diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/FreemarkerViewEngine.java.off b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/FreemarkerViewEngine.java.off
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8472dd470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/FreemarkerViewEngine.java.off
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 LibreCCM Foundation.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.libreccm.mvc.freemarker;
+
+import freemarker.template.Configuration;
+import freemarker.template.Template;
+import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
+import org.eclipse.krazo.engine.ViewEngineBase;
+import org.eclipse.krazo.engine.ViewEngineConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.annotation.Priority;
+import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.mvc.engine.ViewEngine;
+import javax.mvc.engine.ViewEngineContext;
+import javax.mvc.engine.ViewEngineException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jens.pelzetter@googlemail.com">Jens Pelzetter</a>
+ */
+@ApplicationScoped
+@Priority(ViewEngine.PRIORITY_APPLICATION)
+public class FreemarkerViewEngine extends ViewEngineBase {
+
+    @Inject
+    @ViewEngineConfig
+    private Configuration configuration;
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supports(String view) {
+        return view.endsWith(".ftl");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void processView(final ViewEngineContext context)
+        throws ViewEngineException {
+
+        final Charset charset = resolveCharsetAndSetContentType(context);
+
+        try (final Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(
+            context.getOutputStream(), charset
+        )) {
+            final Template template = configuration.getTemplate(
+                resolveView(context)
+            );
+
+            final Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<>(
+                context.getModels().asMap()
+            );
+            model.put("request", context.getRequest(HttpServletRequest.class));
+
+            template.process(model, writer);
+        } catch (TemplateException | IOException e) {
+            throw new ViewEngineException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/KrazoTemplateLoader.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/KrazoTemplateLoader.java
index 6b31bbc11..d10c970f8 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/KrazoTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/KrazoTemplateLoader.java
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ class KrazoTemplateLoader implements TemplateLoader {
 
     @Override
     public Object findTemplateSource(final String name) throws IOException {
-        if (name.startsWith("@themes") || name.startsWith("/@themes")) {
+        if (name.startsWith("@themes")
+                || name.startsWith("/@themes")
+                || name.startsWith("WEB-INF/views/@themes")) {
             return null;
         } else {
             // Freemarker drops "/"
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/MvcFreemarkerConfigurationProducer.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/MvcFreemarkerConfigurationProducer.java
index 2282db361..97b038240 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/MvcFreemarkerConfigurationProducer.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/MvcFreemarkerConfigurationProducer.java
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ import org.eclipse.krazo.engine.ViewEngineConfig;
 import org.eclipse.krazo.ext.freemarker.DefaultConfigurationProducer;
 import org.libreccm.theming.Themes;
 
-import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
-import javax.enterprise.inject.Alternative;
+import javax.enterprise.inject.Produces;
 import javax.enterprise.inject.Specializes;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+
 
 /**
  * Extends the default configuration for Freemarker of Eclipse Krazo to 
@@ -41,9 +40,10 @@ import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
  * 
  * @author <a href="mailto:jens.pelzetter@googlemail.com">Jens Pelzetter</a>
  */
-@ApplicationScoped
-@Alternative
-@Specializes
+//@ApplicationScoped
+//@Alternative
+//@Specializes
+//@Priority(3000)
 public class MvcFreemarkerConfigurationProducer 
     extends DefaultConfigurationProducer {
     
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class MvcFreemarkerConfigurationProducer
     
     @Produces
     @ViewEngineConfig
-    @Alternative
+//    @Alternative
     @Specializes
     @Override
     public Configuration getConfiguration() {
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/ThemesTemplateLoader.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/ThemesTemplateLoader.java
index 478a505a5..e183c6bf8 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/ThemesTemplateLoader.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/mvc/freemarker/ThemesTemplateLoader.java
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ class ThemesTemplateLoader implements TemplateLoader {
      */
     @Override
     public Object findTemplateSource(final String path) throws IOException {
-        if (path.startsWith("@themes") || path.startsWith("/@themes")) {
+        if (path.startsWith("@themes") 
+            || path.startsWith("/@themes") 
+            || path.startsWith("WEB-INF/views/@themes")) {
             final String[] tokens;
             if (path.startsWith("/")) {
                 tokens = path.substring(1).split("/");
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml b/ccm-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml
index bade5d06d..eecc609e3 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/beans.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
                            http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/beans_1_1.xsd"
        bean-discovery-mode="all">
        
-        <alternatives>
+<!--        <alternatives>
             <class>org.libreccm.mvc.freemarker.MvcFreemarkerConfigurationProducer</class>
-        </alternatives>
+            <class>org.eclipse.krazo.ext.freemarker.DefaultConfigurationProducer</class>
+        </alternatives>-->
     
         <interceptors>
             <class>org.libreccm.security.AuthorizationInterceptor</class>