diff --git a/functions/templates.js b/functions/templates.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cb683496e188016434ad94df57f42bd7db9be274..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/functions/templates.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-exports.handler = (ev, ctx, cb) => {
-  
-  const {
-    path,
-    httpMethod,
-    headers,
-    queryStringParameters,
-    body,
-    isBase64Encoded,
-  } = ev
-
-  const templates = [
-    // 'infant',
-    'bigbrain',
-    'colin',
-    'MNI152',
-    'waxholmRatV2_0',
-    'allenMouse'
-  ]
-
-  const resp = {
-    templates,
-    ev
-  }
-  
-  cb(null, {
-    status: 400,
-    body: JSON.stringify(resp),
-    headers: {
-      'Content-type': 'application/json'
-    }
-  })
-}
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diff --git a/functions/templates/templates.js b/functions/templates/templates.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb7d8cd88effc9256346a9f0cd75caa889b13531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/templates/templates.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+
+exports.handler = (ev, ctx, cb) => {
+  
+  const {
+    path,
+    httpMethod,
+    headers,
+    queryStringParameters,
+    body,
+    isBase64Encoded,
+  } = ev
+
+  const templates = [
+    // 'infant',
+    'bigbrain',
+    'colin',
+    'MNI152',
+    'waxholmRatV2_0',
+    'allenMouse'
+  ]
+
+  const resp = templates
+
+  const re = /templates\/(.+)$/.exec(path)
+
+  if (re) {
+    const templateName = re[1]
+    fs.readFile(`./json/${templateName}.json`, 'utf-8', (err, data) => {
+      if (err) {
+        return cb(null, {
+          status: 500,
+          body: err.toString()
+        })
+      }
+      return cb(null, {
+        status: 200,
+        body: data,
+        headers: {
+          'Content-type': 'application/json'
+        }
+      })
+    })
+  } else {
+    cb(null, {
+      status: 200,
+      body: JSON.stringify(resp),
+      headers: {
+        'Content-type': 'application/json'
+      }
+    })
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index e7d167a5b48a47f668beec968de73bdc29fd060f..dfcc620f66bb184bb60e2b2da08c3ef1c83d27d1 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 [build]
   publish="dist/aot/"
-  command="npm run build-aot"
+  command="cp -R src/res/ext functions/templates/json && npm run build-aot"
   functions="functions"
   environment={ BACKEND_URL=".netlify/functions/" }
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