diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 3587c5a..c938bc3 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ type AmConfig struct {
 	Site struct {
 		Title string `yaml:"title"`
 	} `yaml:"site"`
+	Rendering struct {
+		TemplateDir string `yaml:"templatedir"`
+	} `yaml:"rendering"`
 }
 
 //go:embed default.yaml
diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index 07f7d4a..a793fe2 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 #
 site:
   title: "Amsterdam Web Communities System"
+rendering:
+  templatedir: custom_templates
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c8dce1b..a7e4ef5 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func setupEcho() *echo.Echo {
 
 // main is Ye Olde Main Function.
 func main() {
+	ui.SetupTemplates()
 	e := setupEcho()
 
 	e.Logger.Fatal(e.Start(":1323"))
diff --git a/ui/images.go b/ui/images.go
index 137001f..70273d3 100644
--- a/ui/images.go
+++ b/ui/images.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func AmServeImage(ctxt AmContext) (string, any, error) {
 	var err error = nil
 	if len(components) == 4 && components[2] == "builtin/" {
 		var b []byte
-		b, err = static_images.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("static_images/%s", components[3]))
+		b, err = static_images.ReadFile(filepath.Join("static_images", components[3]))
 		if err == nil {
 			ctxt.SetOutputType(mimeTypeFromFilename(components[3]))
 			return "bytes", b, nil
diff --git a/ui/templates.go b/ui/templates.go
index 4ccede7..62d9314 100644
--- a/ui/templates.go
+++ b/ui/templates.go
@@ -12,57 +12,30 @@ package ui
 
 import (
 	"embed"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
 	"git.erbosoft.com/amy/amsterdam/config"
 	"github.com/CloudyKit/jet/v6"
+	"github.com/CloudyKit/jet/v6/loaders/embedfs"
+	"github.com/CloudyKit/jet/v6/loaders/multi"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 )
 
 //go:embed views/*
 var static_views embed.FS
 
-// EmbeddedLoader is our implementation of Loader that references an embedded filesystem.
-type EmbeddedLoader struct {
-	efs    embed.FS
-	prefix string
-}
-
-/* Exists (implements Loader) tests if a particular template exists.
- * Parameters:
- *     templatePath - Path of the template to be tested.
- * Returns:
- *     true if the template exists, false if not.
- */
-func (l *EmbeddedLoader) Exists(templatePath string) bool {
-	file, err := l.efs.Open(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", l.prefix, templatePath))
-	if err == nil {
-		file.Close()
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-/* Open (implements Loader) opens a template file.
- * Parameters:
- *     templatePath - Path of the template to open.
- * Returns:
- *     Handle to the opened template file
- *.    Standard Go error status.
- */
-func (l *EmbeddedLoader) Open(templatePath string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	return l.efs.Open((fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", l.prefix, templatePath)))
-}
-
 // views is the main Jet template repository.
-var views = jet.NewSet(
-	&EmbeddedLoader{efs: static_views, prefix: "views"},
-	jet.DevelopmentMode(true),
-)
+var views *jet.Set
 
-// init adds additional configuration for the views object.
-func init() {
+// SetupTemplates is called to set up the template renderer after the configuration is loaded.
+func SetupTemplates() {
+	views = jet.NewSet(
+		multi.NewLoader(
+			jet.NewOSFileSystemLoader(config.GlobalConfig.Rendering.TemplateDir),
+			embedfs.NewLoader("views/", static_views),
+		),
+		jet.DevelopmentMode(true),
+	)
 	views.AddGlobal("GlobalConfig", config.GlobalConfig)
 }