diff --git a/encoder.go b/encoder.go
index c8b1b84..7f6a149 100644
--- a/encoder.go
+++ b/encoder.go
@@ -1,32 +1,73 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"path/filepath"
+
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go/descriptor"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go/plugin"
+	"github.com/kr/fs"
 )
 
 type GenericTemplateBasedEncoder struct {
-	service *descriptor.ServiceDescriptorProto
-	file    *descriptor.FileDescriptorProto
+	templateDir string
+	service     *descriptor.ServiceDescriptorProto
+	file        *descriptor.FileDescriptorProto
 }
 
-func NewGenericTemplateBasedEncoder(service *descriptor.ServiceDescriptorProto, file *descriptor.FileDescriptorProto) (e *GenericTemplateBasedEncoder) {
+func NewGenericTemplateBasedEncoder(templateDir string, service *descriptor.ServiceDescriptorProto, file *descriptor.FileDescriptorProto) (e *GenericTemplateBasedEncoder) {
 	e = &GenericTemplateBasedEncoder{
-		service: service,
-		file:    file,
+		service:     service,
+		file:        file,
+		templateDir: templateDir,
 	}
 	return
 }
 
-func (e *GenericTemplateBasedEncoder) Files() []*plugin_go.CodeGeneratorResponse_File {
-	//log.Printf("file: %v\n", e.file)
-	//log.Printf("service: %v\n", e.service)
-	var content string = "hello world"
-	var fileName string = "test.txt"
-	return []*plugin_go.CodeGeneratorResponse_File{
-		&plugin_go.CodeGeneratorResponse_File{
-			Content: &content,
-			Name:    &fileName,
-		},
+func (e *GenericTemplateBasedEncoder) templates() ([]string, error) {
+	filenames := []string{}
+
+	walker := fs.Walk(e.templateDir)
+	for walker.Step() {
+		if err := walker.Err(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if walker.Stat().IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if filepath.Ext(walker.Path()) != ".tmpl" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		rel, err := filepath.Rel(e.templateDir, walker.Path())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		filenames = append(filenames, rel)
 	}
+
+	return filenames, nil
+}
+
+func (e *GenericTemplateBasedEncoder) Files() []*plugin_go.CodeGeneratorResponse_File {
+	files := []*plugin_go.CodeGeneratorResponse_File{}
+
+	templates, err := e.templates()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, templateFilename := range templates {
+		filename := templateFilename[0 : len(templateFilename)-len(".tmpl")]
+
+		content := "hello world"
+		files = append(files, &plugin_go.CodeGeneratorResponse_File{
+			Content: &content,
+			Name:    &filename,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return files
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e4d54f5..59e60d2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Generate the clients
 	for _, file := range g.Request.GetProtoFile() {
 		for _, service := range file.GetService() {
-			encoder := NewGenericTemplateBasedEncoder(service, file)
+			encoder := NewGenericTemplateBasedEncoder("templates", service, file)
 			g.Response.File = append(g.Response.File, encoder.Files()...)
 		}
 	}