diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index 43f8b60..703d621 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ func main() {
 	exitIfError(connectDB())
 	exitIfError(performMigrations())
 	exitIfError(smtpConfigure())
+	exitIfError(smtpTemplatesLoad())
 	exitIfError(oauthConfigure())
 	exitIfError(createMarkdownRenderer())
 	exitIfError(setupSigintCleanup())
diff --git a/api/smtp_templates.go b/api/smtp_templates.go
index 4bbda3d..c360264 100644
--- a/api/smtp_templates.go
+++ b/api/smtp_templates.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type headerPlugs struct {
 
 var templates map[string]*template.Template
 
-func loadTemplates() error {
+func smtpTemplatesLoad() error {
 	var err error
 	headerTemplate, err = template.New("header").Parse(`MIME-Version: 1.0
 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8