diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.mjs b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.mjs
index 29217d9fe0..d924a32670 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.mjs
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ export default async function (webRouter, privateApiRouter, publicApiRouter) {
       labsEnabled: Settings.labs && Settings.labs.enable,
       wikiEnabled: Settings.overleaf != null || Settings.proxyLearn,
       templatesEnabled:
-        Settings.overleaf != null || Boolean(Settings.moduleImportSequence.includes('template-gallery')),
+        Settings.overleaf != null || Boolean(Settings.templates),
       cioWriteKey: Settings.analytics?.cio?.writeKey,
       cioSiteId: Settings.analytics?.cio?.siteId,
       linkedInInsightsPartnerId: Settings.analytics?.linkedIn?.partnerId,
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Features.mjs b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Features.mjs
index 4063fb9d37..84c40f47e7 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Features.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Features.mjs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const Features = {
       case 'oauth':
         return Boolean(Settings.oauth)
       case 'templates-server-pro':
-        return Boolean(Settings.moduleImportSequence.includes('template-gallery'))
+        return Boolean(Settings.templates)
       case 'affiliations':
       case 'analytics':
         return Boolean(_.get(Settings, ['apis', 'v1', 'url']))
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/layout/navbar-marketing.pug b/services/web/app/views/layout/navbar-marketing.pug
index 23439f64ae..2a4b51b25e 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/layout/navbar-marketing.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/layout/navbar-marketing.pug
@@ -150,15 +150,16 @@ nav.navbar.navbar-default.navbar-main.navbar-expand-lg(
 					// logged out
 					if !getSessionUser()
 						// templates link
-						li
-							a(
-								href="/templates"
-								event-tracking="menu-click"
-								event-tracking-action="clicked"
-								event-tracking-trigger="click"
-								event-tracking-mb="true"
-								event-segmentation={ page: currentUrl, item: 'templates', location: 'top-menu' }
-							) #{translate('templates')}
+						if settings.templates
+							li
+								a(
+									href="/templates"
+									event-tracking="menu-click"
+									event-tracking-action="clicked"
+									event-tracking-trigger="click"
+									event-tracking-mb="true"
+									event-segmentation={ page: currentUrl, item: 'templates', location: 'top-menu' }
+								) #{translate('templates')}
 
 						// register link
 						if hasFeature('registration-page')
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/template-gallery/components/gallery-popular-tags.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/template-gallery/components/gallery-popular-tags.tsx
index 9ab098ddab..2e5d847d23 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/template-gallery/components/gallery-popular-tags.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/template-gallery/components/gallery-popular-tags.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ export default function GalleryPopularTags() {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { templateLinks } = getMeta('ol-ExposedSettings') || []
 
+  if(!templateLinks || templateLinks.length < 2) return null
+
   return (
     <div className="popular-tags">
       <h1>{t('categories')}</h1>
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/template/components/template-root.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/template/components/template-root.tsx
index bbdd3ed92a..ff15511202 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/template/components/template-root.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/template/components/template-root.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function TemplatePageContent() {
   const footerProps = getMeta('ol-footer')
   const { template } = useTemplateContext()
   const { templateLinks } = getMeta('ol-ExposedSettings') || []
-  const categoryName = templateLinks?.find(link => link.url === template.category)?.name || t('all_templates')
+  const categoryName = templateLinks?.find(link => link.url === template.category)?.name
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ function TemplatePageContent() {
         <div className="container">
           <OLRow className="previous-page-link-container">
             <OLCol lg={6}>
-              <a className="previous-page-link" href={template.category}>
+              <a className="previous-page-link" href={'/templates/all'}>
                 <i className="material-symbols material-symbols-rounded" aria-hidden="true">arrow_left_alt</i>
-                {categoryName}
+                {t('all_templates')}
               </a>
-              {template.category !== '/templates/all' && (
+              {categoryName && template.category !== '/templates/all' && (
                 <>
                   <span className="mx-2">/</span>
-                  <a className="previous-page-link" href={'/templates/all'}>
-                    {t('all_templates')}
+                  <a className="previous-page-link" href={template.category}>
+                    {categoryName}
                   </a>
                 </>
               )}
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/shared/components/navbar/logged-in-items.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/shared/components/navbar/logged-in-items.tsx
index 614bc11dd9..be45dabcf1 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/shared/components/navbar/logged-in-items.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/shared/components/navbar/logged-in-items.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { NavbarSessionUser } from '@/shared/components/types/navbar'
 import NavLinkItem from '@/shared/components/navbar/nav-link-item'
 import { AccountMenuItems } from './account-menu-items'
 import { useSendProjectListMB } from '@/features/project-list/components/project-list-events'
+import getMeta from '@/utils/meta'
 
