diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2751183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <meta name="charset" content="utf-8" />
+        <title>barcodes</title>
+        <!-- CSS and JS Inclusions -->
+
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+        <meta name="author" content="Frederick Boniface" />
+        <meta name="description" content="Easily create a variety of barcodes" />
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <h1>{{ template "title" }}</h1>
+        {{ template "body" . }}
+    </body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/help.html b/templates/help.html
index 70a14f2..3b206af 100644
--- a/templates/help.html
+++ b/templates/help.html
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-<head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8">
-    <title>API Documentation</title>
-</head>
-<body>
-    <h1>API Requests</h1>
-
+{{ define "title" }}API Documentation{{ end }}
+{{ define "body" }}
     <p>API Requests can be made by making a POST request to /generate</p>
 
     <p>The request body should be JSON similar to the below</p>
@@ -37,5 +30,4 @@
     <p><code>content</code> should be the value you wish the barcode to display. This should be a string and may not accept all characters - that is dependent on the barcode type.</p>
 
     <p>The response will be a PNG image</p>
-</body>
-</html>
+{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/help.route.go b/web/help.route.go
index 2ee3d12..0fda164 100644
--- a/web/help.route.go
+++ b/web/help.route.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func helpTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		BarcodeOptions: barcodeOptions,
 	}
 
-	tmpl := template.Must(template.New("help.html").ParseFiles("templates/help.html"))
+	tmpl := template.Must(template.New("base.html").ParseFiles("templates/base.html", "templates/help.html"))
 
 	err := tmpl.Execute(w, data)
 	if err != nil {
