diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/base.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/base.py
index dac901d7..e573b7b8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/base.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
         # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-TEMPLATES-BACKEND
         "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
         # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-dirs
-        "DIRS": [APP_DIR / "templates"],
+        "DIRS": [APP_DIR / "dtl_templates"],
         "OPTIONS": {
             # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-loaders
             # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#loader-types
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/home/admin.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/home/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd839506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/home/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from allauth.account.models import EmailAddress
+from django.contrib.auth.admin import admin
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
+from robots.admin import RuleAdmin
+from robots.models import Rule, Url
+
+from {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}.util.admin import force_django_template
+
+admin.site.unregister(Rule)
+admin.site.unregister(Url)
+admin.site.unregister(Site)
+admin.site.unregister(Group)
+admin.site.unregister(EmailAddress)
+
+
+@admin.register(Rule)
+@force_django_template
+class CustomRuleAdmin(RuleAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+@admin.register(Url)
+@force_django_template
+class UrlAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+@admin.register(Site)
+@force_django_template
+class SiteAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+@admin.register(Group)
+@force_django_template
+class GroupAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+
+@admin.register(EmailAddress)
+@force_django_template
+class EmailAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/util/admin.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/util/admin.py
index 1970afb6..8a3ca071 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/util/admin.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/util/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,69 @@
-# from django.contrib import admin  # noqa
+from django.contrib.admin.decorators import display
+from django.contrib.admin.options import helpers
+from django.contrib.auth.admin import admin
+from django.forms.renderers import DjangoTemplates
+from django.template.base import mark_safe
 
-# from .models import TestFileModel  # noqa
 
-# admin.site.register(TestFileModel) # noqa
+def force_django_template(AdminClass: type[admin.ModelAdmin]):
+    """ Replaces your admin class with one which forces the use of the DjangoTemplates renderer
+        Noted exceptions:
+            - sub-widgets rendered by the RelatedFieldWidgetWrapper
+        Usage:
+            @admin.register(MyModel)
+            @force_django_template
+            class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+                ...
+    """
+    action_form_class = None
+    if ActionFormClass := getattr(AdminClass, "action_form", None):
+
+        class ForcedDjangoActionForm(ActionFormClass):
+            default_renderer = DjangoTemplates()
+
+        action_form_class = ForcedDjangoActionForm
+
+    def get_form(self, request, obj=None, change=False, **kwargs):
+        form = AdminClass.get_form(self, request, obj=obj, change=change, **kwargs)
+        form.default_renderer = DjangoTemplates()
+        return form
+
+    def changelist_view(self, request, extra_context=None):
+        template_response = AdminClass.changelist_view(
+            self, request, extra_context=extra_context
+        )
+        template_response.using = "django"
+        return template_response
+
+    def get_changelist_form(self, request, **kwargs):
+        Form = AdminClass.get_changelist_form(self, request, **kwargs)
+        Form.renderer = DjangoTemplates()
+        return Form
+
+    def get_changelist_formset(self, request, **kwargs):
+        FormSet = AdminClass.get_changelist_formset(self, request, **kwargs)
+        FormSet.renderer = DjangoTemplates()
+        return FormSet
+
+    @display(description=mark_safe('<input type="checkbox" id="action-toggle">'))
+    def action_checkbox(self, obj):
+        """
+        A list_display column containing a checkbox widget.
+        """
+        del self
+        return helpers.checkbox.render(
+            helpers.ACTION_CHECKBOX_NAME, str(obj.pk), renderer=DjangoTemplates()
+        )
+
+    return type(
+        f"{AdminClass.__name__}_forceddjangotemplates",
+        (AdminClass,),
+        {
+            "get_form": get_form,
+            "action_form": action_form_class,
+            "changelist_view": changelist_view,
+            "get_changelist_form": get_changelist_form,
+            "get_changelist_formset": get_changelist_formset,
+            "action_checkbox": action_checkbox,
+        },
+    )