TemplateToolkit default tags are [% hi %] ref: http://search.cpan.org/~abw/Template-Toolkit-2.26/lib/Template/Manual/Config... Dancer2 tutorial mentions this default ref: lib/Dancer2/Tutorial.pod In Dancer2 I had to configure these to get going: template: "template_toolkit" charset: UTF-8 engines: template: template_toolkit: ENCODING: utf8 INCLUDE_PATH: 'views' start_tag: '[%' end_tag: '%]' But then, the rendered template contained <% content %> in place of my tt. To get my code working, I changed my .tt files to use <% hi %> and changed the config tags: start_tag: '<%' end_tag: '%>' Is there an easier way to use Template::Toolkit in Dancer2? Yes, I should use Dancer2's simple template. Thanks Rick