diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index dd5fc98..2975d45 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { MergedCustomFormatResource } from "./__generated__/mergedTypes";
 import { configureApi, configureRadarrApi, configureSonarrApi, getArrApi, unsetApi } from "./api";
 import { getConfig, validateConfig } from "./config";
 import { calculateCFsToManage, loadCFFromConfig, loadLocalCfs, loadServerCustomFormats, manageCf, mergeCfSources } from "./custom-formats";
+import { loadLocalRecyclarrTemplate } from "./local-importer";
 import { logHeading, logger } from "./logger";
 import { calculateQualityDefinitionDiff, loadQualityDefinitionFromServer } from "./quality-definitions";
 import { calculateQualityProfilesDiff, filterInvalidQualityProfiles, loadQualityProfilesFromServer } from "./quality-profiles";
@@ -33,13 +34,19 @@ const mergeConfigsAndTemplates = async (
   arrType: ArrType,
 ): Promise<{ mergedCFs: CFProcessing; config: MergedConfigInstance }> => {
   const recyclarrTemplateMap = loadRecyclarrTemplates(arrType);
+  const localTemplateMap = loadLocalRecyclarrTemplate(arrType);
   const trashTemplates = await loadQPFromTrash(arrType);
 
+  logger.debug(
+    `Loaded ${recyclarrTemplateMap.size} Recyclarr templates, ${localTemplateMap.size} local templates and ${trashTemplates.size} trash templates.`,
+  );
+
   const recylarrMergedTemplates: MappedMergedTemplates = {
     custom_formats: [],
     quality_profiles: [],
   };
 
+  // TODO: customFormatDefinitions not supported in templates yet
   if (value.include) {
     const mappedIncludes = value.include.reduce<{ recyclarr: InputConfigIncludeItem[]; trash: InputConfigIncludeItem[] }>(
       (previous, current) => {
@@ -60,11 +67,11 @@ const mergeConfigsAndTemplates = async (
     );
 
     logger.info(
-      `Found ${value.include.length} templates to include: [recyclarr]=${mappedIncludes.recyclarr.length}, [trash]=${mappedIncludes.trash.length} ...`,
+      `Found ${value.include.length} templates to include. Mapped to [recyclarr]=${mappedIncludes.recyclarr.length}, [trash]=${mappedIncludes.trash.length} ...`,
     );
 
     mappedIncludes.recyclarr.forEach((e) => {
-      const template = recyclarrTemplateMap.get(e.template);
+      const template = recyclarrTemplateMap.get(e.template) ?? localTemplateMap.get(e.template);
 
       if (!template) {
         logger.warn(`Unknown recyclarr template requested: ${e.template}`);
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ const mergeConfigsAndTemplates = async (
       }
     });
 
+    // TODO: local trash guide QP templates do not work yet
     mappedIncludes.trash.forEach((e) => {
       const template = trashTemplates.get(e.template);
 
diff --git a/src/local-importer.ts b/src/local-importer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec8a9a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/local-importer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { default as fs } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import yaml from "yaml";
+import { getConfig } from "./config";
+import { logger } from "./logger";
+import { ArrType, MappedTemplates } from "./types/common.types";
+import { RecyclarrTemplates } from "./types/recyclarr.types";
+
+export const getLocalTemplatePath = () => {
+  const config = getConfig();
+
+  if (config.localConfigTemplatesPath == null) {
+    logger.debug(`No local templates specified. Skipping.`);
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const customPath = path.resolve(config.localConfigTemplatesPath);
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(customPath)) {
+    logger.info(`Provided local templates path '${config.localCustomFormatsPath}' does not exist.`);
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return customPath;
+};
+
+export const loadLocalRecyclarrTemplate = (arrType: ArrType): Map<string, MappedTemplates> => {
+  const map = new Map<string, RecyclarrTemplates>();
+
+  const fillMap = (path: string) => {
+    const files = fs.readdirSync(`${path}`).filter((fn) => fn.endsWith("yaml") || fn.endsWith("yml"));
+
+    files.forEach((f) => map.set(f.substring(0, f.lastIndexOf(".")), yaml.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${path}/${f}`, "utf8"))));
+  };
+
+  const localPath = getLocalTemplatePath();
+
+  if (localPath) {
+    fillMap(localPath);
+  }
+
+  logger.debug(`Found ${map.size} local templates.`);
+
+  return new Map(
+    Array.from(map, ([k, v]) => {
+      const customFormats = v.custom_formats?.map((cf) => {
+        // Changes from Recyclarr 7.2.0: https://github.com/recyclarr/recyclarr/releases/tag/v7.2.0
+        if (cf.assign_scores_to == null && cf.quality_profiles == null) {
+          logger.warn(`Local Template "${k}" does not provide correct profile for custom format. Ignoring.`);
+        }
+
+        if (cf.quality_profiles) {
+          logger.warn(
+            `Deprecated: (Local Template '${k}') For custom_formats please rename 'quality_profiles' to 'assign_scores_to'. See recyclarr v7.2.0`,
+          );
+        }
+        return { ...cf, assign_scores_to: cf.assign_scores_to ?? cf.quality_profiles ?? [] };
+      });
+
+      return [
+        k,
+        {
+          ...v,
+          custom_formats: customFormats,
+        },
+      ];
+    }),
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/recyclarr-importer.ts b/src/recyclarr-importer.ts
index f0b2fa1..017aa3f 100644
--- a/src/recyclarr-importer.ts
+++ b/src/recyclarr-importer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { default as fs } from "node:fs";
-import path from "node:path";
 import yaml from "yaml";
 import { getConfig } from "./config";
 import { logger } from "./logger";
@@ -21,24 +20,6 @@ export const cloneRecyclarrTemplateRepo = async () => {
   logger.info(`Recyclarr repo: ref[${cloneResult.ref}], hash[${cloneResult.hash}], path[${cloneResult.localPath}]`);
 };
 
-export const getLocalTemplatePath = () => {
-  const config = getConfig();
-
-  if (config.localConfigTemplatesPath == null) {
-    logger.debug(`No local templates specified. Skipping.`);
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  const customPath = path.resolve(config.localConfigTemplatesPath);
-
-  if (!fs.existsSync(customPath)) {
-    logger.info(`Provided local templates path '${config.localCustomFormatsPath}' does not exist.`);
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return customPath;
-};
-
 export const loadRecyclarrTemplates = (arrType: ArrType): Map<string, MappedTemplates> => {
   const map = new Map<string, RecyclarrTemplates>();
 
@@ -58,12 +39,6 @@ export const loadRecyclarrTemplates = (arrType: ArrType): Map<string, MappedTemp
     fillMap(recyclarrRepoPaths.sonarrQP);
   }
 
-  const localPath = getLocalTemplatePath();
-
-  if (localPath) {
-    fillMap(localPath);
-  }
-
   logger.debug(`Found ${map.size} Recyclarr templates.`);
 
   return new Map(