diff --git a/backend/src/emails/sendEmailTranslated.ts b/backend/src/emails/sendEmailTranslated.ts
index 3f5d9d9fd..69008c00e 100644
--- a/backend/src/emails/sendEmailTranslated.ts
+++ b/backend/src/emails/sendEmailTranslated.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const sendEmailTranslated = async (params: {
   // ATTENTION: await is needed, because otherwise on send the email gets send in the language of the current user, because below the language gets reset
   await email
     .send({
-      template: path.join(__dirname, params.template),
+      template: path.join(__dirname, 'templates', params.template),
       message: params.receiver,
       locals: params.locals, // the 'locale' in here seems not to be used by 'email-template', because it doesn't work if the language isn't set before by 'i18n.setLocale'
     })
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/accountActivation/html.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/accountActivation/html.pug
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/src/emails/accountActivation/html.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/accountActivation/html.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/accountActivation/subject.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/accountActivation/subject.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/accountActivation/subject.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/accountActivation/subject.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/accountMultiRegistration/html.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/accountMultiRegistration/html.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/accountMultiRegistration/html.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/accountMultiRegistration/html.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/accountMultiRegistration/subject.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/accountMultiRegistration/subject.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/accountMultiRegistration/subject.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/accountMultiRegistration/subject.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/addedContributionMessage/html.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/addedContributionMessage/html.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/addedContributionMessage/html.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/addedContributionMessage/html.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/addedContributionMessage/subject.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/addedContributionMessage/subject.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/addedContributionMessage/subject.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/addedContributionMessage/subject.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/contributionConfirmed/html.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/contributionConfirmed/html.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/contributionConfirmed/html.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/contributionConfirmed/html.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/contributionConfirmed/subject.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/contributionConfirmed/subject.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/contributionConfirmed/subject.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/contributionConfirmed/subject.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/contributionRejected/html.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/contributionRejected/html.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/contributionRejected/html.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/contributionRejected/html.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/contributionRejected/subject.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/contributionRejected/subject.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/contributionRejected/subject.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/contributionRejected/subject.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/resetPassword/html.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/resetPassword/html.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/resetPassword/html.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/resetPassword/html.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/resetPassword/subject.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/resetPassword/subject.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/resetPassword/subject.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/resetPassword/subject.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/transactionLinkRedeemed/html.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/transactionLinkRedeemed/html.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/transactionLinkRedeemed/html.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/transactionLinkRedeemed/html.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/transactionLinkRedeemed/subject.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/transactionLinkRedeemed/subject.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/transactionLinkRedeemed/subject.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/transactionLinkRedeemed/subject.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/transactionReceived/html.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/transactionReceived/html.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/transactionReceived/html.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/transactionReceived/html.pug
diff --git a/backend/src/emails/transactionReceived/subject.pug b/backend/src/emails/templates/transactionReceived/subject.pug
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rename from backend/src/emails/transactionReceived/subject.pug
rename to backend/src/emails/templates/transactionReceived/subject.pug