diff --git a/Assets/Translations/de.json b/Assets/Translations/de.json
index f53299c2..8f04dee0 100644
--- a/Assets/Translations/de.json
+++ b/Assets/Translations/de.json
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
           "description": "Zusätzliche Konfigurationsoptionen.",
           "user-templates": {
             "label": "Benutzer-Vorlagen",
-            "description": "Benutzerdefinierte Matugen-Konfiguration aus ~/.config/matugen/config.toml aktivieren"
+            "description": "Benutzerdefinierte Matugen-Konfiguration aktivieren. Eine Vorlagendatei wird beim ersten Aktivieren unter ~/.config/noctalia/user-templates.toml erstellt"
           }
         },
         "section": {
diff --git a/Assets/Translations/en.json b/Assets/Translations/en.json
index e8ee372b..3f3b9683 100644
--- a/Assets/Translations/en.json
+++ b/Assets/Translations/en.json
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
           "description": "Additional configuration options.",
           "user-templates": {
             "label": "User templates",
-            "description": "Enable user-defined Matugen config from ~/.config/matugen/config.toml"
+            "description": "Enable user-defined Matugen config. A template file will be created at ~/.config/noctalia/user-templates.toml on first enable"
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/Assets/Translations/es.json b/Assets/Translations/es.json
index 77bd8612..3193fff1 100644
--- a/Assets/Translations/es.json
+++ b/Assets/Translations/es.json
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
           "description": "Opciones de configuración adicionales.",
           "user-templates": {
             "label": "Plantillas de usuario",
-            "description": "Habilitar configuración de Matugen definida por el usuario desde ~/.config/matugen/config.toml"
+            "description": "Habilitar configuración de Matugen definida por el usuario. Se creará un archivo de plantilla en ~/.config/noctalia/user-templates.toml al activar por primera vez"
           }
         },
         "section": {
diff --git a/Assets/Translations/fr.json b/Assets/Translations/fr.json
index f180575a..aee01c11 100644
--- a/Assets/Translations/fr.json
+++ b/Assets/Translations/fr.json
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
           "description": "Options de configuration supplémentaires.",
           "user-templates": {
             "label": "Modèles utilisateur",
-            "description": "Activer la configuration Matugen définie par l'utilisateur depuis ~/.config/matugen/config.toml"
+            "description": "Activer la configuration Matugen définie par l'utilisateur. Un fichier modèle sera créé dans ~/.config/noctalia/user-templates.toml lors de la première activation"
           }
         },
         "section": {
diff --git a/Assets/Translations/pt.json b/Assets/Translations/pt.json
index 5e2a5658..0db4489b 100644
--- a/Assets/Translations/pt.json
+++ b/Assets/Translations/pt.json
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
           "description": "Opções de configuração adicionais.",
           "user-templates": {
             "label": "Modelos do usuário",
-            "description": "Ativa a configuração do Matugen definida pelo usuário em ~/.config/matugen/config.toml"
+            "description": "Ativa a configuração do Matugen definida pelo usuário. Um arquivo de modelo será criado em ~/.config/noctalia/user-templates.toml na primeira ativação"
           }
         },
         "section": {
diff --git a/Assets/Translations/zh-CN.json b/Assets/Translations/zh-CN.json
index 889266c4..ddfd0059 100644
--- a/Assets/Translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/Assets/Translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
           "description": "其他配置选项。",
           "user-templates": {
             "label": "用户模板",
-            "description": "启用来自 ~/.config/matugen/config.toml 的用户定义 Matugen 配置"
+            "description": "启用用户定义的 Matugen 配置。首次启用时将在 ~/.config/noctalia/user-templates.toml 创建模板文件"
           }
         },
         "section": {
diff --git a/Modules/Settings/Tabs/ColorSchemeTab.qml b/Modules/Settings/Tabs/ColorSchemeTab.qml
index ddf48db1..5909040f 100644
--- a/Modules/Settings/Tabs/ColorSchemeTab.qml
+++ b/Modules/Settings/Tabs/ColorSchemeTab.qml
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ ColumnLayout {
         checked: Settings.data.templates.enableUserTemplates
         onToggled: checked => {
                      Settings.data.templates.enableUserTemplates = checked
+                     if (checked) {
+                       MatugenTemplates.writeUserTemplatesToml()
+                     }
                      AppThemeService.generate()
                    }
       }
diff --git a/Services/AppThemeService.qml b/Services/AppThemeService.qml
index dd24327a..fc1f01d0 100644
--- a/Services/AppThemeService.qml
+++ b/Services/AppThemeService.qml
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@ Singleton {
     const colors = schemeData[mode]
 
     const matugenColors = generatePalette(colors.mPrimary, colors.mSecondary, colors.mTertiary, colors.mError, colors.mSurface, isDarkMode)
-    const script = processAllTemplates(matugenColors, mode)
+    let script = processAllTemplates(matugenColors, mode)
+
+    // Add user templates if enabled
+    script += buildUserTemplateCommandForPredefined(schemeData, mode)
 
     generateProcess.command = ["bash", "-lc", script]
     generateProcess.running = true
@@ -335,8 +338,42 @@ Singleton {
     return script
   }
 
