diff --git a/TODO.todo b/TODO.todo
index 1fdcd36..d2f7949 100644
--- a/TODO.todo
+++ b/TODO.todo
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Documentation:
         ☐ Document using `__main__.py` and `cli.py`
             Use Duty as an example
 
+    ☐ Document regex usage
     ☐ Write documentation using `mkdocs`
     ☐ Look at how to use github actions
         Use <https://github.com/pdm-project/pdm/tree/main/.github/workflows> for an example
diff --git a/tembo/journal/pages.py b/tembo/journal/pages.py
index 59ea5e2..cb887eb 100644
--- a/tembo/journal/pages.py
+++ b/tembo/journal/pages.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class PageCreatorOptions:
 
 
 class PageCreator:
+    @abstractmethod
     def __init__(self, options: PageCreatorOptions) -> None:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class PageCreator:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def create_page(self, options: PageCreatorOptions) -> Page:
+    def create_page(self) -> Page:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def _check_base_path_exists(self) -> None:
@@ -111,16 +112,15 @@ class ScopedPageCreator(PageCreator):
         extension (str): extension of file.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, options: PageCreatorOptions) -> None:
         self._all_input_tokens: list[str] = []
-        self._options: PageCreatorOptions
+        self._options = options
 
     @property
     def options(self) -> PageCreatorOptions:
         return self._options
 
-    def create_page(self, options: PageCreatorOptions) -> Page:
-        self._options = options
+    def create_page(self) -> Page:
         self._check_base_path_exists()
 
         self._all_input_tokens = self._get_input_tokens()
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class ScopedPageCreator(PageCreator):
         path = pathlib.Path(self._substitute_tokens(str(path)))
 
         template_contents = self._load_template()
-        if options.template_filename is not None:
+        if self.options.template_filename is not None:
             template_contents = self._substitute_tokens(template_contents)
 
         return ScopedPage(path, template_contents)
diff --git a/tests/test_journal/test_pages.py b/tests/test_journal/test_pages.py
index 11a35f5..6a73852 100644
--- a/tests/test_journal/test_pages.py
+++ b/tests/test_journal/test_pages.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_create_page_base_path_does_not_exist(tmpdir):
     with pytest.raises(
         exceptions.BasePathDoesNotExistError
     ) as base_path_does_not_exist_error:
-        scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+        scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
 
     # assert
     assert (
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def test_create_page_template_file_does_not_exist(template_path, tmpdir):
     with pytest.raises(
         exceptions.TemplateFileNotFoundError
     ) as template_file_not_found_error:
-        scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+        scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
 
     # assert
     if template_path is None:
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def test_create_page_already_exists(datadir):
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
     with pytest.raises(exceptions.ScopedPageAlreadyExists) as page_already_exists:
         scoped_page.save_to_disk()
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_create_page_without_template(tmpdir, caplog):
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
     scoped_page.save_to_disk()
 
     # assert
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def test_create_page_with_template(datadir, caplog):
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
     scoped_page.save_to_disk()
 
     # assert
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def test_create_tokened_page_tokens_in_template(
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
     scoped_page.save_to_disk()
 
     # assert
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def test_create_tokened_page_tokens_in_filename(
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
     scoped_page.save_to_disk()
 
     # assert
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def test_create_tokened_page_input_tokens_preserve_order(datadir, caplog):
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
     scoped_page.save_to_disk()
 
     # assert
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def test_create_page_spaces_in_path(tmpdir, caplog):
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
     scoped_page.save_to_disk()
 
     # assert
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def test_create_page_dot_in_extension(tmpdir, caplog):
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension[1:]}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
     scoped_page.save_to_disk()
 
     # assert
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def test_create_page_str_representation(tmpdir):
     ).with_suffix(f".{options.extension}")
 
     # act
-    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator().create_page(options)
+    scoped_page = ScopedPageCreator(options).create_page()
 
     # assert
     assert str(scoped_page) == f"ScopedPage({scoped_page_file})"