diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b8068c6..9b4f86d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nexy"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d74c05d..b1ceaae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,12 +36,28 @@ nexy -p /path/to/public_dir
 
         [default: ei]
 
--t, --template <TEMPLATE>
-        Absolute path to the template files directory
-
 -p, --public <PUBLIC>
         Absolute path to the public files directory
 
+--template-access-denied <TEMPLATE_ACCESS_DENIED>
+        Absolute path to the `Access denied` template file
+
+--template-internal-server-error <TEMPLATE_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR>
+        Absolute path to the `Internal server error` template file
+
+--template-not-found <TEMPLATE_NOT_FOUND>
+        Absolute path to the `Not found` template file
+
+--template-welcome <TEMPLATE_WELCOME>
+        Absolute path to the `Welcome` template file. Unlike `template_index`, this applies only to the `public` location
+
+        **Patterns** * `{list}` - entries list for the `public` directory
+
+--template-index <TEMPLATE_INDEX>
+        Absolute path to the `Index` template file for each directory
+
+        **Patterns** * `{list}` - entries list for the current directory
+
 -r, --read-chunk <READ_CHUNK>
         Optimize memory usage on reading large files or stream
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index be2a7f4..f798014 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -23,14 +23,37 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = String::from("ei"))]
     pub debug: String,
 
-    /// Absolute path to the template files directory
-    #[arg(short, long)]
-    pub template: Option<String>,
-
     /// Absolute path to the public files directory
     #[arg(short, long)]
     pub public: String,
 
+    /// Absolute path to the `Access denied` template file
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub template_access_denied: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Absolute path to the `Internal server error` template file
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub template_internal_server_error: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Absolute path to the `Not found` template file
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub template_not_found: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Absolute path to the `Welcome` template file.
+    /// Unlike `template_index`, this applies only to the `public` location
+    ///
+    /// **Patterns**
+    /// * `{list}` - entries list for the `public` directory
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub template_welcome: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Absolute path to the `Index` template file for each directory
+    ///
+    /// **Patterns**
+    /// * `{list}` - entries list for the current directory
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub template_index: Option<String>,
+
     /// Optimize memory usage on reading large files or stream
     #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = 1024)]
     pub read_chunk: usize,
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index b9b0bea..f73e7d2 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ pub enum Response<'a> {
     /// Includes reference to the original request
     NotFound(&'a str),
     /// Includes bytes array
-    Success(&'a [u8]),
+    File(&'a [u8]),
+    /// Includes bytes array + public root directory status
+    Directory(String, bool),
 }
diff --git a/src/server/connection.rs b/src/server/connection.rs
index 2ccab72..50b5bb5 100644
--- a/src/server/connection.rs
+++ b/src/server/connection.rs
@@ -59,24 +59,31 @@ impl Connection {
 
     fn response(&mut self, response: Response) {
         let bytes = match response {
-            Response::Success(b) => b,
+            Response::File(b) => b,
+            Response::Directory(b, is_root) => {
+                &if is_root {
+                    self.session.template.welcome(Some(&b))
+                } else {
+                    self.session.template.index(Some(&b))
+                }
+            }
             Response::InternalServerError(e) => {
                 self.session.debug.error(&e);
-                self.session.template.internal_server_error.as_bytes()
+                self.session.template.internal_server_error()
             }
             Response::AccessDenied(q) => {
                 self.session.debug.error(&format!(
                     "[{}] < [{}] access to `{q}` denied.",
                     self.address.server, self.address.client
                 ));
-                self.session.template.access_denied.as_bytes()
+                self.session.template.access_denied()
             }
             Response::NotFound(q) => {
                 self.session.debug.error(&format!(
                     "[{}] < [{}] requested resource `{q}` not found.",
                     self.address.server, self.address.client
                 ));
-                self.session.template.not_found.as_bytes()
+                self.session.template.not_found()
             }
         };
         match self.stream.write_all(bytes) {
diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index 0215c3d..3cba573 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ pub struct Session {
 impl Session {
     pub fn init(config: &crate::config::Config) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         Ok(Self {
-            debug: Debug::init(&config.debug)?,
-            storage: Storage::init(&config.public, config.read_chunk)?,
-            template: Template::init(&config.template)?,
+            debug: Debug::init(config)?,
+            storage: Storage::init(config)?,
+            template: Template::init(config)?,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/session/debug.rs b/src/session/debug.rs
index f7cc8b7..347173d 100644
--- a/src/session/debug.rs
+++ b/src/session/debug.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ use level::Level;
 pub struct Debug(Vec<Level>);
 
 impl Debug {
-    pub fn init(levels: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-        let mut l = Vec::with_capacity(levels.len());
-        for s in levels.to_lowercase().chars() {
+    pub fn init(config: &crate::config::Config) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let mut l = Vec::with_capacity(config.debug.len());
+        for s in config.debug.to_lowercase().chars() {
             l.push(Level::parse(s)?);
         }
         Ok(Self(l))
diff --git a/src/session/storage.rs b/src/session/storage.rs
index de8fdc0..0be2ef4 100644
--- a/src/session/storage.rs
+++ b/src/session/storage.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ pub struct Storage {
 }
 