+  function buildUserTemplateCommandForPredefined(schemeData, mode) {
+    if (!Settings.data.templates.enableUserTemplates) {
+      return ""
+    }
+
+    const userConfigPath = getUserConfigPath()
+    const isDarkMode = Settings.data.colorSchemes.darkMode
+    const colors = schemeData[mode]
+
+    // Generate the matugen palette JSON
+    const matugenColors = generatePalette(colors.mPrimary, colors.mSecondary, colors.mTertiary, colors.mError, colors.mSurface, isDarkMode)
+
+    // Create a temporary JSON file with the color palette
+    const tempJsonPath = Settings.cacheDir + "predefined-colors.json"
+    const homeDir = Quickshell.env("HOME")
+    const tempJsonPathEsc = tempJsonPath.replace(/'/g, "'\\''")
+
+    let script = "\n# Execute user templates with predefined scheme colors\n"
+    script += `if [ -f '${userConfigPath}' ]; then\n`
+
+    // Write the color palette to a temp JSON file
+    script += `  cat > '${tempJsonPathEsc}' << 'EOF'\n`
+    script += JSON.stringify({
+                               "colors": matugenColors
+                             }, null, 2) + "\n"
+    script += "EOF\n"
+
+    // Use matugen json subcommand with the color palette
+    script += `  matugen json '${tempJsonPathEsc}' --config '${userConfigPath}' --mode ${mode}\n`
+    script += "fi"
+
+    return script
+  }
+
   function getUserConfigPath() {
-    return (Quickshell.env("HOME") + "/.config/matugen/config.toml").replace(/'/g, "'\\''")
+    return (Settings.configDir + "user-templates.toml").replace(/'/g, "'\\''")
   }
 
   // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Services/MatugenTemplates.qml b/Services/MatugenTemplates.qml
index 68ceec44..633f7fea 100644
--- a/Services/MatugenTemplates.qml
+++ b/Services/MatugenTemplates.qml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pragma Singleton
 
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Io
 import qs.Commons
 
 // Central place to define which templates we generate and where they write.
@@ -32,6 +33,51 @@ Singleton {
     return ""
   }
 
+  // Build user templates TOML for ~/.config/noctalia/user-templates.toml
+  function buildUserTemplatesToml() {
+    var lines = []
+    lines.push("[config]")
+    lines.push("")
+    lines.push("# User-defined templates")
+    lines.push("# Add your custom templates below")
+    lines.push("# Example:")
+    lines.push("# [templates.myapp]")
+    lines.push("# input_path = \"~/.config/noctalia/templates/myapp.css\"")
+    lines.push("# output_path = \"~/.config/myapp/theme.css\"")
+    lines.push("# post_hook = \"myapp --reload-theme\"")
+    lines.push("")
+    lines.push("# Remove this section and add your own templates")
+    lines.push("[templates.placeholder]")
+    lines.push("input_path = \"" + Quickshell.shellDir + "/Assets/MatugenTemplates/noctalia.json\"")
+    lines.push("output_path = \"" + Settings.cacheDir + "placeholder.json\"")
+    lines.push("post_hook = \"echo 'User templates enabled - replace this placeholder with your own templates'\"")
+    lines.push("")
+
+    return lines.join("\n") + "\n"
+  }
+
+  // Write user templates TOML to ~/.config/noctalia/user-templates.toml
+  function writeUserTemplatesToml() {
+    var userConfigPath = Settings.configDir + "user-templates.toml"
+
+    // Check if file already exists
+    fileCheckProcess.command = ["test", "-f", userConfigPath]
+    fileCheckProcess.running = true
+  }
+
+  function doWriteUserTemplatesToml() {
+    var userConfigPath = Settings.configDir + "user-templates.toml"
+    var configContent = buildUserTemplatesToml()
+
+    // Ensure directory exists (should already exist but just in case)
+    Quickshell.execDetached(["mkdir", "-p", Settings.configDir])
+
+    // Write the config file
+    Quickshell.execDetached(["sh", "-c", `echo '${configContent.replace(/'/g, "'\\''")}' > '${userConfigPath}'`])
+
+    Logger.i("MatugenTemplates", "User templates config written to:", userConfigPath)
+  }
+
   // --------------------------------
   function addWallpaperBasedTemplates(lines, mode) {
     // Noctalia colors
@@ -208,4 +254,20 @@ Singleton {
     }
     return clients
   }
+
+  // Process for checking if user templates file exists
+  Process {
+    id: fileCheckProcess
+    running: false
+
+    onExited: function (exitCode) {
+      if (exitCode === 0) {
+        // File exists, skip creation
+        Logger.d("MatugenTemplates", "User templates config already exists, skipping creation")
+      } else {
+        // File doesn't exist, create it
+        doWriteUserTemplatesToml()
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }