diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.hs
index 1df87ca1e..517d3ce42 100755
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 
 module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Close (
   closemode
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ where
 
 import Control.Monad (when)
 import Data.Maybe
-import Data.String.Here
 import Data.Time.Calendar
-import Hledger
-import Hledger.Cli.CliOptions
 import System.Console.CmdArgs.Explicit as C
 
+import Hledger
+import Hledger.Cli.CliOptions
+import Hledger.Cli.Utils (hereFileRelativeToPackage)
+
 closemode = hledgerCommandMode
-  [hereFile|Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.md|]
-  -- XXX need the hledger/ eg for ghci.. file-embed's makeRelativeToProject should help
-  -- ($(makeRelativeToProject "Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.md" >>= hereFileExp))
+  $(hereFileRelativeToPackage "Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.md")
   [flagNone ["opening"] (\opts -> setboolopt "opening" opts) "show just opening transaction"
   ,flagNone ["closing"] (\opts -> setboolopt "closing" opts) "show just closing transaction"
   ]
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Utils.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Utils.hs
index d1f5d6e47..2b5d71bdc 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Utils.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Utils.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Hledger.Utils.
 
 module Hledger.Cli.Utils
     (
+     hereFileRelativeToPackage,
      withJournalDo,
      writeOutput,
      journalTransform,
@@ -31,12 +32,16 @@ import Control.Exception as C
 import Control.Monad
 
 import Data.Hashable (hash)
+import Data.FileEmbed (makeRelativeToProject)
 import Data.List
 import Data.Maybe
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
+import Data.String.Here (hereFile)
 import Data.Time (Day, addDays)
 import Data.Word
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Quote (QuasiQuoter(..))
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax (Q, Exp)
 import Numeric
 import Safe (readMay)
 import System.Console.CmdArgs
@@ -58,6 +63,13 @@ import Hledger.Read
 import Hledger.Reports
 import Hledger.Utils
 
+-- XXX hereFile or embedFile ? QQ or TH ? does it matter ?
+-- | Embed the contents of a file, given a path relative to the current package.
+hereFileRelativeToPackage :: FilePath -> Q Exp
+hereFileRelativeToPackage f = makeRelativeToProject f >>= hereFileExp
+  where
+    QuasiQuoter{quoteExp=hereFileExp} = hereFile
+    
 -- | Parse the user's specified journal file(s) as a Journal, maybe apply some
 -- transformations according to options, and run a hledger command with it. 
 -- Or, throw an error.
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index b5ac6255a..32d05d70f 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cabal-version: 1.12
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 5e004994f6f3f961edee83542d3b428dc7eb7cb365b32822b513b988c351f697
+-- hash: 725d6fac0dd1253d2b6f12ee2384d62f9204cae3c8a553906084b771b364861c
 
 name:           hledger
 version:        1.12.99
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ library
     , shakespeare >=2.0.2.2
     , split >=0.1
     , tabular >=0.2
+    , template-haskell
     , temporary
     , text >=0.11
     , time >=1.5
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ executable hledger
     , shakespeare >=2.0.2.2
     , split >=0.1
     , tabular >=0.2
+    , template-haskell
     , temporary
     , text >=0.11
     , time >=1.5
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ test-suite test
     , shakespeare >=2.0.2.2
     , split >=0.1
     , tabular >=0.2
+    , template-haskell
     , temporary
     , test-framework
     , test-framework-hunit
@@ -305,6 +308,7 @@ benchmark bench
     , shakespeare >=2.0.2.2
     , split >=0.1
     , tabular >=0.2
+    , template-haskell
     , temporary
     , text >=0.11
     , time >=1.5
diff --git a/hledger/package.yaml b/hledger/package.yaml
index 256f5e016..3ab404598 100644
--- a/hledger/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger/package.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ dependencies:
 - safe >=0.2
 - shakespeare >=2.0.2.2
 - split >=0.1
+- template-haskell
 - math-functions >=0.2.0.0
 - tabular >=0.2
 - temporary