diff --git a/server/lib/classes/tpl_ini.inc.php b/server/lib/classes/tpl_ini.inc.php
index 84ae02b1a2e8caf1b272aa2d74cc5acddca5a0b8..4e5a1a96a47aa783d754a47951f7e1b86082660f 100644
--- a/server/lib/classes/tpl_ini.inc.php
+++ b/server/lib/classes/tpl_ini.inc.php
@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ if (!defined('vlibIniClassLoaded')) {
         	global $conf;
 			
 			$tpl_dir = $conf["rootpath"]."/conf";
+			$include_paths = array($conf["rootpath"].'/conf-custom');
 			
             return array(
 
                         'TEMPLATE_DIR' => $tpl_dir,   // Default directory for your template files (full path)
                                                                    // leave the '/' or '\' off the end of the directory.
-
+						'INCLUDE_PATHS' => $include_paths, // The include path is always searched first for a template file before the template_dir is checked
+						
                         'MAX_INCLUDES' => 10,                      // Drill depth for tmpl_include's
 
                         'GLOBAL_VARS' => 1,                        // if set to 1, any variables not found in a