diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 23f5da9..7846dbe 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, Integer, String, Float, DateTime, ForeignKey, Text, Date, Boolean
 from sqlalchemy import or_
-from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, Session, relationship, declarative_base, orm
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, Session, relationship, declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import joinedload
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 from typing import List, Optional
 from datetime import date, datetime
@@ -2198,7 +2199,7 @@ async def templates_page(request: Request, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
 @app.get("/api/templates", response_model=List[TemplateDetail])
 async def get_templates_api(db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
     """API endpoint to get all templates with meal details."""
-    templates = db.query(Template).options(orm.joinedload(Template.template_meals).joinedload(TemplateMeal.meal)).all()
+    templates = db.query(Template).options(joinedload(Template.template_meals).joinedload(TemplateMeal.meal)).all()
     
     results = []
     for t in templates:
diff --git a/tests/test_templates_serialization.py b/tests/test_templates_serialization.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d84e0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_templates_serialization.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from main import app, get_db
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.pool import StaticPool
+from datetime import date
+import os
+
+# Use an in-memory SQLite database for testing
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///:memory:"
+
+engine = create_engine(
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL,
+    connect_args={"check_same_thread": False},
+    poolclass=StaticPool,
+)
+TestingSessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+# Create tables
+from main import Base, Template, Meal, TemplateMeal
+Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+
+def override_get_db():
+    try:
+        db = TestingSessionLocal()
+        yield db
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+
+app.dependency_overrides[get_db] = override_get_db
+
+client = TestClient(app)
+
+def test_templates_page_renders_without_error():
+    """Test that the /templates page renders without a TypeError."""
+    # Create a test template and meal
+    db = TestingSessionLocal()
+    
+    meal = Meal(name="Test Meal", meal_type="breakfast", meal_time="Breakfast")
+    db.add(meal)
+    db.commit()
+    db.refresh(meal)
+    
+    template = Template(name="Test Template")
+    db.add(template)
+    db.commit()
+    db.refresh(template)
+    
+    template_meal = TemplateMeal(template_id=template.id, meal_id=meal.id, meal_time="Breakfast")
+    db.add(template_meal)
+    db.commit()
+    
+    db.close()
+    
+    # Test the HTML page
+    response = client.get("/templates")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert "text/html" in response.headers["content-type"]
+    
+    # Test the API endpoint
+    response = client.get("/api/templates")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.headers["content-type"] == "application/json"
+    
+    data = response.json()
+    assert len(data) == 1
+    assert data[0]["name"] == "Test Template"
+    assert len(data[0]["template_meals"]) == 1
+    assert data[0]["template_meals"][0]["meal_name"] == "Test Meal"
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