diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index bdc0b99f..6f5be23e 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ func (ctx *Context) Render(name string, binding interface{}, options ...map[stri
 // Note: the options: "gzip" and "charset" are built'n support by Iris, so you can pass these on any template engine or serialize engine
 func (ctx *Context) MustRender(name string, binding interface{}, options ...map[string]interface{}) {
 	if err := ctx.Render(name, binding, options...); err != nil {
-		ctx.Panic()
+		ctx.HTML(StatusServiceUnavailable, fmt.Sprintf("<h2>Template: %s\nIP: %s</h2><b>%s</b>", name, ctx.RemoteAddr(), err.Error()))
 		if ctx.framework.Config.IsDevelopment {
 			ctx.framework.Logger.Printf("MustRender panics for client with IP: %s On template: %s.Trace: %s\n", ctx.RemoteAddr(), name, err)
 		}
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index c40a0907..143df767 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -771,3 +771,22 @@ func TestContextPreRender(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := "<h1>HI kataras. Error: " + errMsg1 + errMsg2 + "</h1>"
 	e.GET("/").Expect().Status(iris.StatusOK).Body().Contains(expected)
 }
+
+func TestTemplatesDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+	iris.ResetDefault()
+	defer iris.Close()
+
+	iris.Default.Config.DisableTemplateEngines = true
+
+	file := "index.html"
+	ip := "0.0.0.0"
+	errTmpl := "<h2>Template: %s\nIP: %s</h2><b>%s</b>"
+	expctedErrMsg := fmt.Sprintf(errTmpl, file, ip, "Error: Unable to execute a template. Trace: Templates are disabled '.Config.DisableTemplatesEngines = true' please turn that to false, as defaulted.\n")
+
+	iris.Get("/renderErr", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
+		ctx.MustRender(file, nil)
+	})
+
+	e := httptest.New(iris.Default, t)
+	e.GET("/renderErr").Expect().Status(iris.StatusServiceUnavailable).Body().Equal(expctedErrMsg)
+}
diff --git a/template.go b/template.go
index 8776fc26..00ccf283 100644
--- a/template.go
+++ b/template.go
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ func (t *templateEngines) usePreRender(pre PreRender) {
 // the gzip and charset options are built'n with iris
 // template is passed as file or souce
 func (t *templateEngines) render(isFile bool, ctx *Context, filenameOrSource string, binding interface{}, options []map[string]interface{}) error {
+	if ctx.framework.Config.DisableTemplateEngines {
+		return errTemplateExecute.Format("Templates are disabled '.Config.DisableTemplatesEngines = true' please turn that to false, as defaulted.")
+	}
+
 	if len(t.prerenders) > 0 {
 		for i := range t.prerenders {
 			// I'm not making any checks here for performance reasons, means that
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ func (t *templateEngines) render(isFile bool, ctx *Context, filenameOrSource str
 	} else {
 		out = ctx.Response.BodyWriter()
 	}
+
 	if isFile {
 		return t.ExecuteWriter(out, filenameOrSource, binding, options...)
 	}