 export default function LoggedInItems({
   sessionUser,
@@ -14,14 +15,18 @@ export default function LoggedInItems({
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const sendProjectListMB = useSendProjectListMB()
+  const { templatesEnabled } = getMeta('ol-ExposedSettings')
+
   return (
     <>
       <NavLinkItem href="/project" className="nav-item-projects">
         {t('projects')}
       </NavLinkItem>
-      <NavLinkItem href="/templates" className="nav-item-templates">
-        {t('templates')}
-      </NavLinkItem>
+      {templatesEnabled && (
+        <NavLinkItem href="/templates" className="nav-item-templates">
+          {t('templates')}
+        </NavLinkItem>
+      )}
       <NavDropdownMenu
         title={t('Account')}
         className="nav-item-account"
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/shared/components/navbar/logged-out-items.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/shared/components/navbar/logged-out-items.tsx
index 043f6fcb27..62d150aa1d 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/shared/components/navbar/logged-out-items.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/shared/components/navbar/logged-out-items.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import NavLinkItem from '@/shared/components/navbar/nav-link-item'
 import { useSendProjectListMB } from '@/features/project-list/components/project-list-events'
+import getMeta from '@/utils/meta'
 
 export default function LoggedOutItems({
   showSignUpLink,
@@ -9,12 +10,15 @@ export default function LoggedOutItems({
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const sendMB = useSendProjectListMB()
+  const { templatesEnabled } = getMeta('ol-ExposedSettings')
 
   return (
     <>
-      <NavLinkItem href="/templates" className="nav-item-templates">
-        {t('templates')}
-      </NavLinkItem>
+      {templatesEnabled && (
+        <NavLinkItem href="/templates" className="nav-item-templates">
+          {t('templates')}
+        </NavLinkItem>
+      )}
       {showSignUpLink ? (
         <NavLinkItem
           href="/register"
diff --git a/services/web/modules/template-gallery/index.mjs b/services/web/modules/template-gallery/index.mjs
index 127ea94634..16e39f46e7 100644
--- a/services/web/modules/template-gallery/index.mjs
+++ b/services/web/modules/template-gallery/index.mjs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import Settings from '@overleaf/settings'
 import TemplateGalleryRouter from './app/src/TemplateGalleryRouter.mjs'
-const TemplateGalleryModule = {
-  router: TemplateGalleryRouter,
-}
 
 function boolFromEnv(env) {
   if (env === undefined || env === null) return undefined
@@ -11,23 +8,35 @@ function boolFromEnv(env) {
     if (envLower === 'true') return true
     if (envLower === 'false') return false
   }
-  throw new Error("Invalid value for boolean envirionment variable")
+  throw new Error("Invalid value for boolean environment variable")
 }
 
-Settings.templates = {
-  nonAdminCanManage: boolFromEnv(process.env.OVERLEAF_NON_ADMIN_CAN_MANAGE_TEMPLATES)
-}
+let TemplateGalleryModule = {}
 
-Settings.templateLinks = (`${process.env.OVERLEAF_TEMPLATE_KEYS} all`).split(/\s+/).map(key => {
-  const envKeyBase = key.toUpperCase().replace(/-/g, "_")
-  const name = process.env[`TEMPLATE_${envKeyBase}_NAME`]
-  const description = process.env[`TEMPLATE_${envKeyBase}_DESCRIPTION`]
-
-  return {
-    name: name || key,
-    url: `/templates/${key}`,
-    description: description || "Templates category"
+if (process.env.OVERLEAF_TEMPLATE_GALLERY === 'true') {
+  TemplateGalleryModule = {
+    router: TemplateGalleryRouter,
   }
-})
+
+  Settings.templates = {
+    nonAdminCanManage: boolFromEnv(process.env.OVERLEAF_NON_ADMIN_CAN_PUBLISH_TEMPLATES)
+  }
+
+  const templateKeys = process.env.OVERLEAF_TEMPLATE_CATEGORIES
+    ? process.env.OVERLEAF_TEMPLATE_CATEGORIES + ' all'
+    : 'all'
+
+  Settings.templateLinks = templateKeys.split(/\s+/).map(key => {
+    const envKeyBase = key.toUpperCase().replace(/-/g, "_")
+    const name = process.env[`TEMPLATE_${envKeyBase}_NAME`] || ( key === 'all' ? 'All templates' : key)
+    const description = process.env[`TEMPLATE_${envKeyBase}_DESCRIPTION`] || ''
+
+    return {
+      name,
+      url: `/templates/${key}`,
+      description
+    }
+  })
+}
 
 export default TemplateGalleryModule