diff --git a/.sqlx/query-03cac7cb5b485c93b71cdbe03400b9423c1b63146c2d93e3f1b08857f28a6c33.json b/.sqlx/query-03cac7cb5b485c93b71cdbe03400b9423c1b63146c2d93e3f1b08857f28a6c33.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a561a5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sqlx/query-03cac7cb5b485c93b71cdbe03400b9423c1b63146c2d93e3f1b08857f28a6c33.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "INSERT INTO template (name, template, instrument)\n                VALUES (?, ?, (SELECT id FROM instrument WHERE name = ?)) RETURNING name, template;",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "name",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "template",
+        "ordinal": 1,
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 3
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false,
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "03cac7cb5b485c93b71cdbe03400b9423c1b63146c2d93e3f1b08857f28a6c33"
+}
diff --git a/.sqlx/query-4323ce25def2ee41c1019820cad67f86fe119aa5b5d7f36e49bece9ab6048c38.json b/.sqlx/query-4323ce25def2ee41c1019820cad67f86fe119aa5b5d7f36e49bece9ab6048c38.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39be7927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sqlx/query-4323ce25def2ee41c1019820cad67f86fe119aa5b5d7f36e49bece9ab6048c38.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "SQLite",
+  "query": "SELECT name, template FROM instrument_template WHERE instrument = ?",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "name": "name",
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "template",
+        "ordinal": 1,
+        "type_info": "Text"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Right": 1
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      false,
+      false
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "4323ce25def2ee41c1019820cad67f86fe119aa5b5d7f36e49bece9ab6048c38"
+}
diff --git a/migrations/0005_template_table.down.sql b/migrations/0005_template_table.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f22b14d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0005_template_table.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+DROP VIEW instrument_template;
+DROP TABLE template;
diff --git a/migrations/0005_template_table.up.sql b/migrations/0005_template_table.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0dab661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0005_template_table.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+-- Add new table for additional templates
+CREATE TABLE template (
+    id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    name TEXT NOT NULL,
+    template TEXT NOT NULL,
+    instrument INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES instrument(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE,
+
+    CONSTRAINT duplicate_names UNIQUE (name, instrument) ON CONFLICT REPLACE,
+
+    CONSTRAINT empty_template CHECK (length(template) > 0),
+    CONSTRAINT empty_name CHECK (length(name) > 0)
+);
+
+CREATE VIEW instrument_template (instrument, name, template) AS
+    SELECT
+        instrument.name, template.name, template.template
+    FROM instrument
+        JOIN template
+        ON instrument.id = template.instrument;
diff --git a/src/db_service.rs b/src/db_service.rs
index 04450149..4e01ef49 100644
--- a/src/db_service.rs
+++ b/src/db_service.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-pub use error::ConfigurationError;
 use error::NewConfigurationError;
+pub use error::{ConfigurationError, NamedTemplateError};
 use sqlx::sqlite::{SqliteConnectOptions, SqliteRow};
 use sqlx::{query_as, FromRow, QueryBuilder, Row, Sqlite, SqlitePool};
 use tracing::{info, instrument, trace};
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ pub struct SqliteScanPathService {
     pool: SqlitePool,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct NamedTemplate {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub template: String,
+}
+
+impl<'r> FromRow<'r, SqliteRow> for NamedTemplate {
+    fn from_row(row: &'r SqliteRow) -> Result<Self, sqlx::Error> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            name: row.try_get("name")?,
+            template: row.try_get("template")?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 struct RawPathTemplate<F>(String, PhantomData<F>);
 
@@ -341,6 +356,54 @@ impl SqliteScanPathService {
         .ok_or(ConfigurationError::MissingInstrument(instrument.into()))
     }
 
