diff --git a/pkg/burner/create.go b/pkg/burner/create.go
index ff43a08c4..e19e225e6 100644
--- a/pkg/burner/create.go
+++ b/pkg/burner/create.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ func setupCreateJob(jobConfig config.Job) Executor {
 	var f io.Reader
 	var err error
 	log.Infof("Preparing create job: %s", jobConfig.Name)
-	var empty interface{}
 	selector := util.NewSelector()
 	selector.Configure("", fmt.Sprintf("kube-burner-job=%s", jobConfig.Name), "")
 	ex := Executor{
@@ -72,15 +71,19 @@ func setupCreateJob(jobConfig config.Job) Executor {
 		}
 		// Deserialize YAML
 		uns := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
-		renderedObj := renderTemplate(t, empty, missingKeyDefault)
-		_, gvk := yamlToUnstructured(renderedObj, uns)
+		cleanTemplate, err := prepareTemplate(t)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Error preparing template %s: %s", o.ObjectTemplate, err)
+		}
+		_, gvk := yamlToUnstructured(cleanTemplate, uns)
 		gvr, _ := meta.UnsafeGuessKindToResource(*gvk)
 		obj := object{
-			gvr:          gvr,
-			objectSpec:   t,
-			replicas:     o.Replicas,
-			unstructured: uns,
-			inputVars:    o.InputVars,
+			gvr:            gvr,
+			objectSpec:     t,
+			objectTemplate: o.ObjectTemplate,
+			replicas:       o.Replicas,
+			unstructured:   uns,
+			inputVars:      o.InputVars,
 		}
 		log.Infof("Job %s: %d iterations with %d %s replicas", jobConfig.Name, jobConfig.JobIterations, obj.replicas, gvk.Kind)
 		ex.objects = append(ex.objects, obj)
@@ -163,7 +166,10 @@ func (ex *Executor) replicaHandler(objectIndex int, obj object, ns string, itera
 	for r := 1; r <= obj.replicas; r++ {
 		newObject := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
 		templateData[replica] = r
-		renderedObj := renderTemplate(obj.objectSpec, templateData, missingKeyError)
+		renderedObj, err := renderTemplate(obj.objectSpec, templateData, missingKeyError)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Template error in %s: %s", obj.objectTemplate, err)
+		}
 		// Re-decode rendered object
 		yamlToUnstructured(renderedObj, newObject)
 		for k, v := range newObject.GetLabels() {
diff --git a/pkg/burner/job.go b/pkg/burner/job.go
index 2c25a7fb3..045ad5645 100644
--- a/pkg/burner/job.go
+++ b/pkg/burner/job.go
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type object struct {
-	gvr           schema.GroupVersionResource
-	objectSpec    []byte
-	replicas      int
-	unstructured  *unstructured.Unstructured
-	inputVars     map[string]string
-	labelSelector map[string]string
+	gvr            schema.GroupVersionResource
+	objectTemplate string
+	objectSpec     []byte
+	replicas       int
+	unstructured   *unstructured.Unstructured
+	inputVars      map[string]string
+	labelSelector  map[string]string
 }
 
 // Executor contains the information required to execute a job
diff --git a/pkg/burner/utils.go b/pkg/burner/utils.go
index 9698b4c1d..ca66ef221 100644
--- a/pkg/burner/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/burner/utils.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
@@ -38,21 +40,34 @@ const (
 	retryBackoffFactor                         = 3
 	retryBackoffJitter                         = 0
 	retryBackoffSteps                          = 3
-	missingKeyDefault           templateOption = "missingkey=default"
 	missingKeyError             templateOption = "missingkey=error"
 )
 
-func renderTemplate(original []byte, data interface{}, options templateOption) []byte {
+func prepareTemplate(original []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	// Removing all placeholder from template.
+	// This needs to be done due to placeholders not being valid yaml.
+	if isEmpty(original) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("template is empty")
+	}
+	r, err := regexp.Compile(`\{\{.*\}\}`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("regexp creation error: %v", err)
+	}
+	original = r.ReplaceAll(original, []byte{})
+	return original, nil
+}
+
+func renderTemplate(original []byte, data interface{}, options templateOption) ([]byte, error) {
 	var rendered bytes.Buffer
 	t, err := template.New("").Option(string(options)).Parse(string(original))
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error parsing template: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Parsing error: %s", err)
 	}
 	err = t.Execute(&rendered, data)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error rendering template: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Rendering error: %s", err)
 	}
-	return rendered.Bytes()
+	return rendered.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
 func yamlToUnstructured(y []byte, uns *unstructured.Unstructured) (runtime.Object, *schema.GroupVersionKind) {
@@ -113,3 +128,7 @@ func RetryWithExponentialBackOff(fn wait.ConditionFunc) error {
 	}
 	return wait.ExponentialBackoff(backoff, fn)
 }
+
+func isEmpty(raw []byte) bool {
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(raw)) == ""
+}