diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 496f56e..7f4962f 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ authors = ["TEC <git@tecosaur.net>"]
 version = "1.0.2"
 
 [deps]
+PrecompileTools = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
 TOML = "fa267f1f-6049-4f14-aa54-33bafae1ed76"
 
 [compat]
 # 1.0 - 1.10, but the range version isn't supported till 1.4
 # In 1.11+ precompilation fails due to method overwriting.
+PrecompileTools = "1.2"
 julia = "~1.0, ~1.1, ~1.2, ~1.3, ~1.4, ~1.5, ~1.6, ~1.7, ~1.8, ~1.9, ~1.10"
 
 [extras]
diff --git a/src/StyledStrings.jl b/src/StyledStrings.jl
index 959d920..816450b 100644
--- a/src/StyledStrings.jl
+++ b/src/StyledStrings.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 module StyledStrings
 
+
 export @styled_str
 
 include("compat.jl")
@@ -54,8 +55,6 @@ function __init__()
     load_customisations!()
 end
 
-if generating_output()
-    include("precompile.jl")
-end
+include("precompile.jl")
 
 end
diff --git a/src/precompile.jl b/src/precompile.jl
index 8406f9a..17b69a3 100644
--- a/src/precompile.jl
+++ b/src/precompile.jl
@@ -1,41 +1,50 @@
-colorio = IOContext(IOBuffer(), :color => true)
-
-print(colorio, styled"just a string")
-Base.escape_string(colorio, styled"just a string")
-print(colorio, styled"{red:with color}")
-print(colorio, styled"{face=$(Face(foreground=:red)):with color}")
-print(colorio, styled"{(foreground=red):with color}")
-show(colorio, MIME("text/plain"), styled"{red:with color}")
-show(colorio, MIME("text/html"), styled"{red:with color}")
-print(colorio, styled"{red:with color}"[1])
-print(colorio, styled"{underline=(blue,curly):more styling}")
-
-convert(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, (r = 0x01, g = 0x02, b = 0x03))
-convert(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, 0x010203)
-convert(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, :namedcolor)
-tryparse(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, "blue")
-parse(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, "#010203")
-
-StyledStrings.Face(nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing,
-                   nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, [:default])
-StyledStrings.Face(height=2)
-merge(StyledStrings.Face(inherit=:blue), StyledStrings.Face(foreground=:white))
-StyledStrings.Face(height=2) == StyledStrings.Face(height=3)
-
-show(colorio, MIME("text/plain"), StyledStrings.Face(foreground=:green))
-show(colorio, StyledStrings.Face(foreground=:green))
-
-StyledStrings.getface()
-StyledStrings.getface(:red)
-StyledStrings.getface(styled"{red:red}", 1)
-
-StyledStrings.addface!(:_precompile => Face(font="precompile"))
-StyledStrings.loadface!(:_precompile => Face(inverse=true))
-StyledStrings.loaduserfaces!(Dict{String, Any}("_precompile" =>
-    Dict{String, Any}("strikethough" => true)))
-StyledStrings.resetfaces!(:_precompile)
-StyledStrings.resetfaces!()
-
-StyledStrings.withfaces(:yellow => StyledStrings.Face(foreground=:red), :green => :blue) do
-    println(colorio, styled"{yellow:red} and {green:blue} mixed make {magenta:purple}")
+using PrecompileTools: @compile_workload, @setup_workload
+
+@setup_workload begin
+    @compile_workload begin
+        colorio = IOContext(IOBuffer(), :color => true)
+
+        print(colorio, styled"just a string")
+        Base.escape_string(colorio, styled"just a string")
+        print(colorio, styled"{red:with color}")
+        print(colorio, styled"{face=$(Face(foreground=:red)):with color}")
+        print(colorio, styled"{(foreground=red):with color}")
+        show(colorio, MIME("text/plain"), styled"{red:with color}")
+        show(colorio, MIME("text/html"), styled"{red:with color}")
+        print(colorio, styled"{red:with color}"[1])
+        print(colorio, styled"{underline=(blue,curly):more styling}")
+
+        convert(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, (r = 0x01, g = 0x02, b = 0x03))
+        convert(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, 0x010203)
+        convert(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, :namedcolor)
+        tryparse(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, "blue")
+        parse(StyledStrings.SimpleColor, "#010203")
+
+        StyledStrings.Face(nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing,
+                           nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, [:default])
+        StyledStrings.Face(height=2)
+        merge(StyledStrings.Face(inherit=:blue), StyledStrings.Face(foreground=:white))
+        StyledStrings.Face(height=2) == StyledStrings.Face(height=3)
+
+        show(colorio, MIME("text/plain"), StyledStrings.Face(foreground=:green))
+        show(colorio, StyledStrings.Face(foreground=:green))
+
+        StyledStrings.getface()
+        StyledStrings.getface(:red)
+        StyledStrings.getface(styled"{red:red}", 1)
+
+        StyledStrings.addface!(:_precompile => Face(font="precompile"))
+        StyledStrings.loadface!(:_precompile => Face(inverse=true))
+        StyledStrings.loaduserfaces!(Dict{String, Any}("_precompile" =>
+            Dict{String, Any}("strikethough" => true)))
+        StyledStrings.resetfaces!(:_precompile)
+        StyledStrings.resetfaces!()
+
+        StyledStrings.withfaces(:yellow => StyledStrings.Face(foreground=:red), :green => :blue) do
+            println(colorio, styled"{yellow:red} and {green:blue} mixed make {magenta:purple}")
+        end
+
+        __init__()
+    end
+    StyledStrings.FACES.current[] = copy(StyledStrings.FACES.default)
 end