diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index 92e1087..b53ad6f 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
 
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ "src/static": "/" });
 
-  eleventyConfig.addFilter("date_to_datetime", (obj) => {
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter("date_to_datetime", async (obj) => {
     const date = parseDate(obj);
     return date.toISOString();
   });
 
-  eleventyConfig.addFilter("date_formatted", (obj) => {
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter("date_formatted", async (obj) => {
     const date = parseDate(obj);
 
     const month = formatPart({ month: "short" }, date);
@@ -55,18 +55,18 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
     const minutes = date.getUTCMinutes();
 
     if (hours != 0 && minutes != 0) {
-
       return `${month} ${day}, ${year} - ${hours}:${minutes} UTC`;
     }
 
     return `${month} ${day}, ${year}`;
   });
 
-  eleventyConfig.addFilter('urlescape', str => {
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter('urlescape', async str => {
     return str.split('/').map(part => encodeURI(part)).join('/')
   });
 
-  eleventyConfig.addFilter("related", function(obj) {
+  // TODO: possibly turn this into a post processing step instead of a filter (or at least make it a shortcode)
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter("related", async function(obj) {
     const post = this.ctx;
     const posts = this.ctx.collections.posts.map(post => post.data);
 
diff --git a/src/_includes/components/bounce.js b/src/_includes/components/bounce.js
index b876fe2..749c2b2 100644
--- a/src/_includes/components/bounce.js
+++ b/src/_includes/components/bounce.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const cache = new Map();
 
-module.exports = ({ path, check_path = 'src/static/' + path, type = "css"  }) => {
+module.exports = async ({ path, check_path = 'src/static/' + path, type = "css"  }) => {
     // caching hashes significantly speeds up build time
     var hash = undefined;
     if (cache.get(check_path)) {
diff --git a/src/_includes/components/figure.js b/src/_includes/components/figure.js
index fae6247..a1d7021 100644
--- a/src/_includes/components/figure.js
+++ b/src/_includes/components/figure.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-module.exports = (md) => ({ src, alt, caption = '' }) => `
+module.exports = (md) => async ({ src, alt, caption = '', type = 'img' }) => `
   <figure>
     <div>
-      <img src="${src}" alt="${alt}" />
+    ${
+      type == 'video' ? 
+`<video controls onloadstart="this.volume=0.5">
+  <source src="${src}" type="video/mp4">
+</video>` : `<img src="${src}" alt="${alt}" />`
+    }
     </div>
     ${caption ? `<figcaption>${md.renderInline(caption)}</figcaption>` : ''}
   </figure>