@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ output := outputs.NewFilesOutput(ioConfig.Destination, log, &outputs.Options{ 		CompressFiles: !ioConfig.Development,
 	})
 
-	outDir := ioConfig.Destination
 	joinSource := joinSourcePath(ioConfig.Source)
 
 	log.Debug("output", "dir", ioConfig.Destination)
@@ -168,7 +167,12 @@ // it would be nice to set LastMod here, but using the latest post 	// date would be wrong as the homepage has its own content file
 	// without a date, which could be newer
 	sitemap.AddPath("/", time.Time{})
-	h, _ = getHTMLStyleHash(outDir, "index.html")
+	f, err := output.Open("index.html")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	h, _ = getHTMLStyleHash(f)
 	r.Hashes = append(r.Hashes, h)
 
 	log.Debug("rendering sitemap")

@@ -155,14 +155,8 @@ 	return hash(style.InnerText()), nil
 }
 
-func getHTMLStyleHash(filenames ...string) (string, error) {
-	fn := filepath.Join(filenames...)
-	f, err := os.Open(fn)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-	doc, err := NewDocumentFromReader(f)
+func getHTMLStyleHash(r io.Reader) (string, error) {
+	doc, err := NewDocumentFromReader(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}

@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ return nil 	})
 }
 
+func (f *FilesOutput) Open(filename string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	return os.Open(filepath.Join(f.outputDirectory, filename))
+}
+
 func (f *FilesOutput) OutputToFile(output io.Reader, filename string) error {
 	fn := path.Join(f.outputDirectory, filename)
 	if err := f.mkdirp(filepath.Dir(filename)); err != nil {