diff --git a/djangosnippets/settings/development.py b/djangosnippets/settings/development.py
index f4f1ba29..ede42eed 100644
--- a/djangosnippets/settings/development.py
+++ b/djangosnippets/settings/development.py
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@
 CACHE_BACKEND = "dummy://"
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = INSTALLED_APPS
+
+TEMPLATES[0]["APP_DIRS"] = False
+TEMPLATES[0]["OPTIONS"]["loaders"] = [
+    "django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader",
+    "django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader",
+]