diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8dbb921..1f63b7b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "save-to": "~1.0.0",
     "raw-body": "~1.1.1",
     "co-fs": "~1.1.1",
-    "co-body": "0.0.1"
+    "co-body": "0.0.1",
+    "co-views": "~0.1.0",
+    "ejs": "~0.8.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "co": "*",
diff --git a/templates/index.js b/templates/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbbbe12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+var views = require('co-views');
+var koa = require('koa');
+var app = module.exports = koa();
+
+// setup views, appending .ejs
+// when no extname is given to render()
+
+var render = views(__dirname + '/views', { ext: 'ejs' });
+
+// dummy data
+
+var user = {
+  name: {
+    first: 'Tobi',
+    last: 'Holowaychuk'
+  },
+  species: 'ferret',
+  age: 3
+};
+
+// render
+
+app.use(function *(){
+  this.body = yield render('user', { user: user });
+})
+
+if (!module.parent) app.listen(4000);
diff --git a/templates/test.js b/templates/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88cb0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+var app = require('./');
+var request = require('supertest').agent(app.listen());
+
+describe('Templates', function(){
+  describe('GET /', function(){
+    it('should respond with a rendered view', function(done){
+      request
+      .get('/')
+      .expect(200)
+      .expect('<p>Tobi is a 3 year old ferret.</p>', done);
+    })
+  })
+})
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diff --git a/templates/user.ejs b/templates/views/user.ejs
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/user.ejs
rename to templates/views/user.ejs