diff --git a/src/djot.rs b/src/djot.rs
index d5a4a31..2e49d4c 100644
--- a/src/djot.rs
+++ b/src/djot.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl Context {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn djot_to_ir<'s>(mut djot: impl Iterator<Item = Event<'s>>) -> impl Iterator<Item = IrEvent<'s>> {
+fn djot_to_ir<'s>(mut djot: impl Iterator<Item = Event<'s>>) -> impl Iterator<Item = IrEvent<'s>> {
     let mut ctx = Context::new();
 
     // to be replaced by `gen`-blocks
@@ -629,6 +629,10 @@ pub fn djot_to_ir<'s>(mut djot: impl Iterator<Item = Event<'s>>) -> impl Iterato
     .into_iter()
 }
 
+pub fn parse<'s>(input: &'s str) -> impl Iterator<Item = IrEvent<'s>> {
+    djot_to_ir(jotdown::Parser::new(input))
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use std::collections::HashMap;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3cab45f..7c27693 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ fn build(ctx: &Ctx, path: &Path, renderer: &render::Renderer) -> anyhow::Result<
 
     let mut parsed: Vec<Vec<ir_markup::Event<'_>>> = content
         .par_iter()
-        .map(|content| djot::djot_to_ir(jotdown::Parser::new(content)).collect())
+        .map(|content| djot::parse(content).collect())
         .collect();
 
     // Parse entry front matter, consuming the front matter events from `parsed`