diff --git a/src/core/formDefinitionSchema.ts b/src/core/formDefinitionSchema.ts
index 55e9441d..ff3eb919 100644
--- a/src/core/formDefinitionSchema.ts
+++ b/src/core/formDefinitionSchema.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from "valibot";
 import { AllFieldTypes, FormDefinition } from "./formDefinition";
 import { findFieldErrors } from "./findInputDefinitionSchema";
+import { ParsedTemplateSchema } from "./template/templateSchema";
 
 /**
  * Here are the core logic around the main domain of the plugin,
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ const FormDefinitionV1Schema = merge([
     object({
         version: literal("1"),
         fields: FieldListSchema,
+        template: optional(ParsedTemplateSchema)
     }),
 ]);
 // This is the latest schema.
diff --git a/src/core/templateParser.test.ts b/src/core/template/templateParser.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/templateParser.test.ts
rename to src/core/template/templateParser.test.ts
diff --git a/src/core/templateParser.ts b/src/core/template/templateParser.ts
similarity index 80%
rename from src/core/templateParser.ts
rename to src/core/template/templateParser.ts
index eae08944..570bdc2b 100644
--- a/src/core/templateParser.ts
+++ b/src/core/template/templateParser.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import * as E from 'fp-ts/Either';
+import * as St from 'fp-ts/String'
 import * as P from 'parser-ts/Parser'
 import { run } from 'parser-ts/code-frame'
 import * as C from 'parser-ts/char'
 import * as S from 'parser-ts/string'
-import { A, Either, O, pipe } from '@std';
-type TemplateText = { _tag: 'text', value: string }
-type TemplateVariable = { _tag: 'variable', value: string }
+import * as A from 'fp-ts/Array'
+import { Either, O, pipe } from '@std';
+import { TemplateText, TemplateVariable } from './templateSchema';
+import { absurd } from 'fp-ts/function';
 type Token = TemplateText | TemplateVariable
 export type ParsedTemplate = Token[];
 
@@ -84,3 +86,20 @@ export function templateError(parsedTemplate: ReturnType<typeof parseTemplate>):
         )
     )
 }
+
+function tokenToString(token: Token): string {
+    const tag = token._tag
+    switch (tag) {
+        case 'text': return token.value
+        case 'variable': return `{{${token.value}}}`
+        default:
+            return absurd(tag)
+    }
+}
+
+export function parsedTemplateToString(parsedTemplate: ParsedTemplate): string {
+    return pipe(
+        parsedTemplate,
+        A.foldMap(St.Monoid)(tokenToString)
+    )
+}
diff --git a/src/core/template/templateSchema.ts b/src/core/template/templateSchema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bf78720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/template/templateSchema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Output, array, literal, object, string, union } from "valibot";
+
+const TemplateTextSchema = object({
+    _tag: literal("text"),
+    value: string(),
+});
+
+const TemplateVariableSchema = object({
+    _tag: literal("variable"),
+    value: string(),
+});
+
+export const ParsedTemplateSchema = array(union([TemplateTextSchema, TemplateVariableSchema]))
+
+export type TemplateText = Output<typeof TemplateTextSchema>;
+export type TemplateVariable = Output<typeof TemplateVariableSchema>;
diff --git a/src/views/FormBuilder.svelte b/src/views/FormBuilder.svelte
index 836fe944..dcaa49ce 100644
--- a/src/views/FormBuilder.svelte
+++ b/src/views/FormBuilder.svelte
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
     import { pipe } from "fp-ts/lib/function";
     import { A } from "@std";
     import Tabs from "./components/Tabs.svelte";
+    import {
+        ParsedTemplate,
+        parsedTemplateToString,
+    } from "src/core/template/templateParser";
 
     export let definition: EditableFormDefinition = {
         title: "",
@@ -116,6 +120,9 @@
         if (!isValidFormDefinition(definition)) return;
         onSubmit(definition);
     };
+    function saveTemplate(template: ParsedTemplate) {
+        onSubmit({ ...definition, template });
+    }
     const handlePreview = () => {
         if (!isValidFormDefinition(definition)) return;
         console.log("preview of", definition);
@@ -128,7 +135,14 @@
     <div class="body">
         {#if currentTab === "template"}
             <div class="template">
-                <TemplateEditor formName={definition.name} {fieldNames} />
+                <TemplateEditor
+                    formName={definition.name}
+                    {fieldNames}
+                    {saveTemplate}
+                    templateString={definition.template
+                        ? parsedTemplateToString(definition.template)
+                        : ""}
+                />
             </div>
         {:else}
             <form on:submit|preventDefault={handleSubmit}>
diff --git a/src/views/components/TemplateEditor.svelte b/src/views/components/TemplateEditor.svelte
index 9b220a8f..e3d98e15 100644
--- a/src/views/components/TemplateEditor.svelte
+++ b/src/views/components/TemplateEditor.svelte
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
         parseTemplate,
         templateError,
         templateVariables,
-    } from "src/core/templateParser";
+    } from "src/core/template/templateParser";
     import Code from "./Code.svelte";
     import { E, pipe } from "@std";
 
-    let templateString = "";
+    export let templateString: string;
     export let formName: string;
     export let fieldNames: string[];
     export let saveTemplate: (template: ParsedTemplate) => void;
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index f6c710cf..7a041f12 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -47,17 +47,41 @@
                     "A": {
                         "importPath": "fp-ts/Array"
                     },
+                    "R": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/Record"
+                    },
+                    "RA": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/ReadonlyArray"
+                    },
+                    "RE": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/ReaderEither"
+                    },
+                    "RIO": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/ReaderIO"
+                    },
+                    "RNEA": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/ReadonlyNonEmptyArray"
+                    },
+                    "RT": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/ReaderTask"
+                    },
+                    "RTE": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/ReaderTaskEither"
+                    },
+                    "S": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/string"
+                    },
                     "T": {
                         "importPath": "fp-ts/Task"
                     },
                     "TE": {
                         "importPath": "fp-ts/TaskEither"
                     },
-                    "R": {
-                        "importPath": "fp-ts/Record"
+                    "TO": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/TaskOption"
                     },
-                    "RA": {
-                        "importPath": "fp-ts/ReadonlyArray"
+                    "TU": {
+                        "importPath": "fp-ts/Tuple"
                     },
                 }
             }