install freezes docpad run

[bitNomad]

I've isolated the problem to this plugin; I'm guessing there's a conflict with eco

running prior to docpad-plugin-multimarkdown:

...
debug: Rendered the file: {redacted}/src/documents/htmlmin.html
    → [2014-08-12 17:57:57.676] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:2294] [DocumentModel.<anonymous>]
debug: Rendered the file: {redacted}/src/documents/scripts/app.js
    → [2014-08-12 17:57:57.706] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:2294] [DocumentModel.<anonymous>]
debug:Adding file that references others: pages/blog-1.html.eco
    → [2014-08-12 17:57:57.715] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:1685] [FilesCollection.setCollections.referencesOthers]
debug:Adding file that references others: pages/blog-2.html.eco
    → [2014-08-12 17:57:57.723] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:1685] [FilesCollection.setCollections.referencesOthers]
debug: Emitted the event: render
    → [2014-08-12 17:57:57.736] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:1165] [TaskGroup.<anonymous>]
debug: Rendering the file: {redacted}/src/layouts/default.html.eco
    →  [2014-08-12 17:57:57.743] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:2294] [DocumentModel.<anonymous>]
debug: Emitted the event: render
...

after the install, it doesn't get to rendering default.html.eco; instead it spikes to 100% cpu and does not return:

...
debug: Rendered the file: {redacted}/src/documents/htmlmin.html
    → [2014-08-12 18:03:14.924] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:2294] [DocumentModel.<anonymous>]
debug: Rendered the file: {redacted}/src/documents/scripts/app.js
    → [2014-08-12 18:03:14.963] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:2294] [DocumentModel.<anonymous>]
debug: Adding file that references others: pages/blog-1.html.eco
    → [2014-08-12 18:03:14.972] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:1685] [FilesCollection.setCollections.referencesOthers]
debug: Adding file that references others: pages/blog-2.html.eco
    → [2014-08-12 18:03:14.982] [{redacted}/node_modules/docpad/out/lib/docpad.js:1685] [FilesCollection.setCollections.referencesOthers]