diff --git a/src/Luban.ClientServer/Program.cs b/src/Luban.ClientServer/Program.cs
index ef24075..467548c 100644
--- a/src/Luban.ClientServer/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.ClientServer/Program.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Luban.Client.Common.Utils;
 using Luban.Client.Utils;
 using Luban.Common.Protos;
 using Luban.Common.Utils;
+using Luban.Job.Common.Utils;
 using Luban.Server;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ namespace Luban.ClientServer
 
             public string[] WatchDir { get; set; }
 
-            public string StringTemplateDir { get; set; }
+            [Option('t', "template_search_path", Required = false, HelpText = "string template search path.")]
+            public string TemplateSearchPath { get; set; }
         }
 
         private static void PrintUsage(string err)
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ Options:
   -l  --loglevel <level>        log level. default INFO. avaliable value: TRACE,DEBUG,INFO,WARN,ERROR,FATAL,OFF
   -c  --cachemetafile <file>    cache meta file name. default is '.cache.meta'
   -w  --watch  <dir>            watch data change and regenerate.
-  -t  --templatedirectory <dir> string templates directory. default is 'Templates'
+  -t  --template_search_path <dir> additional template search path
   -h  --help                    show usage
 ");
         }
@@ -122,9 +124,9 @@ Options:
                             break;
                         }
                         case "-t":
-                        case "--templatedirectory":
+                        case "--template_search_path":
                         {
-                            ops.StringTemplateDir = args[++i];
+                            ops.TemplateSearchPath = args[++i];
                             break;
                         }
                         case "--":
@@ -154,7 +156,11 @@ Options:
 
         private static void StartServer(AllCommandLineOptions options)
         {
-            Job.Common.Utils.StringTemplateUtil.TemplateDir = options.StringTemplateDir;
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.TemplateSearchPath))
+            {
+                StringTemplateUtil.AddTemplateSearchPath(options.TemplateSearchPath);
+            }
+            StringTemplateUtil.AddTemplateSearchPath(FileUtil.GetPathRelateApplicationDirectory("Templates"));
 
             GenServer.Ins.Start(options.Port, ProtocolStub.Factories);
 
@@ -206,9 +212,9 @@ Options:
             ThreadPool.SetMinThreads(Math.Max(4, processorCount), 5);
             ThreadPool.SetMaxThreads(Math.Max(16, processorCount * 4), 10);
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.StringTemplateDir))
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.TemplateSearchPath))
             {
-                options.StringTemplateDir = FileUtil.GetPathRelateApplicationDirectory("Templates");
+                options.TemplateSearchPath = FileUtil.GetPathRelateApplicationDirectory("Templates");
             }
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.Host))
             {
diff --git a/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Utils/StringTemplateUtil.cs b/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Utils/StringTemplateUtil.cs
index 9d8f44c..6235303 100644
--- a/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Utils/StringTemplateUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.Job.Common/Source/Utils/StringTemplateUtil.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,24 @@ namespace Luban.Job.Common.Utils
 {
     public static class StringTemplateUtil
     {
-        public static string TemplateDir { get; set; }
+        private static List<string> TemplateSearchPaths { get; } = new List<string>();
+
+        public static void AddTemplateSearchPath(string path)
+        {
+            TemplateSearchPaths.Add(path);
+        }
 
         public static string GetTemplateString(string templateName)
         {
-            return File.ReadAllText($"{TemplateDir}/{templateName}.tpl", Encoding.UTF8);
+            foreach (var searchPath in TemplateSearchPaths)
+            {
+                var fullPath = $"{searchPath}/{templateName}.tpl";
+                if (File.Exists(fullPath))
+                {
+                    return File.ReadAllText(fullPath, Encoding.UTF8);
+                }
+            }
+            throw new FileNotFoundException($"can't find {templateName}.tpl in paths:{string.Join(';', TemplateSearchPaths)}");
         }
 
         private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, Template> s_templates = new();
diff --git a/src/Luban.Server/Source/Program.cs b/src/Luban.Server/Source/Program.cs
index 94187e5..1690f4c 100644
--- a/src/Luban.Server/Source/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Luban.Server/Source/Program.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using Bright.Common;
 using CommandLine;
 using Luban.Common.Protos;
 using Luban.Common.Utils;
+using Luban.Job.Common.Utils;
 using Luban.Server.Common;
 using System;
 using System.IO;
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ namespace Luban.Server
             [Option('l', "loglevel", Required = false, HelpText = "log level. default INFO. avaliable value: TRACE,DEBUG,INFO,WARN,ERROR,FATAL,OFF")]
             public string LogLevel { get; set; } = "INFO";
 
-            [Option('t', "string template directory", Required = false, HelpText = "string template directory.")]
-            public string StringTemplateDir { get; set; }
+            [Option('t', "template_search_path", Required = false, HelpText = "additional template search path")]
+            public string TemplateSearchPath { get; set; }
         }
 
         private static CommandLineOptions ParseOptions(String[] args)
@@ -48,11 +49,11 @@ namespace Luban.Server
 
             var options = ParseOptions(args);
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.StringTemplateDir))
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.TemplateSearchPath))
             {
-                options.StringTemplateDir = FileUtil.GetPathRelateApplicationDirectory("Templates");
+                StringTemplateUtil.AddTemplateSearchPath(options.TemplateSearchPath);
             }
-            Job.Common.Utils.StringTemplateUtil.TemplateDir = options.StringTemplateDir;
+            StringTemplateUtil.AddTemplateSearchPath(FileUtil.GetPathRelateApplicationDirectory("Templates"));
 
             Luban.Common.Utils.LogUtil.InitSimpleNLogConfigure(NLog.LogLevel.FromString(options.LogLevel));