diff --git a/engine/joint/v4k.h b/engine/joint/v4k.h
index 38d41f6..ce09c15 100644
--- a/engine/joint/v4k.h
+++ b/engine/joint/v4k.h
@@ -586258,8 +586258,17 @@ bool cook_start( const char *cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ) {
             char *s = strchr( ART, ';' );  if(s) *s = 0;
             char *w = strchr( ART, ' ' );  if(w) *w = 0;
             char *out = 0; const char *sep = "";
+            const char *v4k_title = getenv("V4K_TITLE");
             for each_substring(ART, ",", t) {
-                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, t)) + ART_LEN;
+                char *tt = t;
+                if (v4k_title && strlen(v4k_title) > 0) {
+                    const char *symbols[] = { "{{V4K_TITLE}}", getenv("V4K_TITLE") };
+                    tt = (char *)strlerp(1, symbols, t);
+                } else if (strstri(tt, "{{V4K_TITLE}}")) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, tt)) + ART_LEN;
+                PRINTF("ART mount+=%s\n", tmp);
                 for(int i = 0; tmp[i]; ++i) if(tmp[i]=='\\') tmp[i] = '/';
                 strcatf(&out, "%s%s%s", sep, tmp, strendi(tmp, "/") ? "" : "/");
                 assert( out[strlen(out) - 1] == '/' );
diff --git a/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c b/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
index d32becf..244bfe9 100644
--- a/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
+++ b/engine/split/v4k_cooker.c
@@ -621,8 +621,17 @@ bool cook_start( const char *cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ) {
             char *s = strchr( ART, ';' );  if(s) *s = 0;
             char *w = strchr( ART, ' ' );  if(w) *w = 0;
             char *out = 0; const char *sep = "";
+            const char *v4k_title = getenv("V4K_TITLE");
             for each_substring(ART, ",", t) {
-                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, t)) + ART_LEN;
+                char *tt = t;
+                if (v4k_title && strlen(v4k_title) > 0) {
+                    const char *symbols[] = { "{{V4K_TITLE}}", getenv("V4K_TITLE") };
+                    tt = (char *)strlerp(1, symbols, t);
+                } else if (strstri(tt, "{{V4K_TITLE}}")) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, tt)) + ART_LEN;
+                PRINTF("ART mount+=%s\n", tmp);
                 for(int i = 0; tmp[i]; ++i) if(tmp[i]=='\\') tmp[i] = '/';
                 strcatf(&out, "%s%s%s", sep, tmp, strendi(tmp, "/") ? "" : "/");
                 assert( out[strlen(out) - 1] == '/' );
diff --git a/engine/v4k.c b/engine/v4k.c
index ad08190..6807ed1 100644
--- a/engine/v4k.c
+++ b/engine/v4k.c
@@ -4435,8 +4435,17 @@ bool cook_start( const char *cook_ini, const char *masks, int flags ) {
             char *s = strchr( ART, ';' );  if(s) *s = 0;
             char *w = strchr( ART, ' ' );  if(w) *w = 0;
             char *out = 0; const char *sep = "";
+            const char *v4k_title = getenv("V4K_TITLE");
             for each_substring(ART, ",", t) {
-                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, t)) + ART_LEN;
+                char *tt = t;
+                if (v4k_title && strlen(v4k_title) > 0) {
+                    const char *symbols[] = { "{{V4K_TITLE}}", getenv("V4K_TITLE") };
+                    tt = (char *)strlerp(1, symbols, t);
+                } else if (strstri(tt, "{{V4K_TITLE}}")) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                char *tmp = file_pathabs(va("%s%s", HOME, tt)) + ART_LEN;
+                PRINTF("ART mount+=%s\n", tmp);
                 for(int i = 0; tmp[i]; ++i) if(tmp[i]=='\\') tmp[i] = '/';
                 strcatf(&out, "%s%s%s", sep, tmp, strendi(tmp, "/") ? "" : "/");
                 assert( out[strlen(out) - 1] == '/' );
diff --git a/tools/cook.c b/tools/cook.c
index d7751c9..fff3384 100644
--- a/tools/cook.c
+++ b/tools/cook.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+#define V4K_IMPLEMENTATION
 #define COOK_ON_DEMAND 0
 #define COOK_FROM_TERMINAL 1
-#include "..\engine\v4k.c"
+#include "..\engine\joint\v4k.h"
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
     double timer = time_ss();
diff --git a/tools/cook.exe b/tools/cook.exe
index 711f099..15b79c1 100644
Binary files a/tools/cook.exe and b/tools/cook.exe differ
diff --git a/tools/cook.ini b/tools/cook.ini
index c9ef0b0..d762020 100644
--- a/tools/cook.ini
+++ b/tools/cook.ini
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ; syntax: symbols are defined in KEY=value form, as seen below.
 
 TOOLS=./                          ; folder where our pipeline tools are located
-ART=../demos/art/,../engine/art/,../depot/art/common/,../depot/art/%V4K_TITLE%/  ; comma-separated folder(s) that store all our asset files
+ART=../demos/art/,../engine/art/,../depot/art/common/,../depot/art/{{V4K_TITLE}}/  ; comma-separated folder(s) that store all our asset files
 
 ; lines starting with @windows, @linux or @osx will be processed only where OS matches.
 ; we are defining here some symbols differently for each platform.