diff --git a/libs/types/src/config/routing.d.ts b/libs/types/src/config/routing.d.ts
index 3251550..6c3a0c7 100644
--- a/libs/types/src/config/routing.d.ts
+++ b/libs/types/src/config/routing.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { ArticleEntry } from '../content/templates/article-list'
 import { GalleryEntry } from '../content/templates/gallery-list'
 import { TemplateType } from '../content/templates/templateType'
 import { WarningModal } from './warnings'
+import { mount } from 'mount-vue-component'
 
 /**
  * Defines the shared options for a route
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export type RouteCollection = { [key: string]: RouteDefinition }
  * Defines {@link Window} globals
  */
 export interface RoutedWindow extends Window {
+  mountComponent: typeof mount
   /** refers to a template's primary route config; may briefly refer to sub config until a view is fully resolved */
   routeConfig: RouteDefinition
   /** refers to a template's sub config in the case of child routes under a template (e.g. article-view under article-list) */
diff --git a/projects/frontend/src/components/shared/embedable-content.vue b/projects/frontend/src/components/shared/embedable-content.vue
index 5230b4d..7f20fa2 100644
--- a/projects/frontend/src/components/shared/embedable-content.vue
+++ b/projects/frontend/src/components/shared/embedable-content.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { onMounted, createApp, getCurrentInstance } from 'vue'
-import { mount } from 'mount-vue-component'
+import { onMounted, getCurrentInstance } from 'vue'
+import type { RoutedWindow } from '@goldenwere/mackenzii-types'
 
 import PrimeVueImage from 'primevue/image'
 
 import { inflateEmbeds } from 'src/components/inflators/embed'
 
+declare const window: RoutedWindow
+
 const props = defineProps<{
   content: string
 }>()
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ const instance = getCurrentInstance()
 const inflateComponents = () => {
   // replace images with primevue/image
   document.querySelectorAll('.content img:not(.no-inflate)').forEach((_element) => {
-    const inflated = mount(PrimeVueImage, {
+    const inflated = window.mountComponent(PrimeVueImage, {
       props: {
         alt: _element.getAttribute('alt'),
         title: _element.getAttribute('title'),
diff --git a/projects/frontend/src/main.ts b/projects/frontend/src/main.ts
index 6d46bb0..7f1cfe1 100644
--- a/projects/frontend/src/main.ts
+++ b/projects/frontend/src/main.ts
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ export const createApp = ViteSSG(
       },
     }))
 
+    // vue-ssg doesn't like certain imports running at runtime like these, so they must be registered at the client level here
     if (isClient) {
       import('@goldenwere/mackenzii-embeds').then(({ registerLinkEmbed }) => {
         registerLinkEmbed()
       })
+      import('mount-vue-component').then(({ mount }) => {
+        window.mountComponent = mount
+      })
       window.router = router
     }