diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adbf108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+recursive-include novel_compiler templates *.docx
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/novel_compiler/novel_compiler.py b/novel_compiler/novel_compiler.py
index e96dbbc..7ab79a3 100644
--- a/novel_compiler/novel_compiler.py
+++ b/novel_compiler/novel_compiler.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import tempfile
 import MarkdownPP
 import json
 from lxml import etree
+from importlib.resources import path
 
 TITLE_MARKER = '# '
 AUTHOR_MARKER = '### '
@@ -123,8 +124,12 @@ def main():
     )
     arguments = parser.parse_args()
 
-    arguments.template.close()
-    doc = DocxTemplate(arguments.template.name)
+    if arguments.template:
+        arguments.template.close()
+        doc = DocxTemplate(arguments.template.name)
+    else:
+        with path('novel_compiler.templates', 'novel.docx') as novel_template:
+            doc = DocxTemplate(novel_template)
     if arguments.pp:
         mdfile = tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode='w+')
         MarkdownPP.MarkdownPP(
diff --git a/novel_compiler/templates/__init__.py b/novel_compiler/templates/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/novel_compiler/template.docx b/novel_compiler/templates/template.docx
similarity index 100%
rename from novel_compiler/template.docx
rename to novel_compiler/templates/template.docx