diff --git a/authentication-service/pom.xml b/authentication-service/pom.xml
index 2e397b54..f4eb654b 100644
--- a/authentication-service/pom.xml
+++ b/authentication-service/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/authentication-service/src/main/resources/application.yml b/authentication-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 0cd3bcf5..a64f99f3 100644
--- a/authentication-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/authentication-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 spring:
   application:
     name: authentication-service
+  thymeleaf:
+    prefix: classpath:/templates/
+    suffix: .ftl
 
 # Define the port where the UAA server would be running
 server: