diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 8e9aa49..6917576 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use Kirby\Cms\App as Kirby;
+use Kirby\Template\Snippet as KirbySnippet;
 use Leitsch\Blade\BladeDirectives;
 use Leitsch\Blade\BladeFactory;
 use Leitsch\Blade\BladeIfStatements;
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@
         'template' => function (Kirby $kirby, string $name, ?string $contentType = null) {
             return new Template($kirby, $name, $contentType);
         },
-        'snippet' => function (Kirby $kirby, $name, array $data = []): ?string {
-            return (new Snippet($kirby, $name, $data))->load();
+        'snippet' => function (Kirby $kirby, string $name, array $data = [], bool $slots = false): KirbySnippet|string {
+            return (new Snippet($kirby, $name, $data, $slots))->load();
         },
     ],
     'hooks' => [
diff --git a/src/Snippet.php b/src/Snippet.php
index 234b703..dcb93b0 100644
--- a/src/Snippet.php
+++ b/src/Snippet.php
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
 use Kirby\Cms\App as Kirby;
+use Kirby\Template\Snippet as KirbySnippet;
 use Kirby\Toolkit\A;
-use Kirby\Toolkit\Tpl;
 
 class Snippet
 {
-    public function __construct(protected Kirby $kirby, protected $name, protected array $data = [])
+    public function __construct(protected Kirby $kirby, protected $name, protected array $data = [], protected bool $slots = false)
     {
     }
 
-    public function load(): string
+    public function load(): string|KirbySnippet
     {
         $snippets = A::wrap($this->name);
         $file = null;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function load(): string
         }
 
         // vanilla PHP snippet
-        return Tpl::load($file, $this->data);
+        return KirbySnippet::factory($this->name, $this->data, $this->slots);
     }
 
     public function getFile(string $name): ?string