diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index df724e35b32472dad5e3ff5a9268f22714cf72d2..a56197f73abeb0d953594d32bac945ab39eb0fdf 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ Make Experiments!
 Release Changes
 ---------------
 
+Release 1.4.1
+=============
+
+Templates
+---------
+
+* Load user template also if user dir is not in mkexp path
+
 Release 1.4.0
 =============
 
diff --git a/mkexp b/mkexp
index 69a45ef593c6799e7725e24c60fe45118bb177cf..b130c86145f1e50727635c591c6399680bfc4eff 100755
--- a/mkexp
+++ b/mkexp
@@ -286,11 +286,15 @@ if args.path:
     config_roots = args.path.split(':')
 
 experiment_config_name = args.config
-experiment_config_id = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(args.config))[0]
 
 if not os.path.exists(experiment_config_name):
     feedback.die("config file '{0}' does not exist".format(experiment_config_name))
 
+(experiment_config_dir,
+ experiment_config_base) = os.path.split(experiment_config_name)
+(experiment_config_id,
+ experiment_config_format) = os.path.splitext(experiment_config_base)
+
 # Overrides
 invalid_args = [x for x in args.assigns if not x.find('=')+1]
 
@@ -300,8 +304,11 @@ if invalid_args:
 
 # Setup templating environment
 
+template_roots = config_roots
+if experiment_config_dir not in template_roots:
+    template_roots.append(experiment_config_dir)
 template_env = Environment(
-    loader = ChoiceLoader(list(map(FileSystemLoader, config_roots))),
+    loader = ChoiceLoader(list(map(FileSystemLoader, template_roots))),
     variable_start_string = '%{',
     variable_end_string = '}',
     line_statement_prefix = '#%',
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index bb4703934aa8663107d933caf9cba8124e3e7300..81c8f46998a8d6a79d127f35c38bd5b475dfa5ee 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ class RunningTestCase(MkexpTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(is_exec('test/experiments/test0001/test0001.run'))
         self.assertFalse(is_exec('test/experiments/test0001/test0001.nox'))
 
+    def test_template_not_in_path(self):
+        expected = align(u"""
+            Script directory: 'experiments/test0001'
+            Data directory: 'experiments/test0001' (already exists)
+            Work directory: 'experiments/test0001' (already exists)
+        """)
+        result = output(script("mkexp -p does_not_exist test0001.config"))
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(expected, result)
+
 class CommandLineTestCase(MkexpTestCase):
 
     def test_pass_section_variables(self):