diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 45845f3..760be2e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// good to have early on
-	templates, err := yt.FetchTemplates()
+	templates, err := yt.FetchTemplates(path.Join(userConfigDir, "vodular", "templates"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch templates: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/youtube/youtube.go b/youtube/youtube.go
index 79641fa..c6ace15 100644
--- a/youtube/youtube.go
+++ b/youtube/youtube.go
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ var videoYtCategory = map[CategoryType]string {
 	CATEGORY_ENTERTAINMENT: YT_CATEGORY_ENTERTAINMENT,
 }
 
-var templateDir = "templates"
-var tagsPath = path.Join(templateDir, "tags.txt")
-var titlePath = path.Join(templateDir, "title.txt")
-var descriptionPath = path.Join(templateDir, "description.txt")
-
 const defaultTitleTemplate =
 "{{.Title}} - {{FormatTime .Date \"02 Jan 2006\"}}"
 const defaultDescriptionTemplate =
@@ -135,9 +130,13 @@ var templateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 	},
 }
 
-func FetchTemplates() (*Template, error) {
+func FetchTemplates(templateDir string) (*Template, error) {
 	tmpl := Template{}
 
+	var tagsPath = path.Join(templateDir, "tags.txt")
+	var titlePath = path.Join(templateDir, "title.txt")
+	var descriptionPath = path.Join(templateDir, "description.txt")
+
 	// tags
 	if tagsFile, err := os.ReadFile(tagsPath); err == nil {
 		tmpl.Tags = strings.Split(string(tagsFile), "\n")