diff --git a/mod/home.php b/mod/home.php
index beda739fdb..f3138d1867 100644
--- a/mod/home.php
+++ b/mod/home.php
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ function home_init(App $a) {
 if(! function_exists('home_content')) {
 function home_content(App $a) {
 
-	$o = '';
-
 	if (x($_SESSION,'theme')) {
 		unset($_SESSION['theme']);
 	}
@@ -33,21 +31,31 @@ function home_content(App $a) {
 		unset($_SESSION['mobile-theme']);
 	}
 
-	/// @TODO No absolute path used, maybe risky (security)
-	if (file_exists('home.html')) {
-		if (file_exists('home.css')) {
+	$customhome = False;
+	$defaultheader = '<h1>'.((x($a->config,'sitename')) ? sprintf(t("Welcome to %s"), $a->config['sitename']) : "").'</h1>';
+
+	$homefilepath = $a->basepath . '/home.html';
+	$cssfilepath = $a->basepath . '/home.css';
+	if (file_exists($homefilepath)) {
+		$customhome = $homefilepath;
+		if (file_exists($cssfilepath)) {
 			$a->page['htmlhead'] .= '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'.System::baseUrl().'/home.css'.'" media="all" />';
 		}
+	} 
 
-		$o .= file_get_contents('home.html');
-	} else {
-		$o .= '<h1>'.((x($a->config,'sitename')) ? sprintf(t("Welcome to %s"), $a->config['sitename']) : "").'</h1>';
-	}
+	$login = Login::form($a->query_string, $a->config['register_policy'] == REGISTER_CLOSED ? 0 : 1);
 
-	$o .= Login::form($a->query_string, $a->config['register_policy'] == REGISTER_CLOSED ? 0 : 1);
+	$content = '';
+	call_hooks("home_content",$content);
 
 
-	call_hooks("home_content",$o);
+	$tpl = get_markup_template('home.tpl');
+	return replace_macros($tpl, [
+		'$defaultheader' => $defaultheader,
+		'$customhome' => $customhome,
+		'$login' => $login,
+		'$content' => $content
+	]);
 
 	return $o;
 
diff --git a/view/templates/home.tpl b/view/templates/home.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e50a75306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/templates/home.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+{{* custom content from hook will replace everything. *}}
+{{if $content != '' }}
+	{{$content}}
+{{else}}
+
+	{{if $customhome != false }}
+		{{include file="$customhome"}}
+	{{else}}
+		{{$defaultheader}}
+	{{/if}}
+
+	{{$login}}
+{{/if}}