diff --git a/src/plugins/format/index.js b/src/plugins/format/index.js
index 8e9314e..058aa6e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/format/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/format/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { has_modifier } from "@/utilities/utils";
 
 function plugin({ directive, evaluateLater, mutateDom }) {
     directive("format", (el, { modifiers }, { effect }) => {
-        const placeholder_regex = /{{(?<expr>.+?)}}/g;
         const is_once = has_modifier(modifiers, "once");
         const has_format_attr = el => el.hasAttribute("x-format");
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ function plugin({ directive, evaluateLater, mutateDom }) {
         }
 
         function process_text_node(node) {
-            const tokens = node.textContent.split(placeholder_regex);
+            const tokens = node.textContent.split(/{{(?<expr>.+?)}}/g);
 
             if (tokens.length > 1) {
                 const fragment = new DocumentFragment();
@@ -80,10 +79,19 @@ function plugin({ directive, evaluateLater, mutateDom }) {
 
         function process_attributes(node) {
             for (let attr of node.attributes) {
-                const matches = [...attr.value.matchAll(placeholder_regex)];
+                const matches = [...attr.value.matchAll(/{{(?<expr>.+?)}}/g)];
                 if (matches.length) {
+                    const getters = new Map(
+                        matches.map(m => [
+                            m.groups.expr,
+                            create_getter(
+                                evaluateLater,
+                                node,
+                                m.groups.expr)]));
+
                     const template = attr.value;
-                    update(() => attr.value = template.replace(placeholder_regex, (_, expr) => create_getter(evaluateLater, node, expr)()));
+
+                    update(() => attr.value = template.replace(/{{(?<expr>.+?)}}/g, (_, expr) => getters.get(expr)()));
                 }
             }
         }