+    pub async fn all_additional_templates(
+        &self,
+        instrument: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<NamedTemplate>, ConfigurationError> {
+        Ok(query_as!(
+            NamedTemplate,
+            "SELECT name, template FROM instrument_template WHERE instrument = ?",
+            instrument
+        )
+        .fetch_all(&self.pool)
+        .await?)
+    }
+    pub async fn additional_templates(
+        &self,
+        instrument: &str,
+        names: Vec<String>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<NamedTemplate>, ConfigurationError> {
+        let mut q =
+            QueryBuilder::new("SELECT name, template FROM instrument_template WHERE instrument = ");
+        q.push_bind(instrument);
+        q.push(" AND name IN (");
+        let mut name_query = q.separated(", ");
+        for name in names {
+            name_query.push_bind(name);
+        }
+        q.push(")");
+        let query = q.build_query_as();
+        Ok(query.fetch_all(&self.pool).await?)
+    }
+
+    pub async fn register_template(
+        &self,
+        instrument: &str,
+        name: String,
+        template: String,
+    ) -> Result<NamedTemplate, NamedTemplateError> {
+        Ok(query_as!(
+            NamedTemplate,
+            "INSERT INTO template (name, template, instrument)
+                VALUES (?, ?, (SELECT id FROM instrument WHERE name = ?)) RETURNING name, template;",
+            name,
+            template,
+            instrument
+        )
+        .fetch_one(&self.pool)
+        .await?)
+    }
+
     /// Create a db service from a new empty/schema-less DB
     #[cfg(test)]
     pub(crate) async fn uninitialised() -> Self {
@@ -368,7 +431,9 @@ impl fmt::Debug for SqliteScanPathService {
 }
 
 mod error {
+
     use derive_more::{Display, Error, From};
+    use sqlx::error::ErrorKind;
 
     #[derive(Debug, Display, Error, From)]
     pub enum ConfigurationError {
@@ -392,6 +457,46 @@ mod error {
             Self::MissingField(value.into())
         }
     }
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Display, Error)]
+    pub enum NamedTemplateError {
+        #[display("No configuration for instrument")]
+        MissingInstrument,
+        #[display("Template name was empty")]
+        EmptyName,
+        #[display("Template was empty")]
+        EmptyTemplate,
+        #[display("Error accessing named template: {_0}")]
+        DbError(sqlx::Error),
+    }
+
+    impl From<sqlx::Error> for NamedTemplateError {
+        fn from(value: sqlx::Error) -> Self {
+            match value {
+                sqlx::Error::Database(err) => match (err.kind(), err.message().split_once(": ")) {
+                    (ErrorKind::NotNullViolation, Some((_, "template.instrument"))) => {
+                        NamedTemplateError::MissingInstrument
+                    }
+                    // pretty sure these two are not possible as strings can't be null
+                    (ErrorKind::NotNullViolation, Some((_, "template.name"))) => {
+                        NamedTemplateError::EmptyName
+                    }
+                    (ErrorKind::NotNullViolation, Some((_, "template.template"))) => {
+                        NamedTemplateError::EmptyTemplate
+                    }
+                    // Values are empty - these rely on the named checks in the schema
+                    (ErrorKind::CheckViolation, Some((_, "empty_name"))) => {
+                        NamedTemplateError::EmptyName
+                    }
+                    (ErrorKind::CheckViolation, Some((_, "empty_template"))) => {
+                        NamedTemplateError::EmptyTemplate
+                    }
+                    (_, _) => NamedTemplateError::DbError(sqlx::Error::Database(err)),
+                },
+                err => err.into(),
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/graphql/mod.rs b/src/graphql/mod.rs
index 6edc8ca2..34e8ca2c 100644
--- a/src/graphql/mod.rs
+++ b/src/graphql/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use std::any;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::{Component, PathBuf};
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, info, instrument, trace, warn};
 use crate::build_info::ServerStatus;
 use crate::cli::ServeOptions;
 use crate::db_service::{
-    InstrumentConfiguration, InstrumentConfigurationUpdate, SqliteScanPathService,
+    InstrumentConfiguration, InstrumentConfigurationUpdate, NamedTemplate, SqliteScanPathService,
 };
 use crate::numtracker::NumTracker;
 use crate::paths::{
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ struct DirectoryPath {
 /// GraphQL type to provide path data for the next scan for a given instrument session
 struct ScanPaths {
     directory: DirectoryPath,
+    extra_templates: HashMap<String, PathTemplate<ScanField>>,
     subdirectory: Subdirectory,
 }
 
@@ -224,6 +226,15 @@ impl ScanPaths {
         self.directory.info.scan_number()
     }
 
