diff --git a/main/settings.py b/main/settings.py
index b2af8dd..8cdc77d 100644
--- a/main/settings.py
+++ b/main/settings.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': ['templates'],
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates")],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
 PROJECT_ROOT   =   os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
+    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "templates"),
+    # here you can add another templates directory if you wish.
+)
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "staticfiles")
 # Extra lookup directories for collectstatic to find static files
@@ -135,4 +139,4 @@
 STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
 
 prod_db  =  dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=500)
-DATABASES['default'].update(prod_db)
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+DATABASES['default'].update(prod_db)