diff --git a/frontend/site.py b/frontend/site.py
index 81e52b2..9f97139 100644
--- a/frontend/site.py
+++ b/frontend/site.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 @author: wf
 '''
 import os
+from wikibot.smw import SMWClient
 
 class Site(object):
     '''
@@ -33,5 +34,9 @@ def configure(self,config:dict):
         self.wikiId=config['wikiId']
         self.defaultPage=config['defaultPage']
         self.template=config['template']
+        if "templateFolder" in config:
+            self.templateFolder=config['templateFolder']
+        else:
+            self.templateFolder=self.name
         
     
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diff --git a/frontend/wikicms.py b/frontend/wikicms.py
index d3f3fc2..ec78b9d 100644
--- a/frontend/wikicms.py
+++ b/frontend/wikicms.py
@@ -142,7 +142,14 @@ def getFrame(self,pageTitle):
 }}
 """ % pageTitle
         frame=None
-        frameResult=self.smwclient.query(askQuery)
+        frameResult={}
+        try:
+            frameResult=self.smwclient.query(askQuery)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            if "invalid characters" in str(ex):
+                pass
+            else:
+                raise ex
         if pageTitle in frameResult:
             frameRow=frameResult[pageTitle]
             frame=frameRow['frame']
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ def getFrame(self,pageTitle):
             pass
         return frame
             
-    def getContent(self,pagePath:str,dofilterEditSections=True):
+    def getPageContent(self,pagePath:str,dofilterEditSections=True):
         ''' get the content for the given pagePath 
         Args:
             pagePath(str): the pagePath
@@ -172,11 +179,18 @@ def getContent(self,pagePath:str,dofilterEditSections=True):
             if error is None:
                 if self.wiki is None:
                     raise Exception("getContent without wiki - you might want to call open first")
-                frame=self.getFrame(pageTitle)
                 content=self.wiki.getHtml(pageTitle)
                 if dofilterEditSections:
                     content=self.filterEditSections(content)
         except Exception as e:
             error=self.errMsg(e)
         return pageTitle,content,error
+    
+    def getContent(self,pagePath:str,dofilterEditSections=True):
+        '''
+        get the content for the given pagePath
+        '''
+        pageTitle,content,error=self.getPageContent(pagePath, dofilterEditSections)
+        frame=self.getFrame(pageTitle)
+        return pageTitle,content,error
         
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diff --git a/tests/test_frontend.py b/tests/test_frontend.py
index ab87bda..4270d7a 100644
--- a/tests/test_frontend.py
+++ b/tests/test_frontend.py
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ def testProxy(self):
         self.assertEqual("200 OK",imageResponse.status)
         self.assertEqual(79499,len(imageResponse.data))
         
+        
+    def testIssue14Templates(self):
+        '''
+        test template handling
+        '''
+        frontend=self.server.enableFrontend('wiki')
+        print (frontend.site)
+        
     def testIssue14(self):
         '''
         test Allow to use templates specified in Wiki