 impl Storage {
-    pub fn init(path: &str, read_chunk: usize) -> Result<Self> {
-        let public_dir = PathBuf::from_str(path)?.canonicalize()?;
+    pub fn init(config: &crate::config::Config) -> Result<Self> {
+        let public_dir = PathBuf::from_str(&config.public)?.canonicalize()?;
         let t = fs::metadata(&public_dir)?;
         if !t.is_dir() {
             bail!("Storage destination is not directory!");
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ impl Storage {
         }
         Ok(Self {
             public_dir,
-            read_chunk,
+            read_chunk: config.read_chunk,
         })
     }
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl Storage {
         match fs::metadata(&p) {
             Ok(t) => match (t.is_dir(), t.is_file()) {
                 (true, _) => callback(match self.list(&p) {
-                    Ok(ref l) => Response::Success(l.as_bytes()),
+                    Ok(l) => Response::Directory(l, p == self.public_dir),
                     Err(e) => Response::InternalServerError(e.to_string()),
                 }),
                 (_, true) => match fs::File::open(p) {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl Storage {
                         let mut b = vec![0; self.read_chunk];
                         match f.read(&mut b) {
                             Ok(0) => break,
-                            Ok(n) => callback(Response::Success(&b[..n])),
+                            Ok(n) => callback(Response::File(&b[..n])),
                             Err(e) => {
                                 return callback(Response::InternalServerError(format!(
                                     "failed to read response chunk for `{query}`: `{e}`"
diff --git a/src/session/template.rs b/src/session/template.rs
index 5330d6e..da51a46 100644
--- a/src/session/template.rs
+++ b/src/session/template.rs
@@ -1,46 +1,63 @@
-use anyhow::{Result, bail};
-
 pub struct Template {
-    pub access_denied: String,
-    pub internal_server_error: String,
-    pub not_found: String,
+    access_denied: Vec<u8>,
+    index: Vec<u8>,
+    internal_server_error: Vec<u8>,
+    not_found: Vec<u8>,
+    welcome: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 impl Template {
-    pub fn init(directory: &Option<String>) -> Result<Self> {
-        use std::{fs::read_to_string, path::PathBuf};
-
-        const ACCESS_DENIED: (&str, &str) = ("access_denied.txt", "Access denied");
-        const INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR: (&str, &str) =
-            ("internal_server_error.txt", "Internal server error");
-        const NOT_FOUND: (&str, &str) = ("not_found.txt", "Not found");
-
-        fn path(directory: &str, file: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-            let mut p = PathBuf::from(directory).canonicalize()?;
-            p.push(file);
-            if !p.exists() {
-                bail!("Template path `{}` does not exist", p.to_string_lossy())
-            }
-            if !p.is_file() {
-                bail!("Template path `{}` is not file", p.to_string_lossy())
-            }
-            if p.is_symlink() {
-                bail!("Symlinks yet not supported!");
-            }
-            Ok(p)
-        }
-
-        Ok(match directory {
-            Some(d) => Self {
-                access_denied: read_to_string(path(d, ACCESS_DENIED.0)?)?,
-                internal_server_error: read_to_string(path(d, INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.0)?)?,
-                not_found: read_to_string(path(d, NOT_FOUND.0)?)?,
+    pub fn init(config: &crate::config::Config) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        use std::fs::read;
+        Ok(Self {
+            access_denied: match config.template_access_denied {
+                Some(ref p) => read(p)?,
+                None => "Access denied".into(),
             },
-            None => Self {
-                access_denied: ACCESS_DENIED.1.to_string(),
-                internal_server_error: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.1.to_string(),
-                not_found: NOT_FOUND.1.to_string(),
+            index: match config.template_access_denied {
+                Some(ref p) => read(p)?,
+                None => "{list}".into(),
+            },
+            internal_server_error: match config.template_access_denied {
+                Some(ref p) => read(p)?,
+                None => "Internal server error".into(),
+            },
+            not_found: match config.template_access_denied {
+                Some(ref p) => read(p)?,
+                None => "Not found".into(),
+            },
+            welcome: match config.template_access_denied {
+                Some(ref p) => read(p)?,
+                None => "Welcome to Nexy!\n{list}".into(),
             },
         })
     }
+
+    pub fn access_denied(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.access_denied
+    }
+
+    pub fn index(&self, list: Option<&str>) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let l = list.unwrap_or_default();
+        match std::str::from_utf8(&self.index) {
+            Ok(s) => s.replace("{list}", l).into(),
+            Err(_) => l.into(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn internal_server_error(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.internal_server_error
+    }
+
+    pub fn not_found(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.not_found
+    }
+
+    pub fn welcome(&self, list: Option<&str>) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let l = list.unwrap_or_default();
+        match std::str::from_utf8(&self.welcome) {
+            Ok(s) => s.replace("{list}", l).into(),
+            Err(_) => l.into(),
+        }
+    }
 }