diff --git a/prosopopoee b/prosopopoee
index 6cf23e7..c8f8073 100755
--- a/prosopopoee
+++ b/prosopopoee
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import sys
 import yaml
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+
+templates = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader([os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "templates")), os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "templates")]))
+index_template = templates.get_template("index.html")
+gallery_index_template = templates.get_template("gallery-index.html")
 
 
 def error(test, error_message):