+    async fn template(&self, name: String) -> async_graphql::Result<String> {
+        Ok(path_to_string(
+            self.extra_templates
+                .get(&name)
+                .ok_or(NoSuchTemplate(name))?
+                .render(self),
+        )?)
+    }
+
     /// The paths where the given detectors should write their files.
     ///
     /// Detector names are normalised before being used in file names by replacing any
@@ -302,6 +313,27 @@ impl CurrentConfiguration {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, InputObject)]
+struct NamedTemplateInput {
+    name: String,
+    template: InputTemplate<ScanTemplate>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Display, Error)]
+#[display("Template {_0:?} not found")]
+struct NoSuchTemplate(#[error(ignore)] String);
+
+#[Object]
+impl NamedTemplate {
+    async fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.name
+    }
+
+    async fn template(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.template
+    }
+}
+
 impl FieldSource<ScanField> for ScanPaths {
     fn resolve(&self, field: &ScanField) -> Cow<'_, str> {
         match field {
@@ -384,6 +416,24 @@ impl Query {
         .into_iter()
         .collect()
     }
+
+    #[instrument(skip(self, ctx))]
+    async fn named_templates<'ctx>(
+        &self,
+        ctx: &Context<'ctx>,
+        instrument: String,
+        names: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    ) -> async_graphql::Result<Vec<NamedTemplate>> {
+        check_auth(ctx, |policy, token| {
+            policy.check_instrument_admin(token, &instrument)
+        })
+        .await?;
+        let db = ctx.data::<SqliteScanPathService>()?;
+        match names {
+            Some(names) => Ok(db.additional_templates(&instrument, names).await?),
+            None => Ok(db.all_additional_templates(&instrument).await?),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[Object]
@@ -420,11 +470,35 @@ impl Mutation {
             warn!("Failed to increment tracker file: {e}");
         }
 
+        let required_templates = ctx
+            .field()
+            .selection_set()
+            .filter(|slct| slct.name() == "template")
+            .flat_map(|slct| slct.arguments())
+            .filter_map(|args| {
+                args.first().map(|arg| {
+                    let Value::String(name) = &arg.1 else {
+                        panic!("name isn't a string")
+                    };
+                    name.into()
+                })
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let extra_templates = db
+            .additional_templates(&instrument, required_templates)
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|template| {
+                ScanTemplate::new_checked(&template.template).map(|tmpl| (template.name, tmpl))
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
+
         Ok(ScanPaths {
             directory: DirectoryPath {
                 instrument_session,
                 info: next_scan,
             },
+            extra_templates,
             subdirectory: sub.unwrap_or_default(),
         })
     }
@@ -451,6 +525,23 @@ impl Mutation {
         };
         CurrentConfiguration::for_config(db_config, nt).await
     }
+
+    #[instrument(skip(self, ctx))]
+    async fn register_template<'ctx>(
+        &self,
+        ctx: &Context<'ctx>,
+        instrument: String,
+        template: NamedTemplateInput,
+    ) -> async_graphql::Result<NamedTemplate> {
+        check_auth(ctx, |pc, token| {
+            pc.check_instrument_admin(token, &instrument)
+        })
+        .await?;
+        let db = ctx.data::<SqliteScanPathService>()?;
+        Ok(db
+            .register_template(&instrument, template.name, template.template.to_string())
+            .await?)
+    }
 }
 
 async fn check_auth<'ctx, Check, R>(ctx: &Context<'ctx>, check: Check) -> async_graphql::Result<()>
diff --git a/static/service_schema.graphql b/static/service_schema.graphql
index ddaf37f2..3cbbdc9b 100644
--- a/static/service_schema.graphql
+++ b/static/service_schema.graphql
@@ -124,6 +124,17 @@ type Mutation {
 	Add or modify the stored configuration for an instrument
 	"""
 	configure(instrument: String!, config: ConfigurationUpdates!): CurrentConfiguration!
+	registerTemplate(instrument: String!, template: NamedTemplateInput!): NamedTemplate!
+}
+
+type NamedTemplate {
+	name: String!
+	template: String!
+}
+
+input NamedTemplateInput {
+	name: String!
+	template: ScanTemplate!
 }
 
 """
@@ -144,6 +155,7 @@ type Query {
 	Can be filtered to provide one or more specific instruments
 	"""
 	configurations(instrumentFilters: [String!]): [CurrentConfiguration!]!
+	namedTemplates(instrument: String!, names: [String!]): [NamedTemplate!]!
 }
 
 """
@@ -163,6 +175,7 @@ type ScanPaths {
 	The scan number for this scan. This should be unique for the requested instrument.
 	"""
 	scanNumber: Int!
+	template(name: String!): String!
 	"""
 	The paths where the given detectors should write their files.