diff --git a/scripts/run_docker_compare.bash b/scripts/run_docker_compare.bash
index f3164067..ace3efa4 100755
--- a/scripts/run_docker_compare.bash
+++ b/scripts/run_docker_compare.bash
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ REALPATH=$(command -v uu-realpath || command -v realpath)
 MAKE=$(command -v gmake || command -v make)
 
 function main {
-    local org_file="$($REALPATH "$1")"
     build_container
-    launch_container "$org_file"
+    launch_container
 }
 
 function build_container {
@@ -23,22 +22,13 @@ function build_container {
 }
 
 function launch_container {
-    local org_file="$1"
     local additional_flags=()
     local additional_args=()
 
-    local init_script=$(cat <<EOF
-set -euo pipefail
-IFS=\$'\n\t'
-
-cargo run -- /input.org
-EOF
-          )
-
     if [ "$SHELL" != "YES" ]; then
-        additional_args+=(sh -c "$init_script")
+        additional_args+=(cargo run)
     else
-        additional_flags+=(-i -t)
+        additional_flags+=(-t)
     fi
 
     if [ "$TRACE" = "YES" ]; then
@@ -50,7 +40,7 @@ EOF
         additional_flags+=(--env RUST_BACKTRACE=full)
     fi
 
-    docker run "${additional_flags[@]}" --rm -v "${org_file}:/input.org:ro" -v "$($REALPATH ./):/source:ro" --mount source=cargo-cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry --mount source=rust-cache,target=/target --env CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/target -w /source organic-test "${additional_args[@]}"
+    docker run "${additional_flags[@]}" --rm -i -v "$($REALPATH ./):/source:ro" --mount source=cargo-cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry --mount source=rust-cache,target=/target --env CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/target -w /source organic-test "${additional_args[@]}"
 }
 
 main "${@}"
diff --git a/src/compare/parse.rs b/src/compare/parse.rs
index 79633a92..d74cbcaf 100644
--- a/src/compare/parse.rs
+++ b/src/compare/parse.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 
-pub fn emacs_parse_org_document<'a, C>(file_path: C) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
+pub fn emacs_parse_org_document<C>(file_contents: C) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
 where
-    C: AsRef<Path>,
+    C: AsRef<str>,
 {
-    let elisp_script = r#"(progn
+    let escaped_file_contents = escape_elisp_string(file_contents);
+    let elisp_script = format!(r#"(progn
+     (erase-buffer)
+     (insert "{escaped_file_contents}")
      (org-mode)
      (message "%s" (pp-to-string (org-element-parse-buffer)))
-)"#;
+)"#, escaped_file_contents=escaped_file_contents);
     let mut cmd = Command::new("emacs");
     let proc = cmd
         .arg("-q")
         .arg("--no-site-file")
         .arg("--no-splash")
         .arg("--batch")
-        .arg("--insert")
-        .arg(file_path.as_ref().as_os_str())
         .arg("--eval")
         .arg(elisp_script);
     let out = proc.output()?;
@@ -24,3 +24,25 @@ where
     let org_sexp = out.stderr;
     Ok(String::from_utf8(org_sexp)?)
 }
+
+fn escape_elisp_string<C>(file_contents: C) -> String
+where
+    C: AsRef<str>,
+{
+    let source = file_contents.as_ref();
+    let source_len = source.len();
+    // We allocate a string 10% larger than the source to account for escape characters. Without this, we would have more allocations during processing.
+    let mut output = String::with_capacity(source_len + (source_len / 10));
+    for c in source.chars() {
+        match c {
+            '"' | '\\' => {
+                output.push('\\');
+                output.push(c);
+            }
+            _ => {
+                output.push(c);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    output
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9f76e493..b48fab1c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #![feature(round_char_boundary)]
-use std::path::Path;
+#[cfg(feature = "compare")]
+use std::io::Read;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "compare")]
 use ::organic::parser::document;
@@ -36,22 +37,26 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "tracing", tracing::instrument(ret, level = "debug"))]
 fn main_body() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    run_compare(
-        std::env::args()
-            .nth(1)
-            .ok_or("Pass a single file into this script.")?,
-    )
+    let org_contents = read_stdin_to_string()?;
+    run_compare(org_contents)
+}
+
+fn read_stdin_to_string() -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let mut stdin_contents = String::new();
+    std::io::stdin()
+        .lock()
+        .read_to_string(&mut stdin_contents)?;
+    Ok(stdin_contents)
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "compare")]
-fn run_compare<P: AsRef<Path>>(todo_org_path: P) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let org_contents = std::fs::read_to_string(todo_org_path.as_ref())?;
-    let (remaining, rust_parsed) = document(org_contents.as_str()).expect("Org Parse failure");
-    let org_sexp = emacs_parse_org_document(todo_org_path.as_ref())?;
+fn run_compare<P: AsRef<str>>(org_contents: P) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let (remaining, rust_parsed) = document(org_contents.as_ref()).expect("Org Parse failure");
+    let org_sexp = emacs_parse_org_document(org_contents.as_ref())?;
     let (_remaining, parsed_sexp) =
         sexp_with_padding(org_sexp.as_str()).expect("Sexp Parse failure");
 
-    println!("{}\n\n\n", org_contents.as_str());
+    println!("{}\n\n\n", org_contents.as_ref());
     println!("{}", org_sexp);
     println!("{:#?}", rust_parsed);
 
diff --git a/tests/test_template b/tests/test_template
index c9a99038..442db660 100644
--- a/tests/test_template
+++ b/tests/test_template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ fn {name}() {{
     let todo_org_path = "{path}";
     let org_contents = std::fs::read_to_string(todo_org_path).expect("Read org file.");
     println!("{{}}", org_contents);
-    let org_sexp = emacs_parse_org_document(todo_org_path).expect("Use emacs to parse org file.");
+    let org_sexp = emacs_parse_org_document(org_contents.as_str()).expect("Use emacs to parse org file.");
     println!("{{}}", org_sexp);
     let (_remaining, parsed_sexp) = sexp_with_padding(org_sexp.as_str()).expect("Sexp Parse failure");
     let (remaining, rust_parsed) = document(org_contents.as_str()).expect("Org Parse failure");