In.Decode(&In)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	F.RenderContent, err = F.TemplateInstance.Render(In)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/lib/gen/generator.go b/lib/gen/generator.go
index 0de6f6e35..f4e135f11 100644
--- a/lib/gen/generator.go
+++ b/lib/gen/generator.go
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ type Generator struct {
 	Outdir string
 
 	// "Global" input, merged with out replacing onto the files
-	In map[string]interface{}
+	// In    map[string]interface{}
+	In cue.Value
 
 	// The list fo files for hof to generate, in cue values
 	Out []*File
diff --git a/lib/gen/loadcue.go b/lib/gen/loadcue.go
index aeace62f9..520482325 100644
--- a/lib/gen/loadcue.go
+++ b/lib/gen/loadcue.go
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ func (G *Generator) loadIn() error {
 		return val.Err()
 	}
 
-	G.In = make(map[string]interface{})
-	return val.Decode(&G.In)
+	G.In = val
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (G *Generator) loadTemplates() error {
@@ -180,7 +180,33 @@ func (G *Generator) loadOut() error {
 	}
 
 	G.Out = make([]*File, 0)
-	return val.Decode(&G.Out)
+	err := val.Decode(&G.Out)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// need this extra work to load In into a cue.Value
+	L, err := val.List()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	i := 0
+	for L.Next() {
+		v := L.Value()
+		in := v.LookupPath(cue.ParsePath("In"))
+
+		// If In exists
+		if in.Err() == nil {
+			// unify with G.In
+			G.Out[i].In = in.Unify(G.In)
+		} else {
+			// else, just use G.In
+			G.Out[i].In = G.In
+		}
+		i++
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (G *Generator) loadPackageName() error {
diff --git a/lib/gen/runtime.go b/lib/gen/runtime.go
index 515ee6a86..6d20d331c 100644
--- a/lib/gen/runtime.go
+++ b/lib/gen/runtime.go
@@ -184,18 +184,10 @@ func (R *Runtime) LoadGenerators() []error {
 
 func (R *Runtime) RunGenerators() []error {
 	var errs []error
-	// var err error
-
-	/*
-		R.Shadow, err = LoadShadow("", R.verbose)
-		if err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, err)
-			return errs
-		}
-	*/
 
 	// Load shadow, can this be done in parallel with the last step?
 	// Don't do in parallel yet, Cue is slow and hungry for memory @ v0.0.16
+	// CUE v0.4.0- is not concurrency safe, maybe v0.4.1 will introduce?
 	for _, G := range R.Generators {
 		gerrs := R.RunGenerator(G)
 		if len(gerrs) > 0 {
diff --git a/test/templates/gen.cue b/test/templates/gen.cue
index 9de3ca06c..741d26cb5 100644
--- a/test/templates/gen.cue
+++ b/test/templates/gen.cue
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ TestGen: #TestGen & {
 				LHS: "{%"
 				RHS: "%}"
       }
+			In: {
+				extra: "foobar"
+			}
     },
 
     // Named things
diff --git a/test/templates/output/altdelim.txt b/test/templates/output/altdelim.txt
index 356d7e0ce..ce5c17661 100644
--- a/test/templates/output/altdelim.txt
+++ b/test/templates/output/altdelim.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Val.a = '<no value>'
+Val.a = 'a'
diff --git a/test/templates/output/default.txt b/test/templates/output/default.txt
index 356d7e0ce..ce5c17661 100644
--- a/test/templates/output/default.txt
+++ b/test/templates/output/default.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Val.a = '<no value>'
+Val.a = 'a'
diff --git a/test/templates/output/named-things.txt b/test/templates/output/named-things.txt
index 351ae70eb..695249fee 100644
--- a/test/templates/output/named-things.txt
+++ b/test/templates/output/named-things.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-embedded template is '<no value>'
\ No newline at end of file
+embedded template is 'a'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/templates/output/template-altfile.txt b/test/templates/output/template-altfile.txt
index b25d539d5..effe59ec9 100644
--- a/test/templates/output/template-altfile.txt
+++ b/test/templates/output/template-altfile.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Hi, I'm a template file on disk '<no value>'
- ... and I'm a partial Hi, I'm a partial file on disk '<no value>'
+Hi, I'm a template file on disk 'a'
+ ... and I'm a partial Hi, I'm a partial file on disk 'b'
 
 
 ---
diff --git a/test/templates/output/template-file.txt b/test/templates/output/template-file.txt
index 7b0b93d52..0524a638b 100644
--- a/test/templates/output/template-file.txt
+++ b/test/templates/output/template-file.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Hi, I'm a template file on disk '<no value>'
- ... and I'm a partial Hi, I'm a partial file on disk '<no value>'
+Hi, I'm a template file on disk 'a'
+ ... and I'm a partial Hi, I'm a partial file on disk 'b'
 
 
 ---