diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e..37d7e73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 374ff89..1b7477e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ RUN haraka -i /app
 RUN echo webmailer >> /app/config/plugins
 RUN echo "listen=[::0]:8080" >> /app/config/http.ini
 RUN echo "listen=[::0]:2525" >> /app/config/smtp.ini
-COPY testing/testTemplate.js /app/plugins/webmailer/templates/testTemplate.js
+COPY testing/testTemplate.js /app/templates
+COPY . /app/plugins/webmailer
 CMD haraka -c /app
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0fdd10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  mail:
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    build:
+      context: .
+    ports:
+      - '8080:8080'
+      - '2525:2525'
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/app/plugins/webmailer
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 372cdbb..cb99d98 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@ let fs = require('fs');
 
 let bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 let outbound;
-
-let getTemplates = require('./templates');
+let getTemplates;
 let errorSender = require('./errorSender');
 exports.register = function() {
   outbound = this.haraka_require('./outbound');
+  try {
+    getTemplates = this.haraka_require('./templates');
+    if(!getTemplates || !Object.keys(getTemplates).length) {
+      throw Error ("No templates loaded!");
+    } 
+  }catch(e) {
+    this.logerror("No email templates were loaded! Please add a templates directory with templates and try agin");
+  }
   this.register_hook('init_http', 'initExpress');
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/testTemplate.js b/templates/testTemplate.js
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..da82b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/testTemplate.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../testing/testTemplate.js
\ No newline at end of file