diff --git a/internal/notes/views/views.go b/internal/notes/views/views.go
index 7302dc2..c76c731 100644
--- a/internal/notes/views/views.go
+++ b/internal/notes/views/views.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func view(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	context := map[string]any{"note": note, "urlEdit": urlEdit}
+	context := templ.Ctx{"note": note, "urlEdit": urlEdit}
 	note.Render()
 	err = templ.RenderTemplate(w, "view.tmpl.html", context)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func edit(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	urlSave := myurls.Reverse("save", urls.Repl{"note": title})
-	context := map[string]any{"note": note, "urlSave": urlSave}
+	context := templ.Ctx{"note": note, "urlSave": urlSave}
 	err = templ.RenderTemplate(w, "edit.tmpl.html", context)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Print(err.Error())
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func list(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = templ.RenderTemplate(w, "list.tmpl.html", map[string]any{"titles": titles})
+	err = templ.RenderTemplate(w, "list.tmpl.html", templ.Ctx{"titles": titles})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Print(err.Error())
 		http.Error(w, "Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/internal/templ/templ.go b/internal/templ/templ.go
index 0446a13..0b9aa0d 100644
--- a/internal/templ/templ.go
+++ b/internal/templ/templ.go
@@ -3,16 +3,26 @@ package templ
 import (
 	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"gitea.gwairfelin.com/max/gonotes/internal/conf"
 )
 
+type Ctx map[string]any
+
 func RenderTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, tmpl string, context any) error {
 	files := []string{
 		filepath.Join(conf.Conf.TemplatesDir, conf.Conf.BaseTemplate),
 		filepath.Join(conf.Conf.TemplatesDir, tmpl),
 	}
+
+	for _, f := range files {
+		_, err := os.Stat(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 	t, err := template.ParseFiles(files...)
 	t.ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", context)
 	return err