# Kirby keeps using default.php instead of home.php

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirby-keeps-using-default-php-instead-of-home-php/30947>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v4\
**Created:** [February 29, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirby-keeps-using-default-php-instead-of-home-php/30947 "2024-02-29T03:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![ToastDesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@ToastDesign](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/ToastDesign)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirby-keeps-using-default-php-instead-of-home-php/30947/1 "2024-02-29T03:00:37Z")

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I’m encountering an odd problem. I’ve set up a Kirby 4 installation and made a “home” folder within my content directory. Within this folder, I’ve created a “home.php” file in the templates directory and a “home.yml” file as a blueprint. Everything works fine locally, but on my live server, the “home” page still uses “default.php” as its template. Any thoughts on what might be causing this?

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**Author:** ![aoimedia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/aoimedia/32/13722_2.png) [@aoimedia](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/aoimedia)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirby-keeps-using-default-php-instead-of-home-php/30947/2 "2024-02-29T07:02:34Z")

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Hello & welcome.

> I’ve set up a Kirby 4 installation and made a “home” folder within my content directory. Within this folder, I’ve created a “home.php” file in the templates directory and a “home.yml” file as a blueprint.

Your content directory should contain page content only (.txt files and media).

Your home.php template file should be placed within: `site > templates`.  
Your home.yml blueprint file should be placed within: `site > blueprints > pages`.

Hope this helps.