diff --git a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
index 26088f9..eba9be4 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja.py
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ class HydeLoader(FileSystemLoader):
         """
         Calls the plugins to preprocess prior to returning the source.
         """
+        template = template.strip()
         logger.debug("Loading template [%s] and preprocessing" % template)
         (contents,
             filename,
diff --git a/hyde/generator.py b/hyde/generator.py
index 065b6ef..e86ac75 100644
--- a/hyde/generator.py
+++ b/hyde/generator.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ class Generator(object):
         Checks if the given resource has changed since the
         last generation.
         """
+        if not self.generated_once:
+            return True
         self.load_site_if_needed()
         self.load_template_if_needed()
         target = File(self.site.config.deploy_root_path.child(