diff --git a/discourse/discourse.php b/discourse/discourse.php
index 2fce970da..6ee409437 100644
--- a/discourse/discourse.php
+++ b/discourse/discourse.php
@@ -45,25 +45,14 @@ function discourse_settings(App $a, &$s)
 	}
 
 	$enabled = intval(PConfig::get(local_user(), 'discourse', 'enabled'));
-	$css = ($enabled ? '' : '-disabled');
 
-	$s .= '<span id="settings_discourse_inflated" class="settings-block fakelink" style="display: block;" onclick="openClose(\'settings_discourse_expanded\'); openClose(\'settings_discourse_inflated\');">';
-	$s .= '<img class="connector' . $css . '" src="images/discourse.png" /><h3 class="connector">' . L10n::t('Discourse') . '</h3>';
-	$s .= '</span>';
-	$s .= '<div id="settings_discourse_expanded" class="settings-block" style="display: none;">';
-	$s .= '<span class="fakelink" onclick="openClose(\'settings_discourse_expanded\'); openClose(\'settings_discourse_inflated\');">';
-	$s .= '<img class="connector' . $css . '" src="images/discourse.png" /><h3 class="connector">' . L10n::t('Discourse') . '</h3>';
-	$s .= '</span>';
-
-	$field_checkbox = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('field_checkbox.tpl');
-
-	$s .= Renderer::replaceMacros($field_checkbox, [
-		'$field' => ['enabled', L10n::t('Enable processing of Discourse mailing list mails'), $enabled, L10n::t('If enabled, incoming mails from Discourse will be improved so they look much better. To make it work, you have to configure the e-mail settings in Friendica. You also have to enable the mailing list mode in Discourse. Then you have to add the Discourse mail account as contact.')]
+	$t = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('settings.tpl', 'addon/discourse/');
+	$s .= Renderer::replaceMacros($t, [
+		'$title'   => L10n::t('Discourse'),
+		'$css'     => ($enabled ? '' : '-disabled'),
+		'$enabled' => ['enabled', L10n::t('Enable processing of Discourse mailing list mails'), $enabled, L10n::t('If enabled, incoming mails from Discourse will be improved so they look much better. To make it work, you have to configure the e-mail settings in Friendica. You also have to enable the mailing list mode in Discourse. Then you have to add the Discourse mail account as contact.')],
+		'$submit'  => L10n::t('Save Settings'),
 	]);
-
-	$s .= '<div class="clear"></div>';
-	$s .= '<div class="settings-submit-wrapper" ><input type="submit" name="discourse-submit" class="settings-submit" value="' . L10n::t('Save Settings') . '" /></div>';
-	$s .= '</div>';
 }
 
 function discourse_settings_post(App $a)
diff --git a/discourse/templates/settings.tpl b/discourse/templates/settings.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc6ef2f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discourse/templates/settings.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<span id="settings_discourse_inflated" class="settings-block fakelink" style="display: block;" onclick="openClose('settings_discourse_expanded'); openClose('settings_discourse_inflated');">
+	<img class="connector{{$css}}" src="images/discourse.png" /><h3 class="connector">{{$title}}</h3>
+</span>
+<div id="settings_discourse_expanded" class="settings-block" style="display: none;">
+	<span class="fakelink" onclick="openClose('settings_discourse_expanded'); openClose('settings_discourse_inflated');">
+		<img class="connector{{$css}}" src="images/discourse.png" /><h3 class="connector">{{$title}}</h3>
+	</span>
+
+	<div id="discourse-wrapper">
+		{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$enabled}}
+	</div>
+	<div class="settings-submit-wrapper" >
+		<input type="submit" id="discourse-submit" name="discourse-submit" class="settings-submit" value="{{$submit}}" />
+	</div>
+</div>