lib/Dancer/Template/Xslate.pm |   12 ++++++++++++
 t/01-main.t                   |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Dancer/Template/Xslate.pm b/lib/Dancer/Template/Xslate.pm
index 673ca10..8708024 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer/Template/Xslate.pm
+++ b/lib/Dancer/Template/Xslate.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Text::Xslate;
 use base 'Dancer::Template::Abstract';
 
 my $_engine;
+my $_views_path;
 
 sub init {
     my $self = shift;
@@ -21,12 +22,23 @@ sub init {
         %{$self->config},
     );
 
+    my $app = Dancer::App->current;
+    $_views_path = $app->setting('views');
+
+    $args{'path'} = $_views_path;
+
     $_engine = Text::Xslate->new(%args);
 }
 
 sub render {
     my ($self, $template, $tokens) = @_;
 
+    if (index($template, $_views_path) != 0) {
+        die "Template $template not found under view paths";
+    }
+
+    substr($template, 0, length($_views_path)) = "";
+
     my $content = eval {
         $_engine->render($template, $tokens)
     };
diff --git a/t/01-main.t b/t/01-main.t
index 97682ed..754ddfa 100644
--- a/t/01-main.t
+++ b/t/01-main.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Test::More tests => 2;
 use Dancer::FileUtils 'path';
-
+use Dancer::App;
 use Dancer::Template::Xslate;
 
 my $engine;