diff --git a/api/BusinessLogic/Emails/EmailTemplateRetriever.php b/api/BusinessLogic/Emails/EmailTemplateRetriever.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by PhpStorm.
+ * User: mkoch
+ * Date: 2/22/2017
+ * Time: 9:11 PM
+ */
+
+namespace BusinessLogic\Emails;
+
+
+use BusinessLogic\Exceptions\EmailTemplateNotFoundException;
+
+class EmailTemplateRetriever {
+
+    function getTemplateForLanguage($templateName, $language) {
+
+    }
+
+    private function getFromFileSystem($template, $language)
+    {
+        global $hesk_settings, $hesklang;
+
+        // Demo mode
+        if (defined('HESK_DEMO')) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        /* Get list of valid emails */
+        $valid_emails = hesk_validEmails();
+
+        /* Verify this is a valid email include */
+
+        if (!isset(ValidEmailTemplates::getValidEmailTemplates()[$template])) {
+            hesk_error($hesklang['inve']);
+        }
+
+        /* Get email template */
+        $file = 'language/' . $language . '/emails/' . $template . '.txt';
+        $absoluteFilePath = __DIR__ . '/../../../' . $file;
+
+        if (file_exists($absoluteFilePath)) {
+            return file_get_contents($absoluteFilePath);
+        } else {
+            throw new EmailTemplateNotFoundException($template, $language);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/api/BusinessLogic/Emails/ValidEmailTemplates.php b/api/BusinessLogic/Emails/ValidEmailTemplates.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by PhpStorm.
+ * User: mkoch
+ * Date: 2/22/2017
+ * Time: 9:25 PM
+ */
+
+namespace BusinessLogic\Emails;
+
+
+class ValidEmailTemplates {
+    static function getValidEmailTemplates() {
+        return array(
+            'forgot_ticket_id' => 'forgot_ticket_id',
+            'new_reply_by_staff' => 'new_reply_by_staff',
+            'new_ticket' => 'ticket_received',
+            'verify_email' => 'verify_email',
+            'ticket_closed' => 'ticket_closed',
+            'category_moved' => 'category_moved',
+            'new_reply_by_customer' => 'new_reply_by_customer',
+            'new_ticket_staff' => 'new_ticket_staff',
+            'ticket_assigned_to_you' => 'ticket_assigned_to_you',
+            'new_pm' => 'new_pm',
+            'new_note' => 'new_note',
+            'reset_password' => 'reset_password',
+            'calendar_reminder' => 'calendar_reminder',
+            'overdue_ticket' => 'overdue_ticket',
+        );
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/api/BusinessLogic/Exceptions/EmailTemplateNotFoundException.php b/api/BusinessLogic/Exceptions/EmailTemplateNotFoundException.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by PhpStorm.
+ * User: mkoch
+ * Date: 2/22/2017
+ * Time: 10:00 PM
+ */
+
+namespace BusinessLogic\Exceptions;
+
+
+class EmailTemplateNotFoundException extends ApiFriendlyException {
+    function __construct($emailTemplate, $language) {
+        parent::__construct(sprintf("The email template '%s' was not found for the language '%s'", $emailTemplate, $language),
+            'Email Template Not Found!', 400);
+    }
+}
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