diff --git a/pad.go b/pad.go
index 037a1f3..1545b4f 100644
--- a/pad.go
+++ b/pad.go
@@ -1,171 +1,175 @@
 /*
  * Copyright © 2018-2019 A Bunch Tell LLC.
  *
  * This file is part of WriteFreely.
  *
  * WriteFreely is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, included
  * in the LICENSE file in this source code package.
  */
 
 package writefreely
 
 import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/writeas/impart"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/log"
 	"github.com/writeas/writefreely/page"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 func handleViewPad(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	action := vars["action"]
 	slug := vars["slug"]
 	collAlias := vars["collection"]
 	if app.cfg.App.SingleUser {
 		// TODO: refactor all of this, especially for single-user blogs
 		c, err := app.db.GetCollectionByID(1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		collAlias = c.Alias
 	}
 	appData := &struct {
 		page.StaticPage
 		Post  *RawPost
 		User  *User
 		Blogs *[]Collection
 
 		Editing        bool        // True if we're modifying an existing post
 		EditCollection *Collection // Collection of the post we're editing, if any
 	}{
 		StaticPage: pageForReq(app, r),
 		Post:       &RawPost{Font: "norm"},
 		User:       getUserSession(app, r),
 	}
 	var err error
 	if appData.User != nil {
 		appData.Blogs, err = app.db.GetPublishableCollections(appData.User)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to get user's blogs for Pad: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	padTmpl := app.cfg.App.Editor
 	if padTmpl == "" {
 		padTmpl = "pad"
 	}
 
 	if action == "" && slug == "" {
 		// Not editing any post; simply render the Pad
+		if templates[padTmpl] == nil {
+			log.Info("No template '%s' found. Falling back to default 'pad' template.", padTmpl)
+			padTmpl = "pad"
+		}
 		if err = templates[padTmpl].ExecuteTemplate(w, "pad", appData); err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to execute template: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	// Retrieve post information for editing
 	appData.Editing = true
 	// Make sure this isn't cached, so user doesn't accidentally lose data
 	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate")
 	w.Header().Set("Expires", "Thu, 04 Oct 1990 20:00:00 GMT")
 	if slug != "" {
 		// TODO: refactor all of this, especially for single-user blogs
 		appData.Post = getRawCollectionPost(app, slug, collAlias)
 		if appData.Post.OwnerID != appData.User.ID {
 			// TODO: add ErrForbiddenEditPost message to flashes
 			return impart.HTTPError{http.StatusFound, r.URL.Path[:strings.LastIndex(r.URL.Path, "/edit")]}
 		}
 		appData.EditCollection, err = app.db.GetCollectionForPad(collAlias)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Editing a floating article
 		appData.Post = getRawPost(app, action)
 		appData.Post.Id = action
 	}
 
 	if appData.Post.Gone {
 		return ErrPostUnpublished
 	} else if appData.Post.Found && appData.Post.Content != "" {
 		// Got the post
 	} else if appData.Post.Found {
 		return ErrPostFetchError
 	} else {
 		return ErrPostNotFound
 	}
 
 	if err = templates[padTmpl].ExecuteTemplate(w, "pad", appData); err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to execute template: %v", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func handleViewMeta(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	action := vars["action"]
 	slug := vars["slug"]
 	collAlias := vars["collection"]
 	appData := &struct {
 		page.StaticPage
 		Post           *RawPost
 		User           *User
 		EditCollection *Collection // Collection of the post we're editing, if any
 		Flashes        []string
 		NeedsToken     bool
 	}{
 		StaticPage: pageForReq(app, r),
 		Post:       &RawPost{Font: "norm"},
 		User:       getUserSession(app, r),
 	}
 	var err error
 
 	if action == "" && slug == "" {
 		return ErrPostNotFound
 	}
 
 	// Make sure this isn't cached, so user doesn't accidentally lose data
 	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate")
 	w.Header().Set("Expires", "Thu, 28 Jul 1989 12:00:00 GMT")
 	if slug != "" {
 		appData.Post = getRawCollectionPost(app, slug, collAlias)
 		if appData.Post.OwnerID != appData.User.ID {
 			// TODO: add ErrForbiddenEditPost message to flashes
 			return impart.HTTPError{http.StatusFound, r.URL.Path[:strings.LastIndex(r.URL.Path, "/meta")]}
 		}
 		if app.cfg.App.SingleUser {
 			// TODO: optimize this query just like we do in GetCollectionForPad (?)
 			appData.EditCollection, err = app.db.GetCollectionByID(1)
 		} else {
 			appData.EditCollection, err = app.db.GetCollectionForPad(collAlias)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Editing a floating article
 		appData.Post = getRawPost(app, action)
 		appData.Post.Id = action
 	}
 	appData.NeedsToken = appData.User == nil || appData.User.ID != appData.Post.OwnerID
 
 	if appData.Post.Gone {
 		return ErrPostUnpublished
 	} else if appData.Post.Found && appData.Post.Content != "" {
 		// Got the post
 	} else if appData.Post.Found {
 		return ErrPostFetchError
 	} else {
 		return ErrPostNotFound
 	}
 	appData.Flashes, _ = getSessionFlashes(app, w, r, nil)
 
 	if err = templates["edit-meta"].ExecuteTemplate(w, "edit-meta", appData); err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to execute template: %v", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }