diff --git a/cmd/templates/basic/frontend/main.html b/cmd/templates/basic/frontend/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..927697544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/templates/basic/frontend/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<div style="text-align:center">
+  <div
+    class="wails-logo"
+    style="width: 25rem;margin: auto;height: 25rem;"
+  ></div>
+  <h1>Basic Template</h1>
+  Welcome to your basic Wails app!
+</div>
diff --git a/cmd/templates/basic/main.go.template b/cmd/templates/basic/main.go.template
index b1b37b72d..662a546bb 100644
--- a/cmd/templates/basic/main.go.template
+++ b/cmd/templates/basic/main.go.template
@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+  "github.com/gobuffalo/packr"
 	wails "github.com/wailsapp/wails"
 )
 
-var html = `
-<div style='text-align:center'>
-<div class="wails-logo" style="width: 25rem;margin: auto;height: 25rem;"></div>
-<h1> Basic Template </h1>
-Welcome to your basic Wails app!
-</div>
-`
-
 func main() {
 
+	// Assets
+	assets := packr.NewBox("./frontend")
+
 	// Initialise the app
 	app := wails.CreateApp(&wails.AppConfig{
 		Width:  1024,
 		Height: 768,
 		Title:  "{{.Name}}",
-		HTML:   html,
+		HTML:   wails.BoxString(&assets, "main.html"),
 	})
 	app.Run()
 }
diff --git a/cmd/templates/custom/frontend/main.html b/cmd/templates/custom/frontend/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..927697544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/templates/custom/frontend/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<div style="text-align:center">
+  <div
+    class="wails-logo"
+    style="width: 25rem;margin: auto;height: 25rem;"
+  ></div>
+  <h1>Basic Template</h1>
+  Welcome to your basic Wails app!
+</div>
diff --git a/cmd/templates/custom/main.go.template b/cmd/templates/custom/main.go.template
index d23e2cd9b..662a546bb 100644
--- a/cmd/templates/custom/main.go.template
+++ b/cmd/templates/custom/main.go.template
@@ -1,24 +1,21 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+  "github.com/gobuffalo/packr"
 	wails "github.com/wailsapp/wails"
 )
 
-var html = `
-<div style='text-align:center'>
-<h1> Custom </h1>
-Welcome to your basic Wails app with added CSS!
-</div>
-`
-
 func main() {
 
+	// Assets
+	assets := packr.NewBox("./frontend")
+
 	// Initialise the app
 	app := wails.CreateApp(&wails.AppConfig{
-		Width:  800,
-		Height: 600,
+		Width:  1024,
+		Height: 768,
 		Title:  "{{.Name}}",
-		HTML:   html,
+		HTML:   wails.BoxString(&assets, "main.html"),
 	})
 	app.Run()
 }