diff --git a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Library+FileSystem.swift b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Library+FileSystem.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bab2fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Library+FileSystem.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import Foundation
+
+extension HBMustacheLibrary {
+    func loadTemplates(from directory: String, withExtension extension: String = "mustache") {
+        var directory = directory
+        if !directory.hasSuffix("/") {
+            directory += "/"
+        }
+        let extWithDot = ".\(`extension`)"
+        let fs = FileManager()
+        guard let enumerator = fs.enumerator(atPath: directory) else { return }
+        for case let path as String in enumerator {
+            guard path.hasSuffix(extWithDot) else { continue }
+            guard let data = fs.contents(atPath: directory + path) else { continue}
+            let string = String(decoding: data, as: Unicode.UTF8.self)
+            guard let template = try? HBMustacheTemplate(string: string) else { continue }
+            
+            // drop ".mustache" from path to get name
+            let name = String(path.dropLast(extWithDot.count))
+            register(template, named: name)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Library.swift b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Library.swift
index f3e5d21..6f4970c 100644
--- a/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Library.swift
+++ b/Sources/HummingbirdMustache/Library.swift
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 
 public class HBMustacheLibrary {
-    init() {
+    public init() {
         self.templates = [:]
     }
     
+    public init(directory: String) {
+        self.templates = [:]
+        self.loadTemplates(from: directory)
+    }
+    
     public func register(_ template: HBMustacheTemplate, named name: String) {
         templates[name] = template
     }
diff --git a/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/LibraryTests.swift b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/LibraryTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efa30d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/LibraryTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import XCTest
+@testable import HummingbirdMustache
+
+final class LibraryTests: XCTestCase {
+    func testDirectoryLoad() throws {
+        let fs = FileManager()
+        try fs.createDirectory(atPath: "./templates", withIntermediateDirectories: false)
+        let mustache = "<test>{{#value}}<value>{{.}}</value>{{/value}}</test>"
+        let data = Data(mustache.utf8)
+        defer { XCTAssertNoThrow(try fs.removeItem(atPath: "templates")) }
+        try data.write(to: URL(fileURLWithPath: "templates/test.mustache"))
+        defer { XCTAssertNoThrow(try fs.removeItem(atPath: "templates/test.mustache")) }
+        
+        let library = HBMustacheLibrary(directory: "./templates")
+        let object = ["value": ["value1", "value2"]]
+        XCTAssertEqual(library.render(object, withTemplateNamed: "test"), "<test><value>value1</value><value>value2</value></test>")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/PartialTests.swift b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/PartialTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06ae770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/PartialTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import XCTest
+@testable import HummingbirdMustache
+
+final class PartialTests: XCTestCase {
+
+    /// Testing partials
+    func testMustacheManualExample9() throws {
+        let library = HBMustacheLibrary()
+        let template = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
+            <h2>Names</h2>
+            {{#names}}
+              {{> user}}
+            {{/names}}
+            """)
+        let template2 = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
+            <strong>{{.}}</strong>
+            """)
+        library.register(template, named: "base")
+        library.register(template2, named: "user")
+        
+        let object: [String: Any] = ["names": ["john", "adam", "claire"]]
+        XCTAssertEqual(library.render(object, withTemplateNamed: "base"), """
+            <h2>Names</h2>
+              <strong>john</strong>
+              <strong>adam</strong>
+              <strong>claire</strong>
+
+            """)
+    }
+
+    /// Testing dynamic partials
+    func testDynamicPartials() throws {
+        let library = HBMustacheLibrary()
+        let template = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
+            <h2>Names</h2>
+            {{partial}}
+            """)
+        let template2 = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
+            {{#names}}
+              <strong>{{.}}</strong>
+            {{/names}}
+            """)
+        library.register(template, named: "base")
+        
+        let object: [String: Any] = ["names": ["john", "adam", "claire"], "partial": template2]
+        XCTAssertEqual(library.render(object, withTemplateNamed: "base"), """
+            <h2>Names</h2>
+              <strong>john</strong>
+              <strong>adam</strong>
+              <strong>claire</strong>
+
+            """)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/TemplateRendererTests.swift b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/TemplateRendererTests.swift
index 0205f14..f3af40a 100644
--- a/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/TemplateRendererTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/HummingbirdMustacheTests/TemplateRendererTests.swift
@@ -191,53 +191,4 @@ final class TemplateRendererTests: XCTestCase {
             <h1>Today.</h1>
             """)
     }
-    
-    /// Testing partials
-    func testMustacheManualExample9() throws {
-        let library = HBMustacheLibrary()
-        let template = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
-            <h2>Names</h2>
-            {{#names}}
-              {{> user}}
-            {{/names}}
-            """)
-        let template2 = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
-            <strong>{{.}}</strong>
-            """)
-        library.register(template, named: "base")
-        library.register(template2, named: "user")
-        
-        let object: [String: Any] = ["names": ["john", "adam", "claire"]]
-        XCTAssertEqual(library.render(object, withTemplateNamed: "base"), """
-            <h2>Names</h2>
-              <strong>john</strong>
-              <strong>adam</strong>
-              <strong>claire</strong>
-
-            """)
-    }
-
-    /// Testing dynamic partials
-    func testDynamicPartials() throws {
-        let library = HBMustacheLibrary()
-        let template = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
-            <h2>Names</h2>
-            {{partial}}
-            """)
-        let template2 = try HBMustacheTemplate(string: """
-            {{#names}}
-              <strong>{{.}}</strong>
-            {{/names}}
-            """)
-        library.register(template, named: "base")
-        
-        let object: [String: Any] = ["names": ["john", "adam", "claire"], "partial": template2]
-        XCTAssertEqual(library.render(object, withTemplateNamed: "base"), """
-            <h2>Names</h2>
-              <strong>john</strong>
-              <strong>adam</strong>
-              <strong>claire</strong>
-
-            """)
-    